报告题目：Ion channels and synaptic function at an auditory synapse

报 告 人：Prof. Hai Huang

邀 请 人：韩宏伟 教授

报告时间： 2016年4月23日下午16:00-18:00

报告地点：武汉光电国家实验室A101

摘 要：

The reliability and precision of synaptic transmission is of paramount importance to the circuit of the auditory brainstem, in which acoustic signals are encoded with microsecond accuracy. Synaptic transmission in these circuits is tightly controlled by a complement of diverse ion channels that are differentially localized in multiple subcellular compartments. These ion channels control resting membrane potential and resting conductance, determine spike threshold and shape, enable high-frequency firing, influence the composition of intracellular ions, and trigger Ca2+ influx and exocytosis.

Dr. Hai Huang’s laboratory aims to identify key presynaptic and postsynaptic ion channels in the auditory system, and to determine how they regulate and modulate neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission, circuitry function, and auditory information processing by using giant and conventional synapses in rodents (rats and mice).

CV of Invited Speaker：

Prof. Hai Huang received his PhD degree in Neurobiology from Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006. After working in Oregon Health & Science University as a Postdoctoral Researcher, a Research Associate and a Senior Research Associate, he joined Tulane University as an Assistant Professor.