Name: Dr. Haiyan He

Position: Assistant Professor

Research Description:

My lab studies cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying experience-dependent plasticity
over early development. We use the retinotectal circuit in Xenopus laevis tadpoles as one of our
major experimental models and employ a multitude of methodologies in biochemistry, microscopy,
molecular genetics, in vivo electrophysiology, time-lapse structural and functional in vivo imaging,
and behavioral assay to tackle fundamental questions concerning the refinement and function of
the developing neural circuits under both physiological and pathological conditions. The Xenopus
laevis tadpole central nervous system (CNS) provides a unique vertebrate animal model that
allows the integration of physiologically relevant sensory stimulation and quantitative analysis of
activity-induced biochemical and molecular changes with unparalleled temporal precision.

Contact Information

Address:
Department of Biology
Georgetown University
Washington DC
USA

Email: Haiyan.he@georgetown.edu
Web Page: http://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/0031Q000025lv8qQAA/haiyan-he