Home Department: Human Biology
Supported by: Bio-X
Mentor: Thomas Südhof, Molecular & Cellular Physiology

The mechanisms responsible for dynamic structural and functional changes in the synapses of neurons, which are necessary for the transmission, storage, and retrieval of information in the brain, are still poorly understood. Rebecca’s proposed work addresses this important knowledge gap through employing new tools to track synaptic molecules through time and space.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 24, 2016:

Systematic Identification of Synaptic Ligands that Bind Astrocytic Neurexin-1

Rebecca Triplett¹, Justin Trotter¹, Zhang Bo¹, Shane Antony Liddelow², Alexandra Munch², Ben A. Barres², Tom Südhof¹
[Departments of Molecular & Cellular Physiology¹ and Neurobiology², Stanford University]