Weichun Lin, Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Endowed Title Effie Marie Cain Scholar in Medical Research Schools Medical School | Graduate School Departments Neuroscience Graduate Programs Neuroscience Biography 1985 Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, BS, Biology 1996 State University of New York, Albany, NY, PhD, Neuroscience 2003 The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, Research Associate Education Undergraduate Xiamen University - China , Biology Graduate School SUNY at Albany (1996) Research Interest Electrophysiology Molecular Biology Neurodegeneration Synapse formation, function, maintenance and degeneration Publications Featured Publications Neuromuscular synaptic patterning requires the function of skeletal muscle dihydropyridine receptors. Fujun Chen, Yun Liu, Yoshie Sugiura, Paul D. Allen, Ronald G. Gregg and Weichun Lin Nature Neuroscience March 2011 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1 is required for maintaining the structure and function of the neuromuscular junction. Fujun Chen, Yoshie Sugiura, Kalisa Galina Myers, Yun Liu, and Weichun Lin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A January 2010 107 1636-1641 Essential roles of acetylcholine receptor gamma-subunit in neuromuscular synaptic patterning Yun Liu, Daniel Padgett, Masazumi Takahashi, Hongqiao Li, Ayaz Sayeed, Russell W. Teichert, Baldomero M. Olivera, Joseph McArdle, William N. Green, and Weichun Lin Development June 2008 135 1957-1967 Neurotransmitter acetylcholine negatively regulates neuromuscular synapse formation by a Cdk5-dependent mechanism. Weichun Lin, Bertha Dominguez, Jiefei Yang, Prafulla Aryal, Eugene P. Brandon, Fred H. Gage and Kuo-Fen Lee Neuron 2005 46 569-579 Distinct roles of nerve and muscle in postsynaptic differentiation of the neuromuscular synapse. Weichun Lin, Robert Burgess, Bertha Dominguez, Samuel Pfaff, Joshua Sanes and Kuo-Fen Lee Nature March 2001 410 1057-1064 Maturation of neurites in mixed cultures of spinal cord neurons and muscle cells from Xenopus laevis embryos followed with antibodies to neurofilament proteins. Lin W, Szaro BG, J Neurobiol 1994 Oct 25 10 1235-48 Ependymin as a substrate for outgrowth of axons from cultured explants of goldfish retina. Schmidt JT, Schmidt R, Lin WC, Jian XY, Stuermer CA, J Neurobiol 1991 Jan 22 1 40-54 BLTP1 is required for survival and normal development and function of the neuromuscular junction in mice. Liu Y, Ye Q, Ma DK, Rothermel BA, Lin W, J Neurosci 2025 Sep Morphological and functional alterations of neuromuscular synapses in a mouse model of ACTA1 congenital myopathy. Liu Y, Lin W, Hum Mol Genet 2023 Oct Structural insights into the assembly of the agrin/LRP4/MuSK signaling complex. Xie T, Xu G, Liu Y, Quade B, Lin W, Bai XC, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023 Jun 120 23 e2300453120 Results 1-10 of 49 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Electrophysiological characterization of neuromuscular synaptic dysfunction in mice. In Methods in Molecular Biology Yoshie Sugiura, Fujun Chen, Yun Liu and Weichun Lin (2011). Honors & Awards Mallinckrodt ScholarEdward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation (2006) Effie Marie Cain Scholar in Medical ResearchU.T. Southwestern Endowed Scholar Award, 2003-2007 (2003) Postdoctoral FellowshipLe Ducq Foundation (2000)
