Wen-Chang Li Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE

FORENAME: Wen-Chang SURNAME: Li

OFFICE

School of Biological Sciences

Woodland Road, BS8 1UG

University of Bristol

Bristol, UK

E-mail: wenchang.li@bristol.ac.uk

EDUCATION

Ph.D., June 1999 Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China,

M. S., June 1996 Department of Biological Sciences and Technologies, Nanjing University, PR China,

B. Sc., June 1993 Department of Mechanics, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, PR China,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 2006.10- present

Postdoctoral Research Assistant - Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 1999.9-2006.9

GRANTS

Research Grant, Royal Society, PI, 04/08/2007-03/06/2008

Research Project Grant, Leverhulme Trust, Co-PI, 01/01/2007-31/12/2009

Royal Society University Research Fellowship, Royal Society, PI, 01/10/2006-31/09/2011

PUBLICATIONS

Papers:

Li WC, Sautois B, Roberts A, Soffe SR (2007) Reconfiguration of a Vertebrate Motor Network: Specific Neuron Recruitment and Context-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity. J Neurosci 27:12267-12276.

Li WC, Cooke TC, Sautois B, Soffe SR, Borisyuk R, Roberts A (2007) Axon and dendrite geography predict the specificity of synaptic connections in a functioning spinal cord network. Neural Develop 2:17.

Sautois B, Soffe SR, Li WC, Roberts A (2007) Role of type-specific neuron properties in a spinal cord motor network. J Comput Neurosci 23:59-77.

Li WC, Soffe SR, Wolf E, Roberts A (2006) Persistent Responses to Brief Stimuli: Feedback Excitation among Brainstem Neurons. J Neurosci 26:4026-4035.

Li WC, Soffe SR, Roberts A (2004) Glutamate and acetylcholine corelease at developing synapses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:15488-15493.

Li WC, Higashijima S, Parry DM, Roberts A, Soffe SR (2004) Primitive roles for inhibitory interneurons in developing frog spinal cord. J Neurosci 24:5840-5848.

Li WC, Soffe SR, Roberts A (2004) Dorsal spinal interneurons forming a primitive, cutaneous sensory pathway. J Neurophysiol 92:895-904.

Li WC, Soffe SR, Roberts A (2004) A direct comparison of whole cell patch and sharp electrodes by simultaneous recording from single spinal neurons in frog tadpoles. J Neurophysiol 92:380-386.

Lambert TD, Li WC, Soffe SR, Roberts A (2004) Brainstem control of activity and responsiveness in resting frog tadpoles: tonic inhibition. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 190:331-342.

Li WC, Perrins R, Walford A, Roberts A (2003) The neuronal targets for GABAergic reticulospinal inhibition that stops swimming in hatchling frog tadpoles. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 189:29-37.

Li WC, Soffe SR, Roberts A (2003) The spinal interneurons and properties of glutamatergic synapses in a primitive vertebrate cutaneous flexion reflex. J Neurosci 23:9068-9077.

Li WC, Soffe SR, Roberts A (2002) Spinal inhibitory neurons that modulate cutaneous sensory pathways during locomotion in a simple vertebrate. J Neurosci 22:10924-10934.

Li WC, Perrins R, Soffe SR, Yoshida M, Walford A, Roberts A (2001) Defining classes of spinal interneuron and their axonal projections in hatchling Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J Comp Neurol 441:248-265.

Hu J, Li WC, Xiao Q, Wang SR (2000) Electrical interaction between neurons in the pigeon isthmo-optic nucleus. Brain Res Bull 51:159-163.

Li WC, Wang S (1999) Morphology and dye-coupling of cells in the pigeon isthmo-optic nucleus. Brain Behav Evol 53:67-74.

Li WC, Hu J, Wang SR (1999) Tectal afferents monosynaptically activate neurons in the pigeon isthmo-optic nucleus. Brain Res Bull 49:203-208.

Li WC, Tang XH, Li HZ, Wang JJ (1999) Histamine excites rat cerebellar granule cells in vitro through H1 and H2 receptors. J Physiol (Paris) 93:239-244.

George SA, Wu GY, Li WC, Wang SR (1999) Dual actions of isthmic input to tectal neurons in a reptile, Gekko gekko. Vis Neurosci 16:889-893.

Tang XH, Wang JJ, Li WC, Gu Y and Li HZ (1996), Effects of histamine on the electrical activity of rat cerebellar cortical granule cells, Chin. Sci. Bull. 41, pp. 1992–1995.

Reviews/Book Chapters:

Li WC The co-release of glutamate and acetylcholine in the vertebrate nervous system. In Co-Existence and Co-Release of Classical Neurotransmitters: Ex uno plures. Edited by Rafael Gutiérrez (book Chapter).

Roberts A, Li WC, Soffe SR, Wolf E (2007) Origin of excitatory drive to a spinal locomotor network. Brain Res Rev.

Li WC (1999) [Gap junctions in the nervous tissue]. Sheng Li Ke Xue Jin Zhan 30:321-325 (review).

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