Name:
Lau Pak-Ming （刘北明）
Address:
School of Life Sciences


University of Science and Technology of China

230026 Hefei, P. R. China
Tel:
86-
E-mail:
plau@ustc.edu.cn
Home page:
http://neurophysics.ustc.edu.cn/

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　EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1985 - 1989
B.S. (Physics), Peking University
1989 - 1992
M.S. program (Physics), University of Hong Kong
1993 - 1999
Ph.D. (Molecular and Cell Biology), University of California at Berkeley
1999 - 2000
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at San Diego
2000 - 2006
Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
2006 - 2008
Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
2009 -
Professor, University of Science and Technology of China


　RESEARCH INTERESTS
1.
Synaptic development and plasticity
2.
Neural network dynamics and learning
3.
Stress and related diseases
4.
Brain mapping techniques


　SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1.
Xu C, Liu H-J, Qi L, Tao C-L, Wang Y-J, Shen Z, Tian C-L, Lau P-M* & Bi G-Q*. Structure and plasticity of silent synapses in developing hippocampal neurons visualized by super-resolution imaging. Cell Discovery 6, 1-11 (2020).

2.
Wang H, Zhu Q, Ding L, Shen Y, Yang C-Y, Xu F, Shu C, Guo Y, Xiong Z, Shan Q, Jia F, Su P, Yang Q-R, Li B, He X, Chen X, Wu F, Zhou J-N, Xu F, Han H, Lau P-M* & Bi G-Q*. Scalable volumetric imaging for ultrahigh-speed brain mapping at synaptic resolution. National Science Review 6, 982-992 (2019).

3.
Liu YT, Tao CL, Lau PM, Zhou ZH & Bi GQ. Postsynaptic protein organization revealed by electron microscopy. Curr Opin Struct Biol 54, 152-160 (2019).

4.
Guo Y, Tang X, Zhang J, Jin S, Li J, Ding L, Zhang K, Yang C, Zhou H, He X, Xu F, Bi GQ, Xu L & Lau PM. Corticosterone Signaling and a Lateral Habenula-Ventral Tegmental Area Circuit Modulate Compulsive Self-Injurious Behavior in a Rat Model. J Neurosci 38, 5251-5266 (2018).

5.
Zhang JC, Lau PM & Bi GQ. Gain in sensitivity and loss in temporal contrast of STDP by dopaminergic modulation at hippocampal synapses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106, 13028-13033 (2009).

6.
Lau P & Bi G. Reverberatory activity in neuronal networks in vitro. Chinese Science Bulletin 54, 1828-1835 (2009).

7.
Lau PM & Bi GQ. Synaptic mechanisms of persistent reverberatory activity in neuronal networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102, 10333-10338 (2005).

8.
Lau PM, Zucker RS & Bentley D. Induction of filopodia by direct local elevation of intracellular calcium ion concentration. J Cell Biol 145, 1265-1275 (1999).