HOR, Catherine H. H. Faculty








Educational Background B.Sc.(Hons), UTAR
Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong
Postdoctoral: Duke-NUS Medical School

Current Research Interests Primary cilia biology & Sonic hedgehog signalling,Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Genetics,Human stem cells & disease modelling, neurobiology in viral infection.
Link to Interdisciplinary Research website.
An interdisciplinary research project led by Dr Catherine HOR


Positions available for Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Assistant, and Research Postgraduate student (PhD)

Selected PublicationsCHH Hor*, JCW Lo, ALS Cham, WY Leong, and ELK. Goh* (2021). Multifaceted functions of Rab23 on primary cilium and Hedgehog signaling-mediated granule cell proliferation. Journal of Neuroscience.41(32), 6850-6863 *Co-corresponding author. Cover page article.
CHH Hor and EL Goh (2019) Small GTPases in Hedgehog signaling: emerging insights into the disease mechanism of ciliopathies. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 56, 61-68
CW Tan, CHH Hor, SS Kwek, IC Sam, YF Chan, EL Goh, EE Ooi, LF Wang. (2019) Cell surface α2,3-linked sialic acid facilitates Zika virus internalization. Emerging Microbes and Infections. 8 (1), 426-437
CHH Hor and BL Tang. (2019) Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN) as a genetically simple model of multifaceted neuropathology resulting from defects in autophagy. Reviews in the neurosciences. 30(3), 261-277
CHH Hor and EL Goh (2018) Rab23 regulates radial migration of projection neurons via N-cadherin. Cerebral Cortex, 28(4), 1516-1531. Cover page article.
CHH Hor*, BL Tang and EL Goh* (2018) Rab23 and developmental disorders. Reviews in the neurosciences. 29 (8) 849-860 *Co-corresponding author
W Pan, HH Hor, CC Hui, MH Sham (2017) Regulation of mammalian hindbrain neural progenitor proliferation and differentiation by Suppressor of fused and β-catenin. Mechanisms of Dev 145, S123
CHH Hor, H Liou and EL Goh (2017) Rab23 Regulates Radial Migration of Projection Neurons via PDGFRα-Mediated Expression of N-cadherin. Mechanisms of Dev 145, S118.
T Ng, CH Hor, B Chew, J Zhao, Z Zhong, JR Ryu, and EL Goh (2016) Neuropilin 2 signaling is involved in cell positioning of adult-born neurons through GSK3b. J Biol. Chem., 291(48): 25088-25095.
Y Chen, HH Hor and BL Tang (2012) AMIGO is expressed in multiple brain cell types and may regulate dendritic growth and neuronal survival. J Cell Physiol. 227(5), 2217-2229.
CH Hor and BL Tang (2010) Sonic hedgehog as a chemoattractant for adult NPCs. Cell Adh Migr. 4(1), 1-3.
FYH Teng, CHH Hor and BL Tang BL. (2009) Emerging cues mediating astroglia lineage restriction of progenitor cells in the injured/diseased adult CNS. Differentiation 77, 121–127.