Yasuhiro Itoh and Sung Min Yang

Yaushiro Itoh joined the Macklis Lab in September 2014 as a postdoctoral fellow. Yasuhiro completed his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo. He is interested in the molecular mechanisms underlying how axon projections find their appropriate path and subsequently their postsynaptic targets to form intricate circuit. To tackle this question, he is focusing on the development of mouse cortical output neurons in two aspects: (1) Molecular controls over corticospinal neuron axon branching at specific spinal segments, in collaboration with Vibhu Sahni (now Assistant Professor @Cornell/Burke); (2) Molecular investigation over subcerebral projection neuron growth cone machinery, in collaboration with Anne Engmann and John Hatch, by applying experimental and analytic approaches recently developed in the lab (Poulopoulos*, Murphy*, Nature, 2019).

Sung Min Yang is a member of the Arlotta Lab. He completed his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires in 2012. In the Arlotta Lab, his research focuses on neuronal plasticity. His recent projects include work on myelin plasticity in mice using in vivo two-photon imaging to better understand basic rules that govern adaptive myelin remodeling in adult brains.