Title: Observation and Manipulation of vesicle transport in neurons

Speaker: Prof. Bianxiao Cui (崔便晓）

Time: Aug. 7th, 10:00 AM

Location: BIOPIC Conference Room

Host: Prof. Yanyi Huang（yanyi@pku.edu.cn）

Contact: Ms. Jiao He （62767408）

Prof. Binxiao Cui's CV
website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/cui/Cui_CV.html

Education
2002 Ph.D. Chemistry, Univ. Chicago, Advisor: Stuart A. Rice
2000 M.S. Chemistry, Univ. Chicago
1998 B.S. Material Sci.&Eng., Univ. Sci.&Tech. China

Positions
2008- Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Department of Chemistry
2002-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Department of Physics with Professor Steven Chu

Awards & Honors
2011 Hellman Scholar
2011 NSF CAREER Award
2009 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering
2009 Searle Scholar Award
2008 Dreyfus New Faculty Award
2008 Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiative Award
2008 Terman Fellowship
2006 NIH Pathway to Independence Career Award
2001 Elizabeth Norton Prize, Excellence in Chemistry Research
1996 Procter & Gamble Scholarship

Research Interests
Live imaging of vesicular transport in axons
Single molecule fluorescence imaging in neurons
Magnetic and optic manipulation of axonal trafficking
Nanoscale Device for Electrophysiology Measurement
Nanopillar optics for Single Molecule Imaging

Memberships
Biophysical Society of America
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
Americal Society of Cell Biology