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TEAM
OUR TEAM
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Hojoon Lee

Principal Investigator

Cook Hall 2-133

office: 847.491.5529

hojoon.lee [at] northwestern.edu

Gyujin Park

Post-doc

gyujin.park [at] northwestern.edu

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Syed Uddin

PhD Candidate

SyedUddin2026 [at] u.northwestern.edu

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Richard Hwang

PhD Candidate

richardhwang2026 [at] u.northwestern.edu

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Alex Pekerman

PhD student

alexpek [at] northwestern.edu

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Hanna Rodriguez

Student​ researcher

Aliya Bekshenova

Student​ researcher

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Ashley Ruiz-Santiago

Student​ researcher

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Issac Wei

MS Student

Currently PhD student, NUIN

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Dongpeng Yang

MS Student

Currently PhD student, USC

Yue Yu

Graduate student

Former Members
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Jasmine N Tran

Student

(2021-2022)

Hongjie Xia

Lab Technician

(2020)

currently- PhD student at Boston University

Junhua Tan

Lab Technician

(2019-2022)

currently- PhD student

atNorthwestern University

Amanda Kalishman

Student researcher

(2022- 2022)

currently- Med school

Yoana Ivanova 

Student researcher

(2019-2020)

John Yun 

Lab Technician

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Shannon Arias

Student researcher

2022 Summer Research

Opportunity Program (SROP)

Rowan Kramer-Mann

Student researcher

Heather Bridsell

Student researcher

Sofie Kennedy 

Student researcher

Jiahao Ye

Post-doc

PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS

Fowler, B.E., Ye, J., Humayun, S., Lee, H., Macpherson, L. J. (2022) Regional specialization of the tongue revealed by gustatory ganglion imaging. iScience 25:105700


Lee, H., Alpert, M. H., and Gallio, M. (2021). Sensory Biology: The Bitter Aftertaste. Current Biology 31:R1570–R1573. 

Guimaraes, J, Vernallis, C, and Lee, H. (2021) The Taste of Cybermedia. In C. Vernallis, S. Kara, J. Leel, and H. Rogers (Eds.). Cybermedia:Explorations in Science, Sound, and Vision. London: Bloomsbury

Zhang, J., Lee, H., Macpherson, L. J. (2021). Mechanisms for the Sour Taste. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Lee, H., Macpherson, L.J., Parada, C.A., Zuker, C.S., and Ryba, N.J.P (2017)
Rewiring the Taste System. Nature, 548:330-333.

*also read "Solving an identity crisis in the taste system.

Oury, F., Khrimian, L., Denny, C.A., Gardin, A., Chamouni, A., Goeden, N., Huang, Y., Lee, H., Srinivas, P. Gao, X.-B., Suyama, S., Langer, T., Mann, J.J., Horvath, T.L., Bonnin, A., and Karsenty, G. (2013) Maternal and Offspring Pools of Osteocalcin Influence Brain Development and Functions. Cell, 155:228-241.

Ploper, D., Lee, H.X., and De Robertis, E.M. (2011) Dorsal-Ventral patterning: Crescent is a dorsally secreted Frizzled-related protein that competitively inhibits Tolloid proteases. Developmental Biology, 352:317-328.

Lee, H.X., Mendes, F.A., Plouhinec, J.L., and De Robertis, E.M. (2009)
Enzymatic regulation of pattern: BMP4 binds CUB domains of Tolloids and inhibits proteinase activity. Genes and Development, 23:2551-2562.

Fuentealba, L. C., Eivers, E., Lee, H. X., and De Robertis, E. M. (2009). Integration of BMP, RTK and Wnt Signaling through Smad1 Phosphorylations. The Handbook of Cell Signaling. Bradshaw R. and Dennis E. (Eds). Elsevier Inc, Second Edition.​

Ambrosio*, A. L., Taelman*, V. F., Lee*, H. X., Metzinger, C., Coffinier, C., and De Robertis, E. M. (2008). Crossveinless-2 is a BMP feedback inhibitor that binds Chordin/BMP to regulate Xenopus embryonic patterning. Developmental Cell, 15:248-260.  * co-first author 


Lee, H. X., Ambrosio, A. L., Reversade, B., and De Robertis, E. M. (2006). Embryonic dorsal-ventral signaling: secreted frizzled-related proteins as inhibitors of tolloid proteinases. Cell, 124:147-159. 

Reversade, B., Kuroda, H., Lee, H., Mays, A., and De Robertis, E. M. (2005). Depletion of Bmp2, Bmp4, Bmp7 and Spemann organizer signals induces massive brain formation in Xenopus embryos. Development, 132:3381-3392. 

Sun, W., Lee, H., Choe, Y., Cho, S., Kim, D.H., and Kim, K. (2001). Evidence for direct involvement of beta-catenin in phorbol ester-induced neurite outgrowth in GT1-1 hypothalamic neurones. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 13:249-260. 

Jung, N., Sun, W., Lee, H., Cho, S., Shim, C., and Kim, K., (1998). Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene regulation by N-methyl-D-aspartic acid in GT1-1 neuronal cells: differential involvement of c-fos and c-jun protooncogenes. Molecular Brain Research, 61:162-169. 

CONTACT

Mailing Address:
2205 Tech Drive

Hogan Hall 2-160
Evanston IL, 60208

Lab Address:

2220 Campus Drive

Cook Hall 2-159
Evanston, IL 60208

(847) 467-7895

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