OUR TEAM
Principal Investigator
Cook Hall 2-133
office: 847.491.5529
hojoon.lee [at] northwestern.edu
Gyujin Park
Post-doc
gyujin.park [at] northwestern.edu
Syed Uddin
PhD Candidate
SyedUddin2026 [at] u.northwestern.edu
Richard Hwang
PhD Candidate
richardhwang2026 [at] u.northwestern.edu
Alex Pekerman
PhD student
alexpek [at] northwestern.edu
Hanna Rodriguez
Student researcher
Aliya Bekshenova
Student researcher
Ashley Ruiz-Santiago
Student researcher
Issac Wei
MS Student
Currently PhD student, NUIN
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
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
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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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