OUR TEAM
Principal Investigator
Cook Hall 2-133
office: 847.491.5529
hojoon.lee [at] northwestern.edu
Jiahao Ye
Post-doc
jiahao.ye [at] northwestern.edu
Alex Pekerman
Lab Manager / Research Tech
Cook Hall 2-159
847.467.7895
alexpek [at] northwestern.edu
Yue Yu
PhD Candidate
yueyu2023 [at] u.northwestern.edu
Gyujin Park
Post-doc
gyujin.park [at] northwestern.edu
Syed Uddin
PhD Student
SyedUddin2026 [at] u.northwestern.edu
Richard Hwang
PhD Student
richardhwang2026 [at] u.northwestern.edu
Jasmine N Tran
Student
jasminetran2023[at] u.northwestern.edu
Amanda Kalishman
Student
amandakalishman2022[at] u.northwestern.edu
Rowan Kramer-Mann
Student
rowankramer-mann2024 [at] u.northwestern.edu
Junhua Tan
Lab Technician
junhuatan2021 [at] u.northwestern.edu
Heather Birdsell
Student
heatherbirdsell2023 [at] u.northwestern.edu
Former Members
Hongjie Xia
Lab technician (2020)
currently PhD student at Boston University
Yoana Ivanova
Student researcher
(2019-2020)
John Yun
Lab Technician
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PUBLICATIONS
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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