Curriculum Vita
Mu-ming Poo
BIRTHDATE: October 31, 1948 Born: Nanjing, China CITIZENSHIP: U.S. (naturalized)
EDUCATION: B.S. (physics), Tsinghua University, Taiwan (1970)
Ph.D. (biophysics), Johns Hopkins University (1974)
POSITIONS:
1974 - 1976: Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University.
1976 - 1979: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine.
1979 - 1983: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine.
1983 - 1985: Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine.
1985 - 1988: Research Professor, Section of Molecular Neurobiology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine
1988 - 1995: Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia University.
1996 - 2000: Stephen W. Kuffler Professor in Neurobiology, Dept. of Biology, Univ. Calif. San Diego.
1999 - : Director, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai
2000 - 2005: Professor of Neurobiology, Class of 1933 Chair in Biological Sciences, U.C. Berkeley
2002 - : Head, Division of Neurobiology, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, U.C. Berkeley
2005 - : Paul Licht Distinguished Professor in Biology, U. C. Berkeley
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, HONORS, and Services:
1985 - 1988: Developmental Neuroscience Panel, National Science Foundation.
1989 - 1993: Cell Biology and Physiology Study Section, National Institutes of Health.
1989 - 1991: Preparatory Advisory Committee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
1997 - 1999: Long-term Fellowship Review Board, Human Frontier Science Program.
1998 - 2005: Javitz Neuroscience Investigator Award.
2000 : Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2000)
2001 : Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science
2001 : Ameritec Prize (2001)
2002 - : Executive Committee, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, U.C. Berkeley
2002 - : IBRO Program Committee and Neuroscience School Board
2002 - : Chair, Advisory Board, Brain Research Center, University System of Taiwan (2002-)
2002 : Ray Wu Society Award
2003 : Docteur Honoris Causa, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
2003 - : Advisory Board, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan
2004 - 2005: Peter Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize Committee
2005 : Academic Review Committee (Ad hoc), Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland
Editorial Boards: Neuron (99-), Journal of Neuroscience (99-04), Journal of Cell Biology (94-01), Journal of Biomedical Sciences (94-99), NeuroSignals (01-). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (03-). Current Opinion in Neurobiology (04-). Network (05-). Progress in Neurobiology (05-)
Special Lectures, Symposia, and Conferences (since 1998)
1998
Bauer Colloquium, Volen Center of Complex Systems, Brandeis University.
Munich Neuroscience Colloquium, Max-Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsreid.
Banburg Conference on “Computational Neuroscience: from Synapse to Behavior”
Keystone Symposia “Synapse Formation and Function: from Neuromuscular Junctions to CNS”
Gordon Conference on “The Cell Biology of Neuron”, New Hampshire.
FASEB Summer Research Conference on “Calcium and Cell Function”, Snowmass, Colorado.
Gordon Conference on “Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology”, Beijing, China.
Conference on “Directional Cell Movement and Axonal Growth Cones”, Ringberg, Germany.
Center of Excellence Symposium on “Plasticity and Regeneration of Neural Network”, Tokyo.
Symposium on “Neural Plasticity”, Japanese Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Tokyo
1999
International Symposium on Neuroplasticity, Taipei.
HFSP Forum on “Wiring Molecules in Brain Development and Plasticity”, Tokyo (1999).
Fourth Symposium of Life Sciences, Shanghai Life Sciences Research Center, Shanghai.
Gordon Conference on “Neurotrophins”, Newport, Rhode Island.
IBRO symposia “neurotrophin and synaptic plasticity” and on “synaptogenesis”, Jerusalem.
Fourth International Symposium of SCBA, Hong Kong.
EMBO-FMI Conference “Neuronal Circuits: From Molecules to Organisms”, Ascona, Switzerland
EMBO Workshop on “Axonal Guidance and Neural Plasticity”, Varrenna, Italy.
Brain Science Institute Symposium on “Molecular Dynamics of Cell Function”, RIKEN, Tokyo.
2000
Givaudan-Roure Lecture, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota
Gordon Research Conference on Neural Plasticity, Newport, Rhode Island
Symposium on growth cone guidance, Japanese Society of Neurochemistry, Yokohama, October (2000).
Xian symposium on neuroregeneration, Xian, China
Special Lecture, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
2001
Sackler Colloqium on Neural Signaling, NAS, Washington, D.C. February (2001).
Keystone symposium on “The synapse”, Taos, New Mexico, March (2001).
Neural Information and Coding Workshop, Big Sky, Montana, March (2001).
Plenary lecture, Society for Neuroscience of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, April (2001).
Second International symposium on Learning and Memory, Taipei, Taiwan, May (2001)
Salk symposium on axon guidance and growth cone dynamics, Salk Institute, La Jolla, May (2001).
Second Fudan Symposium on Developmental Biology and Genetics, Shanghai, June (2001).
Sloan-Swartz Center Annual Retreat, July, Tahoe (2001)
Second MIT-RIKEN Symposium on Frontier in Neuroscience, Cambridge (2001)
Richard Bunge Memorial Lecture, University of Miami, October 12 (2001).
2002
Workshop on “How cell interpret gradients”, Napa, California
Oversea Lecturer, Australian Society of Neuroscience Meeting, Sydney, Australia.
Keystone Symposium on “Cellular Motility and Signaling in the Wiring and Plasticity of Nervous Systems”, Taos, New Mexico
Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Hong Kong
Human Frontier Science Program Lecture, 3rd Forum of European Neuroscience
Gordon Research Conference on Synapse, New Hampshire
Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning and Memory, Beijing
Keystone Symposium on Axonal Connections: Molecular Cues for Development and Regeneration, Keystone, Colorado
Distinguished Neuroscience Lecture Series, University of Toronto
2003
Symposium “Frontier of Neuroscience”, Brain Research Center of UST, Taipei, Taiwan
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology Symposium: The Origin and Formation of Multicellular Systems, Kobe, Japan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on Learning and Memory
Blankenese Symposium on “Learning at the Synapse” Hamburg, Germany
Gordon Research Conference on "Neural Plasticity" Newport, Rhode Island
Symposium on Synaptogenesis, Vienna, Austria
IBRO Congress symposium on “Calcium signaling in development and plasticity” Prague, Czech
TINS Lecture, INMED Conference “Nature and Nurture in Brain Development” La Ciotat, France
Samsung International Symposium on Molecular Medicine “Neurological Diseases”, Seoul, Korea
University Lecture Series, Rockefellor University
Public Lecture, Docteur Honoris Causa, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
2004
COE Symposium on plasticity of neural circuits, Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo
Gordon Conference on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Hong Kong
Keynote Lecture, Gordon Conference on Bioelectrochemistry, New London
Plenary Lecture, Japanese Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Osaka
Plenary Lecture, International Meeting of Physiological Society of China, Beijing
Teuber Lecture, MIT
2005
Merck/UCSD Symposium on Synaptic Plasticity
Keystone Symposium Axonal Connections: Molecular Cues for Development and Regeneration”
Plenary Lecture, European Society of Cognitive Science, Dublin
Gordon Conference on “Gradient Sensing & Directed Cell Migration”, Ventura, California
Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Dendrite, Hebrew University
Gordon Conference on “Inhibition in the CNS”, New London, Connecticut
Gordon Conference on “Cellular Signaling Mechanisms”, Hong Kong
Basic Neurochemistry Plenary Lecture, American Society for Neurochemistry, Madison, Wiscosin
EMBO-FMI Conference “Formation and Plasticity of Neuronal Circuits”, Ascona, Switzerland
Heller Lecture in Computational Neurobiology, Hebrew University (2005)
Grass Foundation Lecturer, University of Wiscosin, Madison (2005)
Plenary Lecture, Lemanic Neuroscience Program Retreat, Switzerland
Invited Seminars (since 1998):
1998
Frontier in Neuroscience Seminar Series, Stanford University School of Medicine.
NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Harvard University
Department of Neuroscience, Scripps Research Foundation.
Neuroscience Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Neuroscience Program, UCLA.
Department of Biology, University of Illinois.
Hemholtz Club, University of California, Irvine.
Salk Institute Seminar Series.
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University.
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School.
Cold Spring Harbor Course on Developmental Neurobiology.
Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT
1999
Salt Institute Seminar Series
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Neuroscience Colloquium Series, State University of New York in Buffalo
Department of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center
2000
Program in Neurobiology and Developmental Biology, UCSF
California College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine
Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine.
Neuroscience Program, University of Michigan.
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
2001
Neuroscience Research Group, University of Calgary.
BIO-X Seminar Series, Stanford University
2002
Department of Neuroscience, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
2003
Division of Biology, Caltech.
2004
Neuroscience Colloquium, Rutger-Newark Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Neuroscience Program Seminar, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Neuroscience Program Seminar, University of Washington
Neuroscience Research Center Lecture series, Stanford University
Vollum Institute Seminar, Portland
Neuroscience Program Seminar, University of Chicago
2005
Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute
Departmental Seminar, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Poo, M-m. and R.A. Cone. Lateral diffusion of rhodopsin in Necturus rod. Exp. Eye Res. 17:503-514 (1973).
2. Poo, M-m. and R.A. Cone. Lateral diffusion of rhodopsin in the photoreceptor membrane. Nature 247:438-441 (1974).
3. Nuccitelli, R., Poo, M-m. and L.F. Jaffe. Relations between ameboid movement and membrane-controlled electrical currents. J. Gen. Physiol. 69:743-763 (1977).
4. Hudspeth, A.J., Poo, M-m. and A.J. Stuart. Passive signal propagation and membrane properties in medial photoreceptors of the giant barnacle. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 272:25-43 (1977).
5. Poo, M-m. and K.R. Robinson. Electrophoresis of concanavalin A receptors in the membrane of embryonic muscle cells. Nature 265:602-605 (1977).
6. Poo, M-m., Poo, W-j.H. and J.W. Lam. Lateral electrophoresis and diffusion of Concanavalin A receptors in the membrane of embryonic muscle cells. J. Cell Biol. 76:483-501 (1978).
7. Orida, N.K. and M-m. Poo. Electrophoretic movement and localization of acetylcholine receptors in the embryonic muscle cell membrane. Nature 275: 31-35 (1978).
8. Poo, M-m., Lam, J.W., Orida, N.K. and A.W. Chao. Electrophoresis and diffusion in the plane of cell membrane. Biophys. J. 26:1-22 (1979).
9. Jaffe, L.F. and M-m. Poo. Neurites grow faster towards the cathode than the anode in a steady field. J. Exp. Zool. 209:115-127 (1979).
10. Poo, M-m. Molecular movement of cell surface receptors. Biorheology 16: 309-315 (1979).
11. Orida, N.K. and M-m. Poo. On the developmental regulation of acetylcholine receptor mobility in the Xenopus embryonic muscle membrane. Exp. Cell Res. 130:281-290 (1980).
12. McLaughlin, S. and M-m. Poo. The role of electro-osmosis in the electric field-induced movement of charged macromolecules on the cell surface. Biophys. J. 34:85-93 (1981).
13. Orida, N. and M-m. Poo. Maintenance and dissolution of acetylcholine receptor clusters in the embryonic muscle cell membrane. Dev. Brain Res. 1:293-298 (1981).
14. Chao, N-m., Young, S.H. and M-m. Poo. Localization of cell membrane components by surface diffusion into a "trap". Biophys. J. 36:139-153 (1981).
15. Poo, M-m. In situ electrophoresis of membrane components. Ann. Rev. Biophys. Bioeng. 10:245-276 (1981).
16. Patel, N. and M-m. Poo. Orientation of neurite growth by extracellular electric field. J. Neurosci. 2:483-496 (1982).
17. Poo, M-m. Rapid lateral diffusion of functional acetylcholine receptors in embryonic muscle membrane. Nature 295:332-334 (1982).
18. Chow, I. and M-m. Poo. Redistribution of cell surface receptors induced by cell-cell contact. J. Cell Biol. 95:510-518 (1982).
19. Fraser, S.E. and M-m. Poo. Development, maintenance, and modulation of patterned membrane topography. Models based on acetylcholine receptors. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 17:77-100 (1982).
20. Young, S.H. and M-m. Poo. Rapid lateral diffusion of extrajunctional acetylcholine receptors in Xenopus tadpole myotomes. J. Neurosci. 3:225-231 (1983).
21. Young, S.H. and M-m. Poo. Topographic rearrangment of ACh receptors alters channel kinetics. Nature 304:161-163 (1983).
22. Wu, C-f., Suzuki, N. and M-m. Poo. Dissociated neurons from normal and mutant Drosophila larval CNS in cell culture. J. Neurosci. 3:1888-1899 (1983).
23. Young, S.H. and M-m. Poo. Spontaneous release of transmitter from growth cone of embryonic neuron. Nature 305:634-637 (1983).
24. Chow, I. and M-m. Poo. Formation of electrical coupling between embryonic Xenopus muscle cells in culture. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 346:181-194 (1984).
25. McCloskey, M. and M-m. Poo. Protein diffusion in cell membranes: Some biological implications. Int. Rev. Cytol. 87:19-81 (1984).
26. Lin-Liu, S., Adey, W.R. and M-m. Poo. Migration of cell surface concanavalin A receptors in pulsed electric fields. Biophys. J. 45:1121-1218 (1984).
27. McCloskey, M., Liu. Z. and M-m. Poo. Lateral electromigration and diffusion of Fc receptors on rat basophilic leukemia cells: Effects of IgE binding. J. Cell Biol. 99:778-787 (1984).
28. Young, S., McCloskey, M. and M-m. Poo. Migration of cell surface receptors induced by extracellular electric fields: Theory and applications. The Receptors Vol. 1, M.Conn ed., pp. 511-539. Academic Press, Inc. (1984).
29. Patel, N.B. and M-m. Poo. Perturbation of the direction of neurite growth by pulsed and focal electric fields. J. Neurosci. 4:2939-2947 (1984).
30. Patel, N.B., Xie Z-p., Young, S. and M-m. Poo. Response of nerve growth cone to focal electric currents. J. Neurosci. Res. 13:245-256 (1985).
31. Poo, M-m. Mobility and localization of proteins in excitable membranes. Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 8:368-406 (1985).
32. Sun, Y-a. and M-m. Poo. Non-quantal release of acetylcholine at a developing neuromuscular synapse in culture. J. Neurosci. 5:634-642 (1985).
33. Chow, I. and M-m. Poo. Release of acetylcholine from embryonic neurons upon contact with muscle cell. J. Neurosci. 5:1076-1082 (1985).
34. Poo, M-m., Sun, I-a. and Young, S. Three types of transmitter release from embryonic neurons in culture. J. Physiol. (Paris) 80: 283-298 (1985).
35. McCloskey, M. and M-m. Poo. Rates of membrane-associated reactions: Reduction of dimensionality revisited. J. Cell Biol. 102:88-96 (1985).
36. Peng, H.B. and M-m. Poo. Formation and dispersal of acetylcholine receptor clusters in muscle membranes. Trends in Neurosci. 9:125-129 (1986).
37. McCloskey, M. and M-m. Poo. Contact-induced redistribution of specific membrane components: Local accumulation and development of adhesion. J. Cell Biol. 102:2185-2196 (1986).
38. Xie, Z-p. and M-m. Poo. Initial events in the formation of neuromuscular synapse: Rapid induction of acetylcholine release. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:7069-7073 (1986).
39. Sun, Y-a. and M-m. Poo. Evoked release of transmitter from growing embryonic neuron. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84:2540-2544 (1987).
40. Torney, D., Warnock T. McCloskey, M. Dembo M., and M-m. Poo. Rate theories for chemical reactions taking place in two dimensions. Comments Mol. Cell. Biophys. 4:281-303 (1987).
41. Poo, M-m. Transmitter release and synaptogenesis. In Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, ed. T Gordon and G. Vrbova, Alan R. Liss, Inc. p.203-212 (1987).