Xue Han

Xue Han, Ph.D.

Helen Hay Whitney Fellow at MIT, Media lab and the McGovern Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

E15-427, 20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA 02319

Email: xuehan1 at gmail dot com; Web: http://www.xuehan.org

(CV/Resume: PDF)

I am bridging molecular and cellular biology and system neuroscience. My recent work focuses on addressing neural mechanisms of cognitive behaviors. Here are some papers I wrote:

Xue Han and Edward S. Boyden. "Multiple-Color Optical Activation, Silencing, and Desynchronization of Neural Activity, with Single-Spike Temporal Resolution." PLoS ONE, 2(3):e299. (2007)

Xue Han and Meyer B. Jackson. "Structural Transitions in the Synaptic SNARE Complex during Calcium triggered exocytosis." J Cell Biol. 172(2): 281-93 (2006)

Xue Han and Meyer B. Jackson." Electrostatic interactions between the syntaxin membrane anchor and neurotransmitter passing through the fusion pore. " Biophys J. 88 (3): L20-2 (2005)

Xue Han, Chih-Tien Wang, Jihong Bai, Edwin R. Chapman and Meyer B. Jackson. "Transmembrane segments of syntaxin line the fusion pore of Ca2+-triggered exocytosis. " Science 304 (5668): 289-92 (2004)

I grew up in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province in the Northeast China, an area also known as Manchuria. Harbin is famous for its annual ice and snow festival. Here are some pictures I took. R Todd King is a nice website about the festival over the years, and some history about the city.

My name Xue is pronounced as "Shu-é", with letter "X" pronounced as "Sh", which means snow in Chinese.