Le Ma Research

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Position: Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Organization: Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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BLSB Room 320/324
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Highlighted Publications

Curran BM, Nickerson KR, Yung AR, Goodrich LV, Jaworski A, Tessier-Lavigne M, and Ma L (2024) Control of T-shaped bifurcation by multiple guidance mechanisms during dorsal funiculus development in the spinal cordeLife, doi: 10.7554/eLife.94109

Tymanskyj SR, Curran BM, and Ma L (2022) Selective axonal transport through branch junctions is directed by growth cone signaling and mediated by KIF1/kinesin-3 motor. Cell Reports, 39(4):110748

Tymanskyj SR and Ma L (2019) MAP7 prevents axon branch retraction by stabilizing microtubules and rescuing polymerization. Journal Neuroscience, 39(36):7118-7131

Tymanskyj SR, Yang BH, Verhey KJ, and Ma L (2018) MAP7 regulates axon morphogenesis by recruiting kinesin-1 to microtubules and modulating organelle transport. eLife, pii: e36374. 

Cárdenas A, Romero C, Picó E, Villalba A, Tzika A, Tessier-Lavigne M, Ma L, Milinkowitch M, and Borrell V (2018) Evolution of cortical neurogenesis in amniotes controlled by Robo signaling levels.  Cell, 174(3):590-606.e21. 

Tymanskyj SR, Yang B, Falnikar A, Lepore AC, and Ma L (2017) MAP7 regulates axon collateral branch development in dorsal root ganglia neurons. Journal Neuroscience, 37:1648-61

Gibson D, Tymanskyj S, Yuan R, Leung HC, Lefebvre JL, Sanes JR, Chedotal A, and Ma L (2014) Dendrite self-avoidance requires cell-autonomous slit/robo signaling in cerebellar purkinje cells. Neuron, 81:1040-56

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