Unghwi Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Biochemistry and Biophysics
School of Medicine
unghwi.lee@ucsf.edu 415-476-2699
Awards
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- FENS-IBRO/PERC Travel Grant, FENS Forum 2022, 2022
- Best Poster Presentation Award, The Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences 2022, 2022
- Hanbitsa (People who made Korea shine), Biological Research Information Center, 2021
- Superior Paper Publication Award (BK 21 PLUS), Seoul National University College of Medicine, 2021
- Best Poster Presentation Award, The Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences 2021, 2021
- Academic Successor Generation in Fundamental Science Field (Scholarship), Seoul National University College of Medicine, 2019-2022
- Teaching Assistant (TA) of Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 2019-2022
- Best Poster Presentation Award, The 70th Annual Meeting of The Korean Physiological Society, 2018
- BK21 PLUS (Brain Korea 21 PLUS) Graduate Scholarship, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 2015-2019
Education & Training
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- Postdoc Neuroscience/Physiology Seoul National University College of Medicine 08/2022
- Ph.D Neuroscience/Physiology Seoul National University College of Medicine 02/2022
- B.S Biology Chungnam National University 02/2015
- Postdoc Neuroscience/Physiology University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Interests
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- Synaptic Plasticity
- Brain disease
- Neurotransmitter Release
- Excitatory Synapse
- Presynaptic Terminal
Publications (10)
Top publication keywords:
Sodium-Hydrogen ExchangersSynapsesLong-Term PotentiationPresynaptic TerminalsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Dendritic SpinesMembrane ProteinsNeuronal PlasticitySynaptotagmin IGlutamic AcidCalcium Channels, L-TypeCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4ColforsinSynaptic VesiclesSynaptic Transmission
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L-type Ca2+ channels mediate regulation of glutamate release by subthreshold potential changes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2023 Lee BJ, Lee U, Ryu SH, Han S, Lee SY, Lee JS, Ju A, Chang S, Lee SH, Kim SH, Ho WK -
Biomolecular condensate assembly of nArgBP2 tunes its functionality to manifest the structural plasticity of dendritic spines.
Experimental & molecular medicine 2023 Cho E, Lee SE, Lee U, Goh Y, Jeong S, Choi J, Jeong WK, Chang S -
DYRK3 phosphorylates SNAPIN to regulate axonal retrograde transport and neurotransmitter release.
Cell death discovery 2022 Lee YH, Suh BK, Lee U, Ryu SH, Shin SR, Chang S, Park SK, Chung KC -
SCAMP5 mediates activity-dependent enhancement of NHE6 recruitment to synaptic vesicles during synaptic plasticity.
Molecular brain 2021 Lee U, Ryu SH, Chang S -
SCAMP5 plays a critical role in axonal trafficking and synaptic localization of NHE6 to adjust quantal size at glutamatergic synapses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021 Lee U, Choi C, Ryu SH, Park D, Lee SE, Kim K, Kim Y, Chang S
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Release Mode Dynamically Regulates the RRP Refilling Mechanism at Individual Hippocampal Synapses.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2020 Kim Y, Lee U, Choi C, Chang S -
SGIP1α functions as a selective endocytic adaptor for the internalization of synaptotagmin 1 at synapses.
Molecular brain 2019 Lee SE, Jeong S, Lee U, Chang S -
Impairment of Release Site Clearance within the Active Zone by Reduced SCAMP5 Expression Causes Short-Term Depression of Synaptic Release.
Cell reports 2018 Park D, Lee U, Cho E, Zhao H, Kim JA, Lee BJ, Regan P, Ho WK, Cho K, Chang S -
Activation of CaMKIV by soluble amyloid-β1-42 impedes trafficking of axonal vesicles and impairs activity-dependent synaptogenesis.
Science signaling 2017 Park D, Na M, Kim JA, Lee U, Cho E, Jang M, Chang S -
nArgBP2 regulates excitatory synapse formation by controlling dendritic spine morphology.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2016 Lee SE, Kim Y, Han JK, Park H, Lee U, Na M, Jeong S, Chung C, Cestra G, Chang S