Uel Jackson Mcmahan
PROFESSOR
NEUROBIOLOGY
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America
Biography
He is a Member of Bio-X and Stanford Neurosciences Institute. He is a director of Neurosciences Program (1986 - 1991).He is a Chairman of Department of Neurobiology (1987 - 1992) and Committee on Graduate Studies (1989 - 1990).He is a member of Administrative Panel for Laboratory Animal Care (APLAC) (1999 - 2005)and Appointments and Promotions (A&P) Committee, School of Medicine (2005 - 2008).He got Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College(1996),Jacob Javits Neurosciences Investigator Award from NIH (1991-1998),Jacob Javits Neurosciences Investigator Award from NIH (1984-1991) and Research Career Development Award from NIH (1973-1977).He did B.A. frrom Westminster College, Fulton, MO in Biology (1960)and Ph.D.from U Tennessee Med Units, Memphis,TN, Anatomy (1964)
Research Interest
Three-dimensional reconstructions of tissue sections generated by electron microscope tomography to study the organization and behavior of macromolecules at the nervous systemÂ’s synapses.
Publications
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Nagwaney S, Harlow ML, Jung JH, Szule JA, Ress D, Xu J, Marshall RM, McMahan UJ. Macromolecular connections of active zone material to docked synaptic vesicles and presynaptic membrane at neuromuscular junctions of mouse. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2009 Apr 10;513(5):457-68.
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Szule JA, Harlow ML, Jung JH, De-Miguel FF, Marshall RM, McMahan UJ. Regulation of synaptic vesicle docking by different classes of macromolecules in active zone material. PLoS One. 2012 Mar 16;7(3):e33333.
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Harlow ML, Szule JA, Xu J, Jung JH, Marshall RM, McMahan UJ. Alignment of synaptic vesicle macromolecules with the macromolecules in active zone material that direct vesicle docking. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 22;8(7):e69410.
