Mei Shen
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
A120 CLSL, Box 29-6
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 300-3587
Assistant Professor
Measuring chemical transmitters released from vesicles in real-time. Synaptic chemical transmission. Single cell signaling. Electrophysiology. Alzheimer’s diseases. Developing nanoelectrodes and multiplexed analytical platform to study neurotransmission.
Research Description
The research in the Shen lab interfaces between state of art ultra-high resolution nano-electroanalytical chemistry and neurobiology. The main theme of Shen research program is to interrogate chemical, spatial and temporal heterogeneity in biomaterials using chemically-specific nanosensor probes.
Awards
NIH-R21 award to Study Exocytosis in the Region of Synaptic Cleft, September 2013-August 2016
Professional Development Award at University of Texas at Austin
Lochte Fellowship at University of Texas at Austin