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dan.li@dpag.ox.ac.uk


01865 272547


ORCID ID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2230-9300

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  • BHF

    British Heart Foundation

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The cover shows cell preparation for intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) measurement from gene transferred neurons. Left: Neurons loaded with fluorescent Ca2+ indicator Fura-4F/AM. Center: mCherry expression. Right: Overlay of Fura-4F/AM and mCherry expression. [Ca2+]i was only measured from mCherry experessing neurons. Scale bar, 5 μm. (See Li et al page 202.)

Dan Li

MD. PhD

Associate Professor

Dan Li received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Medicine from China, and in 2003, she was obtained a PhD from Chonbuk National University in South Korea. Following her doctoral studies, she joined the University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics for postdoctoral research in Professor David Paterson's laboratory. She progressed from Departmental Lecturer to University Research Lecturer and, in 2023, was awarded the title of Associate Professor.

Dan Li’s main research interest is focused on understanding how the autonomic nervous system influences cardiac function in health and disease. She developed a primary culture system of sympathetic ganglion neurons, using cellular and molecular approaches to investigate the interactions between different signalling cascades (Ca2+, nitric oxide, natriuretic peptide, cAMP, cGMP and other) in the cytosol and the sub-organelles (mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum). She utilises several genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors for monitoring second messengers using fluorescence microscopy and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) in living cells to understanding how these second messengers impact on neuronal and cardiac function.  

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