John Jia En Chua

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Dr. rer. nat., University of Hamburg, Germany
• MSc, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• BSc (Honours, Second Upper), National University of Singapore, Singapore

RESEARCH AREAS

• Neuroscience : Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms, Mental Health Disorders and Therapeutics, Neurodegenerative Diseases

RESEARCH INTEREST(S)

• Intracellular Trafficking
• Synapse Biology
• Developmental Neurobiology
• Signalling Pathways
• Proteomics
• Interactomics

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Ho, C. F. -Y., Ismail, N. B., Koh, J. K. -Z., Gunaseelan, S., Low, Y. -H., Ng, Y. -K., . . . Ong, W. -Y. (2018). Localisation of Formyl-Peptide Receptor 2 in the Rat Central Nervous System and Its Role in Axonal and Dendritic Outgrowth. NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH, 43(8), 1587-1598. doi:10.1007/s11064-018-2573-0.
• 2. Huang, H., Kapeli, K., Jin, W., Wong, Y. P., Arumugam, T. V., Koh, J. H., . . . Soong, T. W. (2018). Tissue-selective restriction of RNA editing of CaV1.3 by splicing factor SRSF9.. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gky348.
• Tan, L. H. -R., Tan, A. J. -R., Ng, Y. -Y., Chua, J. J. -E., Chew, W. -S., Muralidharan, S., . . . Ong, W. -Y. (2018). Enriched Expression of Neutral Sphingomyelinase 2 in the Striatum is Essential for Regulation of Lipid Raft Content and Motor Coordination. MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY, 55(7), 5741-5756. doi:10.1007/s12035-017-0784-z.
• Butkevich, E., Haertig, W., Nikolov, M., Erck, C., Grosche, J., Urlaub, H., . . . Chua, J. J. E. (2016). Phosphorylation of FEZ1 by Microtubule Affinity Regulating Kinases regulates its function in presynaptic protein trafficking. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6, 15 pages. doi:10.1038/srep26965.
• Kohansal-Nodehi, M., Chua, J. J. E., Urlaub, H., Jahn, R., & Czernik, D. (2016). Analysis of protein phosphorylation in nerve terminal reveals extensive changes in active zone proteins upon exocytosis. ELIFE, 5, 25 pages. doi:10.7554/eLife.14530.