• Ph.D. scientist with background in neurobiology, developmental biology, and genetics• Developed animal models (mouse and zebrafish) and in vitro assays using primary hippocampal culture and cell line (tau phosphorylation assay)• Expert in confocal imaging and neural circuit (axon) tracing• First developed Brainbow multi-fluorescent labeling in zebrafish to enable tracing of specific neural circuits and cell lineagesPublications:Pan, Y. A., Caron, S. J., and Schier, A. F. (2012). BAPTI and BAPTISM birthdating of neurons in zebrafish.. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2012 Jan 1;2012(1). pii: pdb.prot067520.Pan, Y.A., Choy, M., Prober, D. A., and Schier, A. F. (2012). Robo2 determines subtype-specific axonal projections of trigeminal sensory neurons. Development 139, 591-600.Pan, Y. A., Livet, J., Sanes, J. R., Lichtman, J. W. and Schier, A. F. (2011). Multicolor Brainbow imaging in zebrafish. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2011 Jan 1;2011(1):pdb.prot5546.Barnes, A. P., Lilley, B. N., Pan, Y. A., Plummer, L. J., Powell, A. W., Raines, A. N., Sanes, J. R. and Polleux, F. (2007). LKB1 and SAD kinases define a pathway required for the polarization of cortical neurons. Cell 129, 549-63.Kishi, M.*, Pan, Y. A.*, Crump, J. G. and Sanes, J. R. (2005). Mammalian SAD kinases are required for neuronal polarization. Science 307, 929-32. (*co-first authors) Pan, Y. A. and Sanes, J. R. (2004). Non-invasive visualization of epidermal responses to injury using a fluorescent transgenic reporter. J Invest Dermatol 123, 888-91.Pan, Y. A., Misgeld, T., Lichtman, J. W. and Sanes, J. R. (2003). Effects of neurotoxic and neuroprotective agents on peripheral nerve regeneration assayed by time-lapse imaging in vivo. J Neurosci 23, 11479-88. (cover article)