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Wendy Yue - Professor, UC San Francisco
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: Off Campus
Spiny mice are among the few mammals capable of shedding and regenerating large areas of skin, a unique adaptation that helps them escape predators. However, this ability comes with a challenge: how do they manage the pain from such severe injuries? This project investigates the excitability of pain-sensitive neurons...
Biological & Health SciencesWendy Yue - Professor, UC San Francisco
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 12 or more hours Location: Off Campus
Reduced nerve density is an anatomical hallmark of neuropathy. We’ve identified candidate regulators of this process and will test their effects on nerve density in animals...
Biological & Health SciencesWendy Yue - Professor, UC San Francisco
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: Off Campus
Spiny mice are among the few mammals capable of shedding and regenerating large areas of skin, a unique adaptation that helps them escape predators. However, this ability comes with a challenge: how do they manage the pain from such severe injuries? This project is part of a bigger study aiming...
Biological & Health SciencesWendy Yue - Professor, UC San Francisco
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: Off Campus
Spiny mouse is one of few known mammals that has been reported to naturally menstruate. We are interested in using it as a model for studying vascular remodeling and sensory hypersensitivity in menstruation...
Biological & Health Sciences