Chien-Ping Ko

  • Professor of Biological Sciences, Section of Neurosciences
Office: (213) 740-9182

Expertise Summary

Expert in the neurobiology of motor diseases like Lou Gehrig’s disease and spinal muscular atrophy

Expertise

  • neurobiology, especially neuromuscular junctions (synapses between motor neurons and muscles)
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
  • cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse formation and function
  • neurocytology/ cellular neurobiology
  • electron microscopy
  • the neuromuscular junction

Languages

  • Mandarin
  • Taiwanese

Additional Information

  • Editorial Board Member, Neuron Glia Biology