All Publications
Liu X, Lai J, Han C, Zhong H, Huang K, Liu Y, Zhu X, Wei P, Tan L, Xu F, Wang L. Neural circuit underlying individual differences in visual escape habituation. Neuron. 2025 May 8:S0896-6273(25)00301-0. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.04.018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40347942.
Zhou C, Gao X, Tan L*. Shaping Sight: Novel Thalamic Plasticity Channels dLGN Feature Preference During Visual Critical Period. Neuron. 2025. 113(9):1294-1296.
Tan L, Ringach DL, Trachtenberg JT*. The development of receptive field tuning properties in mouse binocular primary visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 2022. 42(17): 3546-3556.
Cheng S#, Butrus S#, Tan L#, Xu R, Sagireddy S, Trachtenberg JT, Shekhar K*, Zipursky SL*. Vision-dependent specification of cell types and function in the developing cortex. Cell. 2022. 185(2):311-327. e24.
Tan L, Ringach DL, Zipursky SL, Trachtenberg JT*. Vision is required for the formation of binocular neurons prior to the classical critical period. Current Biology. 2021. 31: 4305-4313.
Tan L, Tring E, Ringach DL, Zipursky SL, Trachtenberg JT*. Vision changes the cellular composition of binocular circuitry during the critical period. Neuron. 2020. 108(4):735-747. e6.
Xu C, Theisen E, Maloney R, Peng J, Santiago I, Yapp C, Werkhoven Z, Rumbaut E, Shum B, Tarnogorska D, Borycz JA, Tan L, Courgeon M, Griffin T, Levin R, Meinertzhagen IA, de Bivort B, Drugowitsch J, Pecot MY*. Control of Synaptic Specificity by Establishing a Relative Preference for Synaptic Partners. Neuron. 2019. 103(5): 865-877. e7
Ashley J, Sorrentino V, Nagarkar-Jaiswal J, Tan L, Xu S, Xiao Q, Zinn K*, Carrillo RA*. Transsynaptic interaction between IgSF proteins DIP-α and Dpr10 are required for motor neuron targeting specificity. eLife. 2019. 8, e42690.
Venkatasubramanian L, Guo Z, Xu S, Tan L, Xiao Q, Nagarkar-Jaiswal S, Mann RS*. Stereotyped Terminal Axon Branching of Leg Motor Neurons Mediated by IgSF Proteins DIP-α and Dpr10. eLife. 2019. 8, e42692.
Xu S#, Xiao Q#, Cosmanescu F, Sergeeva AP, Yoo J, Lin Y, Katsamba PS, Ahlsen G, Kaufman J, Linaval N, Lee P-T, Bellen HJ, Shapiro L, Honig B, Tan L*, Zipursky SL*. Interactions between the Ig-Superfamily Proteins DIP-α and Dpr6/10 Regulate Assembly of Neural Circuits. Neuron. 2018. 100(6):1369-1384. e6.
Cosmanescu F, Katsamba PS, Sergeeva AP, Ahlsen G, Patel SD, Brewer JJ, Tan L, Xu S, Xiao Q, Nagarkar-Jaiswal S, Nern A, Bellen HJ, Zipursky SL*, Honig B*, and Shapiro L*. Neuron Sub-type Specific Expression, Interaction Affinities, and Specificity Determinants of DIP/Dpr Cell Recognition Proteins. Neuron. 2018. 100(6):1385-1400. e6.
Zhang KX, Tan L, Pellegrini M, Zipursky SL*, McEwen JM. Rapid Changes in the Translatome during the Conversion of Growth Cones to Synaptic Terminals. Cell Rep. 2016. 14(5):1258-71.
Tan L#, Zhang KX#, Pecot MY, Nagarkar-Jaiswal S, Lee PT, Takemura SY, McEwen JM, Nern A, Xu S, Tadros W, Chen Z, Zinn K, Bellen HJ, Morey M*, Zipursky SL*. Ig Superfamily Ligand and Receptor Pairs Expressed in Synaptic Partners in Drosophila. Cell. 2015. 163(7):1756-69.