Research Experience

Grants/Awards

Technical Skills

PhD Candidate, Duke University School of Medicine, Dept of Neurobiology

Education

2017-2023

B.A., Northwestern University, Integrated Science and Biology

2012-2016

Postdoctoral fellow - Komiyama Lab, University of California San Diego

2023-present

Graduate Student - Glickfeld Lab, Duke University School of Medicine
Research Topic: Synaptic and circuit mechanisms underlying visual processing

  1. Li JY, Hass CA, Matthews I, Kristl AC, Glickfeld LL. Distinct recruitment of feedforward and recurrent pathways across higher-order areas of mouse visual cortex. Curr Biol. 2021;31(22):5024-5036.e5. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.042

  2. Li JY, Glickfeld LL. Input-specific synaptic depression shapes temporal integration in mouse primary visual cortex. Neuron. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.07.003.

2017-2023

Undergraduate/Lab Technician - Schmidt Lab, Northwestern University
Research Topic: Projections of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs)

  1. Li JY, Schmidt TM. Divergent projection patterns of M1 ipRGC subtypes. J Comp Neurol. 2018;526(13):2010-2018. doi:10.1002/cne.24469

  2. Sonoda T, Li JY, Hayes NW, et al. A noncanonical inhibitory circuit dampens behavioral sensitivity to light. Science. 2020;368(6490):527-531. doi:10.1126/science.aay3152

2014-2017

— NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual NRSA (F31; 7/2020-2023)
— Bill Hall Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research
— Best Graduate Student Poster – Duke Neurobiology Retreat
— Duke Neurobiology Jo Rae Wright Fellowship Nominee
— Northwestern University Fletcher Undergraduate Research Prize Finalist
— Northwestern University JG Nolan Endowed Scholarship
— Northwestern University Joyce Murray Treffman Endowed Scholarship
— The Alumnae of Northwestern STEM Scholarship

— Slice electrophysiology (whole-cell patch clamp with optogenetics, electrical stimulation, pharmacology, paired recordings)
In vivo electrophysiology (whole-cell and cell-attached configurations; sharp electrode recordings; silicone probe recording)
— Rodent survival surgery (in utero electroporation, burrhole injection, headpost implantation)
— Histology (immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy)
— Proficient in MATLAB; competent in Python