{"id":1114,"date":"2025-04-21T15:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T15:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurshanlab.org\/?page_id=1114"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:03:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kurshanlab.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1114\" class=\"elementor elementor-1114\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7c2d2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"20297\" data-id=\"c7c2d2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ed8348\" data-eae-slider=\"76986\" data-id=\"9ed8348\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b0c5f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79b0c5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">KURSHAN LAB AT ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e13dbef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"79870\" data-id=\"e13dbef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cedc718\" data-eae-slider=\"65296\" data-id=\"cedc718\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f20b92 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f20b92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;line-height: 1;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 47px;font-style: normal;color: #7a7a7a;letter-spacing: 4px;text-align: center\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">WELCOME.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-742a123 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"742a123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>We use the nematode\u00a0<em>C. elegans<\/em>\u00a0to investigate how synapses are built.\u00a0<\/b><b style=\"font-size: 14px\">The 100 billion neurons in our brains make 100 trillion connections, or synapses, with each other. How these synapses are built is an enduring question in developmental neurobiology. The round worm\u00a0<em>C. elegans<\/em>\u00a0has exactly 302 neurons that make ~5000 synapses, using highly conserved molecules and principles, allowing us to use this model system to learn about the mechanisms underlying how our own synapses are formed.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f7ef2f\" data-eae-slider=\"32111\" data-id=\"0f7ef2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278b733 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"278b733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cddab5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\">Fully mapped connectome<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4e606c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4e606c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/kurshanlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/NeuroPAL-in-full-worm-body-presentation-picture-768x226.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1229\" alt=\"\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\">NeuroPAL (<strong>neuro<\/strong>nal <strong>p<\/strong>olychromatic <strong>a<\/strong>tlas of <strong>l<\/strong>andmarks, Yemini, et al., 2021) is a tool for identifying neurons in <em>C. elegans<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfd0965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bfd0965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/kurshanlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/06\/worm-DA9-synapses-figure-768x372.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-539\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><p><b>Cell-specific synaptic markers allow for high resolution imaging of individual synapses in <\/b><b><i>C. <\/i><\/b><b><i>elegans<\/i><\/b><b>. A. <\/b>Worm schematic showing the dorsal and ventral body wall muscles and the neurons that innervate them. <b>B. <\/b>Schematic of the DA9 motor neuron in the tail of the worm. This neuron forms a stereotyped number of synapses in a specific location onto the dorsal tail muscles. <b>C. <\/b>Confocal image of DA9 synapses <i>in vivo<\/i> expressing fluorescent synaptic vesicle proteins in red and active zone proteins in green. <b>D. <\/b>Electron micrograph of a cross section of a single presynaptic bouton (diagramed in C with a dashed box) showing the dense projection pseudocolored in green (corresponding to the active zone puncta in C).<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5bd6ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5bd6ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18\" src=\"https:\/\/kurshanlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/wyIs251wtSVtraffickingmovie.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"47\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcfdf79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcfdf79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><strong>Live imaging of neuronal outgrowth and synaptic protein transport.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Molecular motors transport presynaptic components, such as the synaptic vesicle precursors shown here, to synapses during development and maturation. We can visualize this process using live imaging.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aee26b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"90598\" data-id=\"aee26b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-be0d7c5\" data-eae-slider=\"92840\" data-id=\"be0d7c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b66361\" data-eae-slider=\"27564\" data-id=\"6b66361\" 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We use the nematode\u00a0C. elegans\u00a0to investigate how synapses are built.\u00a0The 100 billion neurons in our brains make 100 trillion connections, or synapses, with each other. How these synapses are built is an enduring question in developmental neurobiology. 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