Welcome to the Liu Lab
We are biophysicists interested in understanding how the cytoskeletal network gives rise to cell shape and function. We study these questions in the context of auditory hair cells and photoreceptor neurons.
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How do hair cell stereocilia assemble and maintain themselves?
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How do phototransduction proteins traffick to the outer segment?
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We address these questions by reconstituting the cytoskeletal dynamics from simple components
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In combination with protein structural analysis
And high resolution live cell imaging
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