Dr. Li’s research focuses on how neural signals are conveyed from one neuron to another through synapses, a specialized structure between a pair of neurons. In particular, he is interested in synapses in sensory systems where the connectivity is more simplified and the information context is more clear. His research group takes a multidisciplinary approach combining electrophysiology, UV-light uncaging of caged compounds and two-photon imaging techniques, to address some fundamental questions of sensory information encoding and decoding.
