Education

Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Current position

Research specialist in Department of Biology, Stanford University. My research focuses on understanding the mechanisms involved in aging-associated neural circuit dysfunction in C.elegans.

Publications

1. Dhungel, N., Eleuteri, S., Li, L. B., Kramer, N. J., Chartron, J. W., Spencer, B., Kosberg, K., Fields, J. A., Stafa, K., Adame, A., Lashuel, H., Frydman, J., Shen, K., Masliah, E. and Gitler, A. D. (2015). Parkinson's disease genes VPS35 and EIF4G1 interact genetically and converge on alpha-synuclein. Neuron 85(1): 76-87. (Highlighted by cover image)
   
2. Li, L. B. and Bonini, N. M. (2010). Roles of trinucleotide-repeat RNA in neurological disease and degeneration. Trends Neurosci 33(6): 292-298.
   
3. Li, L. B., Yu, Z., Teng, X. and Bonini, N. M. (2008). RNA toxicity is a component of ataxin-3 degeneration in Drosophila. Nature 453(7198): 1107-1111. [Highlighted in Curr Biol (2008) 18: R659-661]
   
4. Li, L. B., Xu, K. and Bonini, N. M. (2007). Suppression of polyglutamine toxicity by the yeast Sup35 prion domain in Drosophila. J Biol Chem 282(52): 37694-37701.