1st Edition
Opsin-free Optogenetics Technology and Applications
Table of Content
Chapter 1
Optogenetic dissection of a two-component calcium influx pathway
Xiaoxuan Liu, Yingshan Wang, Yubin Zhou, and Guolin Ma*
Chapter 2
High-throughput engineering of a light-activatable Ca2+ channel
Lian He*, Liuqing Wang, and Youjun Wang*
Chapter 3
Optogenetic activation of TrkB signaling
Peiyuan Huang, Zhihao Zhao, Lei Lei, and Liting Duan*
Chapter 4
Spatiotemporal modulation of neural repair
Huaxun Fan, Qin Wang, Kai Zhang*, and Yuanquan Song*
Chapter 5
Optogenetic control of neural stem cell differentiation
Yixun Su, Taida Huang, Kai Zhang, and Chenju Yi*
Chapter 6
An optogenetic toolbox for remote control of programmed cell death
Ningxia Zhang and Ji Jing*
Chapter 7
Control of protein levels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by optogenetic modules that act on protein synthesis and stability
Sophia Hasenjäger, Jonathan Trauth, and Christof Taxis*
Chapter 8
Optogenetics as a tool to study neurodegeneration and signal transduction
Prabhat Tiwari* and Nicholas S. Tolwinski*
Chapter 9
Opsin-free optogenetics: brain and beyond
Jongryul Hong, Yeonji Jeong, and Won Do Heo*
Chapter 10
Constructing a far-red light-induced split-Cre recombinase system for controllable genome engineering
Meiyan Wang, Jiali Wu, and Haifeng Ye*
Chapter 11
Tools and Technologies for Wireless and Non-invasive Optogenetics
Guangfu Wu, Vagif Abdulla, Yiyuan Yang, Michael Schneider, and Yi Zhang*
Biography
Yubin Zhou, Kai Zhang
“This book differs markedly from these other, more general volumes by virtue of its concentration on next generation, non-opsin photo-switches. The result is a focused, highly informative, yet compact and easy-to-read volume that offers a model for how these works should be constructed.”
Doody Review Peter J. Kennelly, PhD (Virginia Tech)
