Bio
Dr. Luo grew up in Shanghai, China, and earned his bachelor's degree in molecular biology from the University of Science and Technology of China. After obtaining his PhD in Brandeis University, and postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Luo started his own lab in the Department of Biology, Stanford University in December 1996. Together with his postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, Dr. Luo studies the logic of brain wiring using genetic tools. They have developed mosaic marking systems in flies and mice and used them to study how signals are transduced from cell surface receptors to the cytoskeleton, how neuronal processes are pruned, and how neural circuits are organized and built. Dr. Luo is currently a Professor of Biology and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He teaches neurobiology to Stanford undergraduate and graduate students. He recently published a single-author textbook entitled “Principles of Neurobiology.”
Dr. Luo has served on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including Neuron, eLife, and Annual Review of Neuroscience. He has also served on the Pew Scholar National Committee and Scientific Advisory Committee of Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. He is recipient of the McKnight Technological Innovation in Neuroscience Award, the Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award, the Jacob Javits Award from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, HW Mossman Award from American Association of Anatomists, and the Lawrence Katz Prize. Dr. Luo is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Biology
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Professor (By courtesy), Neurobiology
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Member, Stanford Neurosciences Institute
Honors & Awards
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Technology Innovation Award in Neuroscience, McKnight Foundation (2002)
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Young Investigator Award, Society for Neuroscience (2002)
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Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2005)
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Jacob Javits Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (2005)
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H.W.Mossman Award, American Association of Anatomists (2007)
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Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011)
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Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)
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Member, National Academy of Sciences (2012)
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The Lawrence C. Katz Prize for Innovative Research in Neuroscience, Duke University (2013)
Professional Education
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B.S., Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, Molecular Biology (1986)
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Ph.D., Brandeis University, Biology (1992)
Patents
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He Z, Zhai Q, Wang J, Watts R, Hoopfer E, Luo L. "United States Patent 7,012,063 Reducing axon degeneration with proteasome inhibitors", Harvard & Stanford
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Luo L, Zong H. "United States Patent 7,282,621 Somatic recombination", Stanford
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Luo L, Tsai RY, Tasic B, Hippenmeyer S, Zong H. "United States Patent 9,125,385 Site-directed integration of transgenes in mammals", Stanford