Yuhan Huang
  • Graduate Student
  • Zarin Lab

Research Interests

  • Neuroscience

Educational Background

  • B.S. Biology Science, Sichuan University, China, 2018
  • M.S. Molecular and Cell Biology, Brandeis University, 2020

Awards & Honors

  • Ph.D. Biology, Texas A&M University, May 2025

Selected Publications

  • Huang Y, Dulanjana M. Perera, Lizzy Olsen, Ankura Sitaula, Parinita Mitchelle Mandhyan, Sara Arredondo-Miramontes, Nathan Byrd, Xuan Tung Le, Isuru S. Godage, Zarin AA (2024). A dedicated premotor circuit drives forward locomotion-specific protopodium movement in Drosophila larvae. Under review in Nature Communications

    Sitaula, A., Huang, Y. and Zarin, A. (2024). Application of a Dual Optogenetic Silencing-Activation Protocol to Map Motor Neurons Driving Rolling Escape Behavior in Drosophila Larvae. Bio-protocol 14(23): e5131. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5131.

    Cooney, Patricia C., et al. “Neuromuscular basis of Drosophila larval rolling escape behavior.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120.51 (2023): e2303641120.

    Presentations:

    SPRC 2025 12 min oral presentation

    Oral presentation, Neural control of swing and stance phases of foot-like structures during Drosophila larval locomotion. Texas A&M Biology Department Seminar Series, 2024

    Poster presentation, “Neural control of swing and stance phases of foot-like structures during Drosophila
    larval locomotion”, Student and Postdoc Research Conference (SPRC) of Biology Department, Texas A&M University, 2024. 2nd place poster award ($500)