Sisu Han, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Medical Genetics

PhD-Biochemistry

University of Toronto (Canada)

BSc-Life Science

Korea University (South Korea)

Contact information

Research

Activities

My research focus is to understand the neurophysiological effects of psychedelic compounds that
provides the groundwork for safe and effective use in humans for various clinical purposes.

Publications

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Han S, Okawa S, Wilkinson G, Gazalah H, Adnani L, Dixit R, Tavares L, Faisal I, Brooks M,
Cortay V, Zinyk D, Sivitilli A, Li S, Malik F, Ilnytskyy Y, Angarica, VE, Gao J,
Chinchalongporn V, Oproescu AM, Vasan L, Touahri Y, David LA, Raharjo E, Kim JW, Wu W,
Rahmani W, Chan JA, Kovalchuk I, Attisano L, Kurrasch D, Dehay C, Swaroop A, Castro DS,
Biernaskie J, Sol A, Schuurmans C. Proneural genes define ground state rules to regulate
neurogenic patterning and cortical folding. Neuron. 2021 Aug 11:S0896-6273(21)00506-7. doi:
10.1016/j.neuron.2021.07.007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34407390.

 

Bolandi S, Han S, Schuurmans C, Kurrasch D. Neurog2 acts as a classical proneural gene in the
ventromedial hypothalamus and is required for the early phase of neurogenesis.J Neurosci. 2020
Apr 29;40(18):3549-3563. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2610-19.2020. PMID: 32273485


*Han S, *Dennis DJ, *Balakrishnan A, Dixit R, Britz O, Zinyk D, Touahri Y, Olender T, Brand
M, Guillemot F, Kurrasch D, Schuurmans C. A non-canonical role for the proneural gene
Neurog1 as a negative regulator of neocortical neurogenesis. *co-first author, Development.
2018 Oct 1;145(19):dev157719. doi: 10.1242/dev.157719. PMID: 30201687

Awards

  • ACHRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, (2021-present)
  • Vision Science Research Program Scholarship – 1) P. K. Basu Graduate Scholar Award for Vision Health Research (Honored); 2) Eric Steinbach Travel Award, University Health Network, (2020 –2021)
  • GLSE OSOTF & Other Endowed Awards - Margaret & Howard GAMBLE Research Grant, University of Toronto, (2020 – 2021)
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario, (2020-2021 & 2018-2019)
  • GLSE OSOTF & Other Endowed Awards - 1) 2019-2020 Peterborough K.M. HUNTER Charitable Foundation & Margaret; 2) Howard GAMBLE Research Grant, University of Toronto (2019-2020)
  • A travel award sponsored by Medicine by Design, 2019 Till & McCulloch Meetings TMM2019, (2019)
  • Vision Science Research Program Scholarship, University Health Network (2019)
  • ISDN2018 Best poster award, 22nd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience Japan, (2018)
  • Winter/Spring 2018 School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Conference Grant, University of Toronto. (2018)
  • Cumming School of Medicine Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary, (2016)
  • Global PhD Fellowship, Korea National Research Foundation (2011 – 2014)
  • Academic Scholarship Ilju Academy and Culture Foundation, Ilju Academy and Culture Foundation (2006 – 2011)
  • Awarded Academic Excellence Scholarships, Korea University