Yuh Nung Jan

Yuh Nung Jan (詹裕農) is a Taiwanese - American neurophysiologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco .

Yuh Nung Jan and his wife, Lily Jan , have made special contributions to their research into the protein family of the potassium channels , which play an important role in the excitability of nerve cells and muscle cells . The subject of research is the DNA sequence , structure, function and regulation of the potassium channels. More recent work also deals with calcium- activated chloride channels .

Life

Jan earned a bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University in Taipei in 1967 and a master's degree in 1970 and a Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California . In 1971 he married Lily Jan . Under the influence of Max Delbrück , both turned to biology . Jan worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech (with Seymour Benzer ) and at Harvard University in Cambridge , Massachusetts . In 1979 he became an assistant professor , in 1983 an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco , and in 1985 he was given a full professorship there. Since 1984 he has been doing research for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

Jan Lab at the University of California, San Francisco (ucsf.edu); Retrieved April 2, 2011
Biography and research abstract at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (hhmi.org); Retrieved April 2, 2011
Profile and curriculum vitae (PDF, 79 kB) at Academia Sinica (sinica.edu.tw); Retrieved April 2, 2011
Jan, Yuh Nung at PNAS (nas.edu); Retrieved July 3, 2011

personal data
SURNAME	Jan, Yuh Nung
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jan, Yuh-Nung; 詹裕農
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Taiwanese-American neurophysiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century