Zhaozhu Qiu PhD

Associate Professor of Physiology




Selected Publications: 

Yang J*, Chen J*, Vitery MDC*, Osei-Owusu J, Chu J, Yu H, Sun S, Qiu Z. (2019) PAC, an evolutionarily conserved membrane protein, is a proton-activated chloride channel. Science. 364: 395-399.

Yang J, Vitery MDC, Chen J, Osei-Owusu J, Chu J, Qiu Z. (2019) Glutamate-releasing SWELL1 channel in astrocytes modulates synaptic transmission and promotes brain damage in stroke. Neuron. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.029.

Syeda R*, Qiu Z*, Dubin AE, Murthy SE, Florendo MN, Mason DE, Mathur J, Cahalan SM, Peters EC, Montal M, Patapoutian A. (2016) LRRC8 proteins form volume-regulated anion channels that sense ionic strength. Cell. 164: 499-51.

Qiu Z, Dubin AE, Mathur J, Tu B, Reddy K, Miraglia LJ, Reinhardt J, Orth AP, Patapoutian A. (2014) SWELL1, a plasma membrane protein, is an essential component of volume-regulated anion channel. Cell. 157: 447-458.