Research groups
Anna Li
Postdoc
I am a postdoc working in the Yin Dong lab (NDCN) and David Sauer lab (Centre for Medicines Discovery), where I previously completed my DPhil. I am interested in the structures and functions of the muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and glutamate transporters, both are synaptic proteins implicated in neurological disorders. I am currently working on understanding the behaviour of AChR in native lipids by cryo-EM.
Previously, I completed my Bachelor of Biomedicine with Honours at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where I researched an ion channel mutation and it's role in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy.
Recent publications
Protocol for stable cell line production to express muscle-type nicotinic receptor
Journal article
Li A. et al, (2026), STAR Protocols, 7, 104427 - 104427
Structures of the human adult muscle-type nicotinic receptor in resting and desensitized states
Journal article
Li A. et al, (2025), Cell Reports, 44, 115581 - 115581
EAAT3 modulation: A potential novel avenue towards remyelination in multiple sclerosis
Journal article
van Veggel L. et al, (2025), Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 186, 117960 - 117960
Structures of the human adult muscle-type nicotinic receptor in resting and desensitised states
Preprint
Li A. et al, (2024)
Still in Search for an EAAT Activator: GT949 Does Not Activate EAAT2, nor EAAT3 in Impedance and Radioligand Uptake Assays
Journal article
van Veggel L. et al, (2024), ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 15, 1424 - 1431