Andrew Lin
Vice Chancellor’s Fellow - Department of Biomedical Science
Profile
Dr Andrew Lin has been Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Science since 2015 when he was awarded a five-year European Research Council Starting Grant. From a young age Andrew had his sights set on a career in academic research, pursuing his passion for neurobiology. Following his PhD at the University of Cambridge, he took a slightly different direction with his postdoc to expose himself to a wider range of techniques, questions and approaches.
“Don't be afraid to make mistakes and even to fail because you’ll learn important lessons from that and it will help you in the future.”
Career timeline
2001
First author paper
Lin, A.C., Nightingale, R.W., Tarbell, T.D. (2001). Diffraction pattern analysis of bright TRACE flares. Solar Physics, 198, 385-398.
2004
A.B. in Neurobiology, summa cum laude, Harvard University.
2004-2005
Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
2005-2007
Awarded Overseas Research Student Award.
2005–2008
Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
2006
Second author paper
Leung, K.M., van Horck, F.P.G., Lin, A.C., Allison, R., Standart, N., Holt, C.E. (2006). Asymmetrical β-actin mRNA translation in growth cones mediates attractive turning to netrin-1. Nature Neuroscience, 9, 1247-56.
2006-2007
Tutorials on neurobiology (weekly discussion sections), University of Cambridge.
2007
First author paper
Lin, A.C., Holt, C.E. (2007). Local translation and directional steering in axons. EMBO Journal, 26, 3729-36.
2008
First author paper
Lin, A.C., Holt, C.E. (2008). Target recognition: topographic mapping. New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Oxford: Elsevier.First author paper
Lin, A.C., Holt, C.E. (2008). Function and regulation of local axonal translation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 18, 60-68.First author paper
Lin, A.C., Holt, C.E. (2008). Outsourcing CREB translation to axons to survive. Nature Cell Biology, 10, 115-8.Delivered Outreach lectures on visual illusions, University of Cambridge.
2009
PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge (Trinity College).
Second author
Merianda, T.T., Lin, A.C., Lam, J.S., Vuppalanchi, D., Willis, D.E., Karin, N., Holt, C.E., Twiss, J.L. (2009). A functional equivalent of endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi in axons for secretion of locally synthesized proteins. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 40, 128-42.First author
Lin, A.C., Tan, C.L., Lin, C.L., Strochlic, L., Huang, Y.S., Richter, J.D., Holt, C.E. (2009). Cytoplasmic polyadenylation and cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-dependent mRNA regulation are involved in Xenopus retinal axon development. Neural Development, 4, 8.
2009-2013
Awarded Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship (£250,000 over four years).
2009–2015
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow University of Oxford, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour.
2010
Taught tutorials on learning and memory, University of Oxford.
2013
Second author
Perisse, E., Yin, Y., Lin, A.C., Lin, S., Huetteroth, W., Waddell, S. (2013). Different Kenyon cell populations drive learned approach and avoidance in Drosophila. Neuron, 79, 945-56.Second author
Parnas, M., Lin, A.C., Huetteroth, W., Miesenböck, G. (2013). Odor discrimination in Drosophila: from neural population codes to behavior. Neuron, 79, 932-44.Invited talk - University College London, Institute of Neurology.
Invited talk - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Neurobiology of Drosophila.
Invited talk - Stanford University, Department of Neurobiology.
2013-2015
Awarded James Martin Fellow at Oxford Martin School.
2014
Taught tutorials on learning and memory, University of Oxford.
Invited talk - King’s College London, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology.
Second author
Rezával, C., Nojima, T., Neville, M.C., Lin, A.C., Goodwin, S.F. (2014). Sexually dimorphic octopaminergic neurons modulate female postmating behaviors in Drosophila. Current Biology, 24, 725-30.Invited talk - University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences.
Invited talk - HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus, Meeting on Structure and Function of the Insect Mushroom Body.
First author
Lin, A.C., Bygrave, A.M., de Calignon, A., Lee, T., Miesenböck, G. (2014). Sparse, decorrelated odor coding in the mushroom body enhances learned odor discrimination. Nature Neuroscience, 17, 559-68.
2014-2015
Examination marking, University of Oxford.
2015
Invited talk - EMBO Workshop, Neural Circuits and Behaviour of Drosophila
Invited talk - Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Institute of Molecular Biology.
2015-2020
Awarded European Research Council, Starting Grant, ‘Homeostatic balancing of excitation and inhibition in vivo’ (€1,500,000 over five years).
2015 to present
Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow (group leader), the University of Sheffield, Department of Biomedical Science.