Angela Ho

Angela is a tenure Associate Professor in Biology at Boston University. She joined the Biology Department in October 2008 and started her laboratory in January 2009 and is an affiliate of the Center for Systems Neuroscience. Angela is a participating faculty member for the Graduate Program in Biology (Neurobiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology), Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (MCBB), Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN), Graduate Program in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Division of Graduate Medical Sciences.

Angela received her Ph.D. degree in Neurobiology at the Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine under Dr. Mariann Blum where she studied the cytokine-neurotrophic cascade associated with neurotoxin-induced plasticity of dopaminergic neurons. She conducted her postdoctoral research in Dr. Thomas Sudhof’s laboratory at University of Texas Southwestern where she discovered a family of synaptic proteins known as Mints which are critical for synaptic communication and play an essential role in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. At Boston University, the research in her laboratory is focused on understanding the molecular and synaptic mechanisms underlying brain development, and maintenance of synaptic connections as it pertains to neurodegenerative disorders.

Angela was awarded the NIH-K01 Pathway to Independence Award, National Research Award from Alzheimer’s Association, Patricia Mclellan Leavitt Research Award, and the Harold and Margaret Southerland Alzheimer’s Research Fund.