Homan Lee
Intern Research Assistant |
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Unlike his lab mates who found their passion for rhythm in the artistic expression of music and dance, Homan developed his interests for rhythm from the realm of competitive swimming. At first he was unable to synchronize his rhythmic arm strokes to his rhythmic leg strokes and more importantly to his rhythmic breathing movements (at least of air). After some time, through thousands and thousands of repetitive but harmonious movements (literally), he has the whole body rhythm he needs to translate kinetic energy into forward instead of downward (i.e. sinking) movements.
Homan is an intern who shares his time between the Brain Rhythm Lab and the Songbird Neuroethology Laboratory (Chris Sturdy). He plans on finishing his undergraduate degree and then moving on to the next “cycle” of his life (cycling in the Tour de France as the first Asian rider – look out Contador!).
Currently he is looking at the differential expression of ZENK, an immediate early gene, across the spontaneous states exhibited in urethane-anesthetized rats that resemble REM and NREM components of sleep. |
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