最忙的一年

2004年，两国四地

美国华盛顿大学医学院实验室尚未完成搬迁，西北大学医学院实验室开始了运行，St Louis与Chicago之间来回；

中国科学院上海神经科学研究所尚未搬迁完，北京生命科学所实验室开始了运行，上海北京之间来回。

（北生所实验室至2010年；

2007年起，北京大学生命科学学院；

2008年至2011年兼香港科技大学生物化学系）

2003

Ward M, McCann C, DeWulf M, Wu JY and Rao Y (2003). Distinguishing between directional guidance and motility regulation in neuronal migration. J Neurosci 23:5170-5177.

Liu G and Rao Y (2003). Neuronal migration from the forebrain to the olfactory bulb requires a new attractant persistent in the olfactory bulb. J Neurosci 23:6651-6659.

2004

Zhu Y, Yu T and Rao Y (2004). Developmental regulation of EGL migration through aswitch in cellular responsivenessto cerebellar meninges. Dev Biol 267:153-64.

Ward ME, Wu JY and Rao Y (2004). Visualization of spatially and temporally regulated N-WASP activity during cytoskeletal reorganization in living cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci 101:970-974. 

Liu G, Beggs H, Jürgensen C, Park HT, Tang H, GorskiJ, JonesKR, Reichardt LF, Wu JY and Rao Y (2004). Netrin requires the focal adhesion kinase and the Src family kinases to induceaxon outgrowth and to attract axons. Nat Neurosci 7:1222-1232.

2005

Jiang H, Guo W, Liang XH and Y Rao (2005). Both the establishment and the maintenance of neuronal polarity require active mechanisms: critical roles of GSK-3band its upstream regulators. Cell 120:123-135.

Ward ME, Jiang H and Rao Y (2005). Regulated formation and selection of neuronal processes underlie directional guidance of neuronal migration. Mol Cell Neurosci 30:378-387.