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Name	Yonggang Yao
Contact Information	yaoyg@mail.kiz.ac.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English, German
Province	Yunnan

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Name

Yonggang Yao

Contact Information

yaoyg@mail.kiz.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English, German

Province

Yunnan

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1993-09--1997-07 Bachelor of Science: Anhui Normal University 1997-09--2003-02 PhD: Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2001-05--2001-08 Research Collaboration: University of Hamburg, Germany 2003-02--2004-09 Postdoctoral Research: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2004-10--2008-01 Visiting Fellow: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Work Experience	2007-12~Present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Group Leader 2004-10~2008-01 - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH - Visiting Fellow 2003-02~2004-09 - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Postdoctoral Researcher
Awards	2014: Second Prize of Yunnan Science and Technology Award (Natural Science Award) 2012: Zhu Li Yuehua Excellent Teacher Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2010: Second Prize of Yunnan Province Outstanding Professional and Technical Talent Award 2009: National Candidate of the New Century Talents Project 2006: Second Prize of National Natural Science Award 2005: National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation 2002: Special Award of the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1993-09--1997-07 Bachelor of Science: Anhui Normal University
1997-09--2003-02 PhD: Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2001-05--2001-08 Research Collaboration: University of Hamburg, Germany
2003-02--2004-09 Postdoctoral Research: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2004-10--2008-01 Visiting Fellow: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH

Work Experience

2007-12~Present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Group Leader
2004-10~2008-01 - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH - Visiting Fellow
2003-02~2004-09 - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Postdoctoral Researcher

Awards

2014: Second Prize of Yunnan Science and Technology Award (Natural Science Award)
2012: Zhu Li Yuehua Excellent Teacher Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010: Second Prize of Yunnan Province Outstanding Professional and Technical Talent Award
2009: National Candidate of the New Century Talents Project
2006: Second Prize of National Natural Science Award
2005: National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation
2002: Special Award of the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Areas of Focus	Genetic Analysis of Human Neuropsychiatric Diseases Basic Biology of Tree Shrews
Publications	New Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids from Tabernaemontana crassa Inhibit beta-Amyloid42 Production and Phospho-Tau (Thr217), Li, Sheng, Han, LingLing, Huang, KePu, Ma, YeHan, Guo, LingLi, Guo, Yarong, Ran, Xiaoqian, Yao, YongGang, Hao, XiaoJiang, Luo, Rongcan, Zhang, Yu, 2023 Common and rare variants of EGF increase the genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease as revealed by targeted sequencing of growth factors in Han Chinese, Xiao Li, Min Xu, Rui Bi, LiWen Tan, YongGang Yao, DengFeng Zhang, 2023 Munronin V with 7/7/6 tricarbocyclic framework from Munronia henryi harms inhibits tau pathology by activating autophagy, Yan, Ying, Ran, Xiaoqian, Wang, Dan, Zhang, Xiong, Peng, Mingyou, Yan, Xiaoyan, Tang, Lei, Liang, Hong, Qin, Xujie, Di, YingTong, Luo, Rongcan, Hao, XiaoJiang, Yao, YongGang, 2023

Areas of Focus

Genetic Analysis of Human Neuropsychiatric Diseases
Basic Biology of Tree Shrews

Publications

New Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids from Tabernaemontana crassa Inhibit beta-Amyloid42 Production and Phospho-Tau (Thr217), Li, Sheng, Han, LingLing, Huang, KePu, Ma, YeHan, Guo, LingLi, Guo, Yarong, Ran, Xiaoqian, Yao, YongGang, Hao, XiaoJiang, Luo, Rongcan, Zhang, Yu, 2023
Common and rare variants of EGF increase the genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease as revealed by targeted sequencing of growth factors in Han Chinese, Xiao Li, Min Xu, Rui Bi, LiWen Tan, YongGang Yao, DengFeng Zhang, 2023
Munronin V with 7/7/6 tricarbocyclic framework from Munronia henryi harms inhibits tau pathology by activating autophagy, Yan, Ying, Ran, Xiaoqian, Wang, Dan, Zhang, Xiong, Peng, Mingyou, Yan, Xiaoyan, Tang, Lei, Liang, Hong, Qin, Xujie, Di, YingTong, Luo, Rongcan, Hao, XiaoJiang, Yao, YongGang, 2023

Genetic Analysis Neuropsychiatric Diseases Human Genetics Neuroscience Psychiatric Disorders Genomics Molecular Biology Disease Mechanisms Genetic Susceptibility Neurogenetics

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