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Zi-Long Qiu
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Autism
Rett Syndrome
Developmental Neurological Diseases
Biological Research
Molecular Mechanisms
Circuit Mechanisms
Non-Human Primate Models
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Clinical Translation
Neuroscience
Areas of Focus
- Biological research on developmental neurological diseases such as autism and Rett syndrome
Work Experience
- 2009-07 - Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences - Researcher
- 2003-11 - 2009-07 - University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Department of Neurobiology - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1998-09--2003-06 Ph.D.: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1994-09--1998-06 Bachelor's Degree: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2016: Awarded the Outstanding Youth Science and Technology Innovation Talent Award by the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2016: Awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- 2017: Awarded the WuXi AppTec Life Chemistry Research Award
- 2017: Appointed as a Distinguished Researcher by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2018: Promoted to Senior Researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Generation of a whole-brain atlas for the cholinergic system and mesoscopic projectome analysis of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons, Li X, Yu B, Sun Q, Zhang Y, Ren M, Zhang X, Li A, Yuan J, Madisen L, Luo Q, Zeng H, Gong H, Qiu Z, 2018
- Autism-associated Dyrk1a truncation mutants impair neuronal dendritic and spine growth and interfere with postnatal cortical development, Dang T, Duan W, Yu B, Tong DL, Cheng C, Zhang YF, Wu W, Ye K, Zhang WX, Wu M, Wu B, An Y, Qiu Z, Wu BL, 2018
- Deciphering MECP2-associated disorders: disrupted circuits and the hope for repair, Qiu Z, 2018
- Identification of Autism-Related MECP2 Mutations by Whole-Exome Sequencing and Functional Validation, Wen Z, Cheng TL, Li GZ, Sun SB, Yu SY, Zhang Y, Du YS, Qiu Z, 2017
- Mir505-3p regulates axonal development via inhibiting autophagy pathway by targeting Atg12, Yang K, Yu B, Cheng C, Cheng TL, Yuan B, Li K, Xiao JH, Qiu Z, Zhou YX, 2017
- Autism-like behaviors and germline transmission in transgenic monkeys overexpressing MeCP2, Liu Z, Li X, Zhang J, Cai Y, Cheng T, Cheng C, Wang Y, Zhang C, Nie Y, Chen Z, Bian W, Zhang L, Xiao J, Lu B, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Sang X, Wu J, Xu X, Xiong Z, Zhang F, Yu X, Gong N, Zhou W, Sun Q, Qiu Z, 2016
- MeCP2 suppresses nuclear microRNA processing and dendritic growth by regulating the DGCR8/Drosha complex, Cheng T, Wang Z, Liao Q, Zhu Y, Zhou W, Xu W, Qiu Z, 2014
Awards
- Outstanding Youth Science and Technology Innovation Talent Award (2016): Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2016)
- WuXi AppTec Life Chemistry Research Award (2017)
- Distinguished Researcher (2017): Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Senior Researcher Promotion (2018): Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
