Areas of Focus
- Central Circuit Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Metabolic Disorders
- Role and Mechanism of Astrocytes in Regulating Stress-Induced Metabolic Diseases
- Central Nervous Mechanisms of Endocrine Hormone Regulation in Stress-Induced Metabolic Diseases
Work Experience
- 2022-01 to Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2015-09 to 2021-12 - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2011-07 to 2015-09 - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research Intern
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2016-09 to 2021-01 PhD: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2008-09 to 2011-06 Master's Degree: Shantou University
- 2004-09 to 2008-06 Bachelor's Degree: Hunan University of Science and Technology
Publications
- An optogenetic approach for regulating human parathyroid hormone secretion, Yunhui Liu, 2022
- Cav3.1-driven bursting firing in ventromedial hypothalamic neurons exerts dual control of anxiety-like behavior and energy expenditure, Yunhui Liu, 2022
- Neural Burst Firing and Its Roles in Mental and Neurological Disorders, Yunhui Liu, 2021
- Astrocytes in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus Involve Chronic Stress-Induced Anxiety and Bone Loss in Mice, Yunhui Liu, 2021
- Activation of dopaminergic VTA inputs to the mPFC ameliorates chronic stress-induced breast tumor progression, Yunhui Liu, 2021
- Tissue-engineered parathyroid gland and its regulatory secretion of parathyroid hormone, Yunhui Liu, 2020
- A GABAergic neural circuit in the ventromedial hypothalamus mediates chronic stress-induced bone loss, Yunhui Liu, 2020
- Neural regulation of bone remodeling: Identifying novel neural molecules and pathways between brain and bone, Yunhui Liu, 2019
- Light-Controlled Astrocytes Promote Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Toward Neuronal Differentiation and Improve the Neurological Deficit in Stroke Rats, Yunhui Liu, 2014
- Activated astrocytes enhance the dopaminergic differentiation of stem cells and promote brain repair through bFGF, Yunhui Liu, 2014
- Light-controlled inhibition of malignant glioma by opsin gene transfer, Yunhui Liu, 2013
- Surface biocompatible modification of polyurethane by entrapment of a macromolecular modifier, Yunhui Liu, 2013
- A comparative study on structure-property elucidation of P3/4HB and PEG-based block polyurethanes, Yunhui Liu, 2012
Awards
- 2022 Shenzhen Second Excellent Academic Science and Technology Paper Award (2022): City Level
- 2018 Guangdong Provincial Natural Science First Prize (2018): Provincial Level
- 2017 Shenzhen Natural Science First Prize (2017): City Level