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Name	Yu Tian Wang
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Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Yu Tian Wang

Contact Information

wangyt@siat.ac.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1988-09--1992-07 PhD: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada 1982-09--1985-07 Master's: Shandong University Medical School, China 1977-09--1982-07 Bachelor's: Shandong University Medical School, China
Work Experience	2019-12 - Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher 2001-07 - Present - University of British Columbia, Canada - Full Professor and BC & Y Stroke Research Chair 2000-07 - 2001-07 - University of Toronto, Canada - Associate Professor 1994-07 - 2000-07 - University of Toronto, Canada - Assistant Professor 1992-09 - 1994-06 - University of Toronto, Canada - Postdoctoral Fellow 1985-09 - 1988-07 - Shandong University Medical School, China - Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer 1981-01 - 1982-07 - Qilu Hospital, Shandong University Medical School, China - Intern
Awards	Innovation Award of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2017): Other Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2006): Other Killam Professor, UBC (2005): Other The J.A.F. Stevenson Lecturer of the Canadian Physiological Society (2004): Other UBC Distinguished University Scholar (2002): Other Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Senior Scholar (2002): Other Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Scholar (2001): Other Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator (2001): Other

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1988-09--1992-07 PhD: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
1982-09--1985-07 Master's: Shandong University Medical School, China
1977-09--1982-07 Bachelor's: Shandong University Medical School, China

Work Experience

2019-12 - Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
2001-07 - Present - University of British Columbia, Canada - Full Professor and BC & Y Stroke Research Chair
2000-07 - 2001-07 - University of Toronto, Canada - Associate Professor
1994-07 - 2000-07 - University of Toronto, Canada - Assistant Professor
1992-09 - 1994-06 - University of Toronto, Canada - Postdoctoral Fellow
1985-09 - 1988-07 - Shandong University Medical School, China - Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer
1981-01 - 1982-07 - Qilu Hospital, Shandong University Medical School, China - Intern

Awards

Innovation Award of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2017): Other
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2006): Other
Killam Professor, UBC (2005): Other
The J.A.F. Stevenson Lecturer of the Canadian Physiological Society (2004): Other
UBC Distinguished University Scholar (2002): Other
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Senior Scholar (2002): Other
Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Scholar (2001): Other
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator (2001): Other

Areas of Focus	Learning and Memory Synaptic Plasticity Long-term Potentiation Long-term Depression Synaptic Transmission Neural Centers Neural Networks Neurotransmitters Neurotransmitter Receptors GABA-A Receptor NMDA Receptor AMPA Receptor Anxiety Disorders Depression Neuroprotection Autism
Publications	An Erbin Story: Amygdala Excitation-Inhibition Balance in Anxiety, Aleksandrova, Lily R, Chen, Wenlin, Wang, Yu Tian, 2020 NMDARs in Cell Survival and Death: Implications in Stroke Pathogenesis and Treatments, Wang Yutian, 2020 TAT-Modified ω-Conotoxin MVIIA for Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier, Shuo Yu, Yumeng Li, Jinqin Chen, Yue Zhang, Xinling Tao, Qiuyun Dai, Yutian Wang, Shupeng Li, Mingxin Dong, 2019 Pathophysiology of and therapeutic options for a GABRA1 variant linked to epileptic encephalopathy, Bai, YunFei, Chiu, Michelle, Chan, Elizabeth S, AxerioCilies, Peter, Lu, Jie, Huh, Linda, Connolly, Mary B, Guella, Ilaria, Farrer, Matthew J, Xu, ZhiQing David, Liu, Lidong, Demos, Michelle, Wang, Yu Tian, 2019 Synaptotagmin-3 drives AMPA receptor endocytosis, depression of synapse strength, and forgetting, Awasthi, Ankit, Ramachandran, Binu, Ahmed, Saheeb, Benito, Eva, Shinoda, Yo, Nitzan, Noam, Heukamp, Alina, Rannio, Sabine, Martens, Henrik, Barth, Jonas, Burk, Katja, Wang, Yu Tian, Fischer, Andre, Dean, Camin, 2019 Evaluation of the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of depression and the role of synaptic plasticity in depression and antidepressant response, Aleksandrova, Lily R, Wang, Yu Tian, Phillips, Anthony G, 2019 p97 regulates GluA1 homomeric AMPA receptor formation and plasma membrane expression, Yuan Ge, Meng Tian, Lidong Liu, Tak Pan Wong, Bo Gong, Dongchuan Wu, Taesup Cho, Shujun Lin, Jrgen Kast, Jie Lu, Yu Tian Wang, 2019 Food allergy induces alteration in brain inflammatory status and cognitive impairments, Zhou, Liqing, Chen, Long, Li, Xiaohuan, Li, Tingyu, Dong, Zhifang, Wang, Yu Tian, 2019 Low-Frequency rTMS Ameliorates Autistic-Like Behaviors in Rats Induced by Neonatal Isolation Through Regulating the Synaptic GABA Transmission, Tan, Tao, Wang, Wei, Xu, Haitao, Huang, Zhilin, Wang, Yu Tian, Dong, Zhifang, 2018 A Novel MicroRNA-124/PTPN1 Signal Pathway Mediates Synaptic and Memory Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease, Wang, Xiong, Liu, Dan, Huang, HeZhou, Wang, ZhiHao, Hou, TongYao, Yang, Xin, Pang, Pei, Wei, Na, Zhou, YaFan, Dupras, MarieJosee, Calon, Frederic, Wang, YuTian, Man, HengYe, Chen, JianGuo, Wang, JianZhi, Hebert, Sebastien S, Lu, Youming, Zhu, LingQiang, 2018 Facilitated AMPAR endocytosis causally contributes to the maternal sleep deprivation-induced impairments of synaptic plasticity and cognition in the offspring rats, Yu, Yanzhi, Huang, Zhilin, Dai, Chunfang, Du, Yehong, Han, Huili, Wang, Yu Tian, Dong, Zhifang, 2018 Getting 'Ras''-ults: Solving Molecular Promiscuity through Microdomain-Selective Targeting, Connor, Steven A, Wang, Yu Tian, 2018 Transfection of Difficult-to-Transfect Rat Primary Cortical Neurons with Magnetic Nanoparticles, Jin, Wuyang, Lin, Donghai, Nguyen, Anh H, Abdelrasoul, Gaser N, Chen, Jian, Ma, Arthur, Qian, Feng, Fang, Qiang, Kovalchuk, Igor, Wang, Yutian, Chen, Jie, 2018 Activation of caspase-6 and cleavage of caspase-6 substrates is an early event in NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity, Girling, Kimberly D, Demers, MarieJosee, Laine, Jean, Zhang, Shu, Wang, Yu Tian, Graham, Rona K, 2018 Neuroprotective Effects of Ginsenoside Rf on Amyloid-β-Induced Neurotoxicity in vitro and in vivo, Wang Yutian, 2018 Loss of Synapse Repressor MDGA1 Enhances Perisomatic Inhibition, Confers Resistance to Network Excitation, and Impairs Cognitive Function, Connor, Steven A, AmmendrupJohnsen, Ina, Kishimoto, Yasushi, Tari, Parisa Karimi, Cvetkovska, Vedrana, Harada, Takashi, Ojima, Daiki, Yamamoto, Tohru, Wang, Yu Tian, Craig, Ann Marie, 2017 Antidepressant effects of ketamine and the roles of AMPA glutamate receptors and other mechanisms beyond NMDA receptor antagonism, Aleksandrova Lily R., Phillips Anthony G., Wang Yu Tian, 2017

Areas of Focus

Learning and Memory
Synaptic Plasticity
Long-term Potentiation
Long-term Depression
Synaptic Transmission
Neural Centers
Neural Networks
Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitter Receptors
GABA-A Receptor
NMDA Receptor
AMPA Receptor
Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Neuroprotection
Autism

Publications

An Erbin Story: Amygdala Excitation-Inhibition Balance in Anxiety, Aleksandrova, Lily R, Chen, Wenlin, Wang, Yu Tian, 2020
NMDARs in Cell Survival and Death: Implications in Stroke Pathogenesis and Treatments, Wang Yutian, 2020
TAT-Modified ω-Conotoxin MVIIA for Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier, Shuo Yu, Yumeng Li, Jinqin Chen, Yue Zhang, Xinling Tao, Qiuyun Dai, Yutian Wang, Shupeng Li, Mingxin Dong, 2019
Pathophysiology of and therapeutic options for a GABRA1 variant linked to epileptic encephalopathy, Bai, YunFei, Chiu, Michelle, Chan, Elizabeth S, AxerioCilies, Peter, Lu, Jie, Huh, Linda, Connolly, Mary B, Guella, Ilaria, Farrer, Matthew J, Xu, ZhiQing David, Liu, Lidong, Demos, Michelle, Wang, Yu Tian, 2019
Synaptotagmin-3 drives AMPA receptor endocytosis, depression of synapse strength, and forgetting, Awasthi, Ankit, Ramachandran, Binu, Ahmed, Saheeb, Benito, Eva, Shinoda, Yo, Nitzan, Noam, Heukamp, Alina, Rannio, Sabine, Martens, Henrik, Barth, Jonas, Burk, Katja, Wang, Yu Tian, Fischer, Andre, Dean, Camin, 2019
Evaluation of the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of depression and the role of synaptic plasticity in depression and antidepressant response, Aleksandrova, Lily R, Wang, Yu Tian, Phillips, Anthony G, 2019
p97 regulates GluA1 homomeric AMPA receptor formation and plasma membrane expression, Yuan Ge, Meng Tian, Lidong Liu, Tak Pan Wong, Bo Gong, Dongchuan Wu, Taesup Cho, Shujun Lin, Jrgen Kast, Jie Lu, Yu Tian Wang, 2019
Food allergy induces alteration in brain inflammatory status and cognitive impairments, Zhou, Liqing, Chen, Long, Li, Xiaohuan, Li, Tingyu, Dong, Zhifang, Wang, Yu Tian, 2019
Low-Frequency rTMS Ameliorates Autistic-Like Behaviors in Rats Induced by Neonatal Isolation Through Regulating the Synaptic GABA Transmission, Tan, Tao, Wang, Wei, Xu, Haitao, Huang, Zhilin, Wang, Yu Tian, Dong, Zhifang, 2018
A Novel MicroRNA-124/PTPN1 Signal Pathway Mediates Synaptic and Memory Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease, Wang, Xiong, Liu, Dan, Huang, HeZhou, Wang, ZhiHao, Hou, TongYao, Yang, Xin, Pang, Pei, Wei, Na, Zhou, YaFan, Dupras, MarieJosee, Calon, Frederic, Wang, YuTian, Man, HengYe, Chen, JianGuo, Wang, JianZhi, Hebert, Sebastien S, Lu, Youming, Zhu, LingQiang, 2018
Facilitated AMPAR endocytosis causally contributes to the maternal sleep deprivation-induced impairments of synaptic plasticity and cognition in the offspring rats, Yu, Yanzhi, Huang, Zhilin, Dai, Chunfang, Du, Yehong, Han, Huili, Wang, Yu Tian, Dong, Zhifang, 2018
Getting 'Ras''-ults: Solving Molecular Promiscuity through Microdomain-Selective Targeting, Connor, Steven A, Wang, Yu Tian, 2018
Transfection of Difficult-to-Transfect Rat Primary Cortical Neurons with Magnetic Nanoparticles, Jin, Wuyang, Lin, Donghai, Nguyen, Anh H, Abdelrasoul, Gaser N, Chen, Jian, Ma, Arthur, Qian, Feng, Fang, Qiang, Kovalchuk, Igor, Wang, Yutian, Chen, Jie, 2018
Activation of caspase-6 and cleavage of caspase-6 substrates is an early event in NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity, Girling, Kimberly D, Demers, MarieJosee, Laine, Jean, Zhang, Shu, Wang, Yu Tian, Graham, Rona K, 2018
Neuroprotective Effects of Ginsenoside Rf on Amyloid-β-Induced Neurotoxicity in vitro and in vivo, Wang Yutian, 2018
Loss of Synapse Repressor MDGA1 Enhances Perisomatic Inhibition, Confers Resistance to Network Excitation, and Impairs Cognitive Function, Connor, Steven A, AmmendrupJohnsen, Ina, Kishimoto, Yasushi, Tari, Parisa Karimi, Cvetkovska, Vedrana, Harada, Takashi, Ojima, Daiki, Yamamoto, Tohru, Wang, Yu Tian, Craig, Ann Marie, 2017
Antidepressant effects of ketamine and the roles of AMPA glutamate receptors and other mechanisms beyond NMDA receptor antagonism, Aleksandrova Lily R., Phillips Anthony G., Wang Yu Tian, 2017

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