Areas of Focus
- Neural Circuit Development
- Stress and Anxiety Regulation
Work Experience
- 2015-09 to Present - Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2008-06 to 2015-08 - Developmental Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA - Assistant Researcher
- 2005-11 to 2008-06 - Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2004-11 to 2005-11 - Department of Biology, Brandeis University, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1998-09 to 2004-07 PhD in Neurobiology: Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1994-09 to 1998-07 Bachelor's in Life Science Engineering: Nanchang University
Publications
- Distinct lineage-dependent structural and functional organization of the hippocampus, Huatai Xu, 2014
- Clonally related visual cortical neurons show similar stimulus feature selectivity, Huatai Xu, 2012
- Long-range Ca2+ signaling from growth cone to soma mediates reversal of neuronal migration induced by slit-2, Huatai Xu, 2007
- Choice of cranial window type for in vivo imaging affects dendritic spine turnover in the cortex, Huatai Xu, 2007
- Calcium signaling in chemorepellant Slit2-dependent regulation of neuronal migration, Huatai Xu, 2004