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Shengjin Xu
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Neural Circuits
Homeostasis
Neuroscience
Brain
Physiology
Molecular Biology
Transcriptomics
Spatial Analysis
Neurobiology
Cell Biology
Areas of Focus
- Neural Mechanisms of Physiological Homeostasis
- Spatial Transcriptomics
Work Experience
- 2021-09 to Present: Researcher at Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2015-09 to 2021-08: Research Scientist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
- 2013-01 to 2015-08: Postdoctoral Researcher at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
- 2011-01 to 2012-12: Assistant Researcher at Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2003-09 to 2011-01: Ph.D. from Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1997-10 to 2003-06: Dual Degree from Ningbo University
Publications
- EASI-FISH for thick tissue defines lateral hypothalamus spatio-molecular organization, Wang, Yuhan, Eddison, Mark, Fleishman, Greg, Weigert, Martin, Xu, Shengjin, Wang, Tim, Rokicki, Konrad, Goina, Cristian, Henry, Fredrick E, Lemire, Andrew L, Schmidt, Uwe, Yang, Hui, Svoboda, Karel, Myers, Eugene W, Saalfeld, Stephan, Korff, Wyatt, Sternson, Scott M, Tillberg, Paul W., 2021
- Hindbrain Double-Negative Feedback Mediates Palatability-Guided Food and Water Consumption, Gong, Rong, Xu, Shengjin, Hermundstad, Ann, Yu, Yang, Sternson, Scott M., 2020
- Behavioral state coding by molecularly defined paraventricular hypothalamic cell type ensembles, Xu, Shengjin, Yang, Hui, Menon, Vilas, Lemire, Andrew L, Wang, Lihua, Henry, Fredrick E, Turaga, Srinivas C, Sternson, Scott M., 2020
- An Emerging Technology Framework for the Neurobiology of Appetite, Sternson, Scott M, Atasoy, Deniz, Betley, J Nicholas, Henry, Fredrick E, Xu, Shengjin, 2016
- Homeostasis Meets Motivation in the Battle to Control Food Intake, Ferrario, Carrie R, Labouebe, Gwenael, Liu, Shuai, Nieh, Edward H, Routh, Vanessa H, Xu, Shengjin, OConnor, Eoin C., 2016
- Neurons for hunger and thirst transmit a negative-valence teaching signal, Betley, J Nicholas, Xu, Shengjin, Cao, Zhen Fang Huang, Gong, Rong, Magnus, Christopher J, Yu, Yang, Sternson, Scott M., 2015
- Activity recall in a visual cortical ensemble, Xu, Shengjin, Jiang, Wanchen, Poo, Muming, Dan, Yang., 2012
