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Yu-Ting Zeng
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, German, English
Neural Circuits
Peripheral Organs
Sleep
Defensive Behavior
Physiological Conditions
Pathological Conditions
Interaction
Neuro-Immune-Cardiac Interaction
Behavioral Balance
Adaptive Behavior
Areas of Focus
- Interaction of neural circuits and peripheral organs during sleep and defensive behavior under physiological and pathological conditions
Work Experience
- 2023-01 to Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology - Associate Researcher
- 2021-06 to 2022-12 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology - Assistant Researcher
- 2018-07 to 2021-05 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2018-01 to 2018-06 - Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany - Scientist
- 2011-09 to 2012-08 - Academia Sinica, Taiwan - Research Intern
- 2010-07 to 2011-04 - National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan - Research Intern
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012-10 to 2017-12 PhD: Humboldt University of Berlin
- 2008-09 to 2010-06 Master's: National Cheng Kung University
- 2004-09 to 2008-06 Bachelor's: National Cheng Kung University
Publications
- A machine learning approach for behavioral recognition of stress levels in mice, 5th Author, Corresponding Author, 2024
- Reply to Fear, anxiety, and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala, 2nd Author, 2024
- Defensive responses: behaviour, the brain and the body, 1st Author, 2023
- Systematic evaluation of a predator stress model of depression in mice using a hierarchical 3D-motion learning framework, 1st Author, Corresponding Author, 2023
- The subthalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons mediate adaptive REM-sleep responses to threat, 1st Author, 2022
- Connectivity Map of Subthalamic Corticotropin-releasing Hormone Neurons in the Mouse Brain, 1st Author, 2022
- Male and female mice display consistent lifelong ability to address potential life-threatening cues using different post-threat coping strategies, 7th Author, 2022
- Formation of the Looming-evoked Innate Defensive Response during Postnatal Development in Mice, 4th Author, 2022
- Sleep deprivation and adrenalectomy lead to enhanced innate escape response to visual looming stimuli, 1st Author, 2020
- Functional identity of hypothalamic melanocortin neurons depends on Tbx3, 6th Author, 2019
Awards
- Taiwan Youth Talent Program Extension Funding (2022): Ministry Level
- Selected for Taiwan Youth Talent Program (2019): Ministry Level
- Guangdong Overseas Postdoctoral Talent Support Program (2019): Provincial Level
- Summa Cum Laude, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin (2017): Institutional Level
- Full Scholarship, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin (2012): Institutional Level
