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Lan Ma
Medical School
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Drug Addiction
Memory Mechanisms
Epigenetics
Gene Expression
Opioid Receptors
Signal Transduction
Transgenerational Inheritance
Addiction-Related Memories
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Areas of Focus
- Drug addiction and memory mechanisms
Work Experience
- 1991-1995 - Postdoctoral Research: University of North Carolina and Bayer
- 1995-present - Professor: Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1982 - Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy: Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
- 1984 - Master's Degree: China Medical University
- 1990 - PhD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Discovered new epigenetic pathways for addictive drug regulation of gene expression
- Revealed transgenerational inheritance phenomena and epigenetic mechanisms of drug addiction
- Elucidated mechanisms of opioid receptor signal transduction
- Proposed new strategies for eliminating addiction-related memories
Awards
- National Outstanding Youth Science Fund
- Innovation Research Group Science Fund
- Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award
- Chief Scientist of the National 973 Program
- National Natural Science Second Prize (2 times)
- Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress First Prize (6 times)
- National Excellent Science and Technology Worker
- National Teaching Achievement Second Prize
- Shanghai Teaching Achievement First Prize
- Selected as 'My Ideal Mentor' by Fudan University graduate students
