Areas of Focus
- Central nervous system and peripheral tissues in energy balance and glucose-lipid metabolism regulation
- Pathological mechanisms of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome
Work Experience
- 2009-2014 - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School - Post-doctoral fellow
- 2014-2017 - UT Southwestern Medical Center - Instructor
- 2017-present - Fudan University - Full Professor
- 2019-present - Fudan University - Head of Department of Physiology and Neurobiology
- Not mentioned - Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University - Adjunct Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009 Ph.D.: University of Toronto
- Achievement: Published over 80 papers in top journals like Cell, Cell Metabolism, Neuron, Nature Neuroscience
Publications
- Region-specific transcriptomic responses to obesity and diabetes in macaque hypothalamus, Lei Y, Liang X, Sun Y, Yao T, Gong H, Chen Z, Gao Y, Wang H, Wang R, Huang Y, Yang T, Yu M, Liu L, Yi CX, Wu QF, Kong X*, Xu X*, Liu S*, Zhang Z*, Liu T*, 2024
- Gut bacteria-driven homovanillic acid alleviates depression by modulating synaptic integrity, Zhao M, Ren Z, Zhao A, Tang Y, Kuang J, Li M, Chen T, Wang S, Wang J, Zhang H, Wang J, Zhang T, Zeng J, Liu X, Xie G, Liu P, Sun N, Bao T, Nie T, Lin J, Liu P, Zheng Y, Zheng X*, Liu T*, Jia W*, 2024
- Muscle PARP1 inhibition extends lifespan through AMPKα PARylation and activation in Drosophila, Guo S, Zhang S, Zhuang Y, Xie F, Wang R, Kong X, Zhang Q, Feng Y, Gao H, Kong X, Liu T, 2023
- Brown adipose tissue controls skeletal muscle function via the secretion of myostatin, Kong X*, Yao T, Zhou P, Kazak L, Tenen D, Lyubetskaya A, Dawes BA, Tsai L, Kahn BB, Spiegelman BM, Liu T*, Rosen ED*, 2018
- TrpC5 mediates acute leptin and serotonin effects via Pomc neurons, Yong G, Yao T, Deng Z, Sohn JW, Jia S, Huang Y, Kong X,Yu KJ, Wang RT, Chen H, Guo H, Yan J, Cunningham KA, Chang Y*, Liu T* and Williams KW*, 2017
- Melanocortin 4 receptors in autonomic neurons regulate thermogenesis and glycemia, Berglund ED*, Liu T*, Kong X*, Sohn JW, Vong L, Deng Z, Lee CE, Lee S, Williams KW, Olson DP, Scherer PE, Lowell BB, and Elmquist JK, 2014
- Fasting activation of AgRP neurons requires NMDA receptors and involves spinogenesis and increased excitatory tone, Liu T*, Kong D*, Shah BP*, Ye C*, Koda S, Saunders A, Ding JB, Yang Z, Sabatini BL and Lowell BB, 2012