Areas of Focus
- Disease and Health (mainly monogenic diseases and polygenic diseases with a focus on mental disorders)
- Nutrition and Health
- Genes and Genomics
- Personalized Medicine
- DNA Computing
Work Experience
- 1991 - University of Paisley, UK - PhD
- 1992 - University of Edinburgh, UK - Postdoctoral Research
- 1995 - MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, UK - Senior Researcher
- 1996 - Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2000 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Director, Bio-X Institute
- 2007 - Fudan University - Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1991 - PhD: University of Paisley, UK
- 1992 - Postdoctoral Research: University of Edinburgh, UK
- 1995 - Senior Researcher: MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, UK
- 1996 - Researcher: Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2000 - Director: Bio-X Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2007 - Director: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University
- Academician: Chinese Academy of Sciences
- National Outstanding Youth
- Changjiang Distinguished Professor
Publications
- The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome, Li R., Fan W., Tian G., Zhu H., He L., Cai J., Wang J., 2010
- A mutation in Ihh that causes digit abnormalities alters its signaling capacity and range, Gao B., Hu J., Stricker S., Cheung M., Ma G., Law K.F., Witte F., Briscoe J., Mundlos S., He L., Cheah K.S., Chan D., 2009
- Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up, O'Donovan M.C., He L., Owen M.J., 2008
- Quantitative Assessment of the Effect of Angiotensinogen Gene Polymorphisms on the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease, Xu M., Ye Z., Hu F., He L., 2007
- Rates of adult schizophrenia following prenatal exposure to the Chinese famine of 1959-1961, St Clair D., Xu M., Wang P., Yu Y., Fang Y., Zhang F., Zheng X., Gu N., Feng G., Sham P., He L., 2005
- Family-based association study of synapsin II and schizophrenia, Chen Q., He G., Qin W., Chen Q.Y., Zhao X.Z., Duan S.W., Liu X.M., Feng G.Y., Xu Y.F., St Clair D., Li M., Wang J.H., Xing Y.L., Shi J.G., He L., 2004
- Mutations in IHH, encoding Indian hedgehog, cause brachydactyly type A-1, Gao B., Guo J., She C., Shu A., Yang M., Tan Z., Yang X., Guo S., Feng G., He L., 2001