Areas of Focus
- Neural circuit plasticity in learning and memory
Work Experience
- 2003-2007 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
- 2008- Associate Researcher and PI, School of Life Sciences/Institute of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992-1996 Bachelor's in Biology, East China Normal University
- 1996-1999 Master's in Physiology, East China Normal University
- 1999-2003 PhD in Neurobiology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, CAS
Publications
- Dependence of Generation of Hippocampal CA1 Slow Oscillations on Electrical Synapses, Xu Yuan; Shen Feng-yan; Liu Yu-zhang; Wang Lidan; Wang Yingwei; Wang Zhiru(*), 2020
- Silent synapse unsilencing in hippocampal CA1 neurons for associative fear memory storage, Wang Yao; Liu Yu-Zhang; Wang Lidan; Tang Wei; Wang Zhiru(*), 2019
Awards
- Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan