institute of neuroscience Chinese academy of sciences
1998 - PhD in Science: University of Science and Technology of China
1998-2004 - University College London, Institute of Ophthalmology - Postdoctoral Researcher
2004-2006 - University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
2006-2007 - University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences - Independent Researcher
2007-present - Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research Group Leader
Research
Visual Perception Brain Mechanisms Visual Regeneration and Remodeling
Assessing perceptual chromatic equiluminance using a reflexive pupillary response, Liu, Y., Mahony, B., Wang, X., Daye, P., Wang, W., Cavanagh, P., Pouget, P., Andolina, I., 2024
From receptive to perceptive fields: Size-dependent asymmetries in both negative afterimages and subcortical ON and OFF post-stimulus responses, Liu, X., Li, H., Wang, Y., Lei, T., Wang, J., Spillmann, L., Andolina, I.*, Wang, W.*, 2021
Transduction catalysis: Doxorubicin amplifies rAAV-mediated gene expression in the cortex of higher-order vertebrates, Gong, H., Yuan, N., Shen, Z., TANG, C., Shipp, S., Qian, L., Lu Y., Andolina, I., Zhang, S., Wu, J., Yang, H., Wang, W.*, 2021
The Serpentine Illusion: A Visual Motion Illusion Induced by Phase-Shifted Line Gratings, Luo, J., Chen, Z., Lu, Y., Spillmann, L., Andolina, I.*, Wang, W.*, 2020
Hierarchical representation for chromatic processing across macaque V1, V2, and V4, Liu, Y., Li, M., Zhang, X., Lu, Y., Gong, H., Yin, J., Chen, Z., Qian, L., Yang, Y., Andolina, I., Shipp, S., Mcloughlin, N., Tang, S.*, Wang, W.*, 2020
Going with the flow: the neural mechanisms underlying illusions of complex-flow motion, Luo, J., He, K., Andolina, I., Li, X., Yin, J., Chen, Z., Gu, Y.* and Wang, W.*, 2019
Revealing detail along the visual hierarchy: neural clustering preserves acuity from V1 to V4, Lu Y., Yin J., Chen, Z., Gong, H., Liu, Y., Qian, L., Li, X., Liu, R., Andolina, I., Wang, W.*, 2018
Focal Gain Control of Thalamic Visual Receptive Fields by Layer 6 Corticothalamic Feedback, Wang, W.*, Andolina, I.*, Lu, Y., Jones, H., Sillito, A., 2018
Asymmetries of dark and bright negative afterimages are paralleled by subcortical ON and OFF poststimulus responses, Li, H., Liu, X., Andolina, I.*, Li, X., Lu, Y., Spillmann, L. and Wang, W.*, 2017
Dynamic Network Communication in the Human Functional Connectome Predicts Perceptual Variability in Visual Illusion, Wang, Z., Zeljic, K., Jiang, Q., Gu, Y., Wang, W., Wang, Z.*, 2016
Representation of illusory and real rotations in human MST - a cortical site for the Pinna illusion, Pan, Y., Wang, L., Wang, Z., Xu, C., Yu, W., Spillmann, L., Gu, Y.*, Wang, Z.*, Wang, W.*, 2016
Breaking cover: neural responses to slow and fast camouflage-breaking motion, Yin, J., Gong, H., An, X., Chen, Z., Lu, Y.*, Andolina, I., McLoughlin, N., Wang, W.*, 2015
Orientation-cue invariant population responses to contrast modulated and phase-reversed contour stimuli in macaque V1 and V2, An, X., Gong, H., Yin, J., Wang, X., Pan, Y., Zhang, X., Lu, Y., Yang, Y., Toth, Z., Schiessl, I., Mcloughlin, N. and Wang, W.*, 2014
The mechanism for processing random-dot motion at various speeds in early visual cortices, An, X., Gong, H., McLoughlin, N., Yang, Y.*, and Wang, W.*, 2014
Asymmetrical color filling-in from the nasal to the temporal side of the blind spot, Li, H., Luo, J., Lu, Y., Kan, J., Spillmann, L. and Wang, W.*, 2014
Responses of primate LGN cells to moving stimuli involve a constant background modulation by feedback from area MT, Jones, HE., Andolina, IM., Grieve, KL., Wang, W., Salt, TE., Cudeiro, J., Sillito, AM*., 2013
Equivalent representation of real and illusory contours in macaque V4, Pan, Y., Chen, M., Yin, J., An, X., Zhang, X., Lu, Y., Gong, H., Li, W., Wang, W.*, 2012
Distinct functional organizations for processing different motion signals in v1, v2, and v4 of macaque, An, X., Gong, H., Qian, L., Wang, X., Pan, Y., Zhang, X., Yang, Y., Wang, W.*, 2012
Visual neuroscience research in China, Yao, H*., Lu, H*., Wang, W.*, 2010
Independent components of the haemodynamic response in intrinsic optical imaging, Schiessl, I*., Wang, W., McLoughlin, N., 2008
Cortico-thalamic Feedback Enhances Stimulus Response Precision in the Visual System, Andolina, IM., Jones, HE., Wang, W., Sillito, AM*., 2007
Functional alignment of feedback effects from visual cortex to thalamus, Wang, W., Jones, HE., Andolina, IM., Salt, TE., Sillito, AM*., 2006
Spatial organisation and magnitude of orientation contrast interactions in primate V1, Jones, HE., Wang, W., Sillito, AM*., 2002
Surround Suppression in Primate V1, Jones, HE., Grieve, KL., Wang, W., Sillito, AM*., 2001
Orientation biased extended surround of the receptive field of cat retinal ganglion cells, Shou, T*., Wang, W., Yu, H., 2000
Pattern adaptation of relay cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus of binocular and monocular vision-deprived cats, Wang, W., Shou, TD*., 2000
Binocular response properties of the dorsal lateral genicular nucleus neurons in the monocular eyelid sutured cats, Wang, W., Yang, Y., Yu, H., Zhou, Y., Shou, T*., 1999
A Study of the Multi-Channel Visual Evoked Potentials in Adult Cats, Tsai, H*., Wang, W., Zhou, Y., Li, S., 1995