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Shengjin Xu
{'en': 'sxu@@ion.ac.cn', 'zh': 'sxu@@ion.ac.cn', 'de': 'sxu@@ion.ac.cn'}
Chinese, English
Shanghai
Chinese Academy of Sciences
institute of neuroscience Chinese academy of sciences
  • 2003 - Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics and Clinical Medicine: Ningbo University
  • 2010 - PhD in Neurobiology: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2011-2012 - Assistant Researcher: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2012-2015 - Postdoctoral Research: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
  • 2015-2021 - Research Scientist: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
  • 2021-Present - Researcher, Research Group Leader: Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mechanisms of the nervous system coordinating multiple physiological homeostasis
Neural basis of basic physiological homeostasis driving advanced brain functions
Development of new technologies
  • EASI-FISH for thick tissue defines lateral hypothalamus spatio-molecular organization, Wang, Y., Eddison, M., Fleishman, G., Weigert, M., Xu, S., Henry, F. E., Wang, T., Lemire, A. L., Schmidt, U., Yang, H., Rokicki, K., Goina, C., Svoboda, K., Myers, E. W., Saalfeld, S., Korff, W., Sternson, S. M., Tillberg, P. W., 2021
  • Behavioral state coding by molecularly defined paraventricular hypothalamic cell type ensembles, Xu, S.*, Yang, H., Menon, V., Lemire, A. L., Wang, L., Henry, F. E., Turaga, S. C., Sternson, S. M.*, 2020
  • Hindbrain double-negative feedback mediates palatability-guided food and water consumption, Gong, R., Xu, S., Hermundstad, A., Yu, Y. & Sternson, S. M., 2020
  • An emerging technology framework for the neurobiology of appetite, Sternson, S. M., Atasoy, D., Betley, J. N., Henry, F. E., Xu, S., 2016
  • Homeostasis meets motivation in the battle to control food intake, Ferrario, C. R.*, Labouèbe, G.*, Liu, S.*, Nieh, E. H.*, Routh, V. H.*, Xu, S.*, O'connor, E. C., 2016
  • Neurons for hunger and thirst transmit a negative-valence teaching signal, Betley, J. N.*, Xu, S.*, Cao, Z. F. H.*, Gong, R., Magnus, C. J., Yu, Y., Sternson, S. M., 2015
  • Activity recall in a visual cortical ensemble, Xu, S.*, Jiang, W.*, Poo, M.-m., Dan, Y., 2012
Nervous System Physiological Homeostasis Coordination Neural Mechanisms Brain Functions Advanced Cognition Technology Development Neuroscience Behavioral Analysis Molecular Neuroscience

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