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Name	Tongfei Wang
Contact Information	{'en': 'wangtongfei(at)cibr.ac.cn', 'zh': 'wangtongfei(at)cibr.ac.cn', 'de': 'wangtongfei(at)cibr.ac.cn'}
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Beijing

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Tongfei Wang

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Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing
Faculty	Brain Science and Anthropology
Academic Background & Achievements	2005-2012 Ph.D. in Physiology: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2001-2005 Bachelor's in Biological Sciences: Peking University
Work Experience	2020-present - Beijing Institute of Brain Science and Brain-like Research - Researcher 2012-2020 - University of California, San Francisco - Postdoctoral Researcher

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing

Faculty

Brain Science and Anthropology

Academic Background & Achievements

2005-2012 Ph.D. in Physiology: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2001-2005 Bachelor's in Biological Sciences: Peking University

Work Experience

2020-present - Beijing Institute of Brain Science and Brain-like Research - Researcher
2012-2020 - University of California, San Francisco - Postdoctoral Researcher

Areas of Focus	Central neural circuit mechanisms of thermoregulation and other metabolism-related physiological activities Structure and function of hypothalamic neural networks in mice
Publications	Thermoregulation via Temperature-dependent PGD2 Production in Mouse Preoptic Area, Wang, T.A., Teo, C.F., Akerblom, M., Chen, C., Diaz, A., McManus, M.T., Jan, Y.N., Jan, L.Y., 2019 EAG2 potassium channel with evolutionarily conserved function as a brain tumor target, Huang, X., He, Y., Dubuc, A.M., Hashizume, R., Zhang, W., Reimand, J., Yang, H., Wang, T.A., Stehbens, S.J., Younger, S., Barshow, S., Zhu, S., Cooper, M.K., Peacock, J., Ramaswamy, V., Garzia, L., Wu, X., Remke, M., Forester, C.M., Kim, C.C., Weiss, W.A., James, C.D., Shuman, M.A., Bader, G.D., Mueller, S., Taylor, M.D., Jan, Y.N., Jan, L.Y., 2015 Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine–related febrile seizures, Feenstra, B., Pasternak, B., Geller, F., Carstensen, L., Wang, T., Huang, F., Eitson, J.L., Hollegaard, M.V., Svanström, H., Vestergaard, M., Hougaard, D.M., Schoggins, J.W., Jan, L.Y., Melbye, M., Hviid, A., 2014 Circadian gating of neuronal functionality: a basis for iterative metaplasticity, Rajashekar, I., Wang, T.A., Gillette, M.U., 2014 Brain Circadian Oscillators and Redox Regulation in Mammals, Gillette, M.U., Wang, T.A., 2014 Activity-dependent regulation of retinogeniculate signaling by metabotropic glutamate receptors, Govindaiah, G., Wang, T., Gillette M.U., Cox, C.L., 2012 Circadian Rhythm of Redox State Regulates Excitability in Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons, Wang, T.A., Yu, Y.V., Govindaiah, G., Ye, X., Artinian, L., Coleman, T., Sweedler, J.V., Cox, C.L., Gillette, M.U., 2012 Regulation of Inhibitory Synapses by Presynaptic D₄ Dopamine Receptors in Thalamus, Govindaiah, G., Wang, T., Gillette, M.U., Crandall, S.R., Cox C.L., 2010 Cellular Mechanism for Spontaneous Calcium Oscillations in Astrocytes, Wang, T., Zhou, C., Tang, A., Wang, S., Chai, Z., 2006

Areas of Focus

Central neural circuit mechanisms of thermoregulation and other metabolism-related physiological activities
Structure and function of hypothalamic neural networks in mice

Publications

Thermoregulation via Temperature-dependent PGD2 Production in Mouse Preoptic Area, Wang, T.A., Teo, C.F., Akerblom, M., Chen, C., Diaz, A., McManus, M.T., Jan, Y.N., Jan, L.Y., 2019
EAG2 potassium channel with evolutionarily conserved function as a brain tumor target, Huang, X., He, Y., Dubuc, A.M., Hashizume, R., Zhang, W., Reimand, J., Yang, H., Wang, T.A., Stehbens, S.J., Younger, S., Barshow, S., Zhu, S., Cooper, M.K., Peacock, J., Ramaswamy, V., Garzia, L., Wu, X., Remke, M., Forester, C.M., Kim, C.C., Weiss, W.A., James, C.D., Shuman, M.A., Bader, G.D., Mueller, S., Taylor, M.D., Jan, Y.N., Jan, L.Y., 2015
Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine–related febrile seizures, Feenstra, B., Pasternak, B., Geller, F., Carstensen, L., Wang, T., Huang, F., Eitson, J.L., Hollegaard, M.V., Svanström, H., Vestergaard, M., Hougaard, D.M., Schoggins, J.W., Jan, L.Y., Melbye, M., Hviid, A., 2014
Circadian gating of neuronal functionality: a basis for iterative metaplasticity, Rajashekar, I., Wang, T.A., Gillette, M.U., 2014
Brain Circadian Oscillators and Redox Regulation in Mammals, Gillette, M.U., Wang, T.A., 2014
Activity-dependent regulation of retinogeniculate signaling by metabotropic glutamate receptors, Govindaiah, G., Wang, T., Gillette M.U., Cox, C.L., 2012
Circadian Rhythm of Redox State Regulates Excitability in Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons, Wang, T.A., Yu, Y.V., Govindaiah, G., Ye, X., Artinian, L., Coleman, T., Sweedler, J.V., Cox, C.L., Gillette, M.U., 2012
Regulation of Inhibitory Synapses by Presynaptic D₄ Dopamine Receptors in Thalamus, Govindaiah, G., Wang, T., Gillette, M.U., Crandall, S.R., Cox C.L., 2010
Cellular Mechanism for Spontaneous Calcium Oscillations in Astrocytes, Wang, T., Zhou, C., Tang, A., Wang, S., Chai, Z., 2006

Thermoregulation Metabolism Neural Circuits Physiology Hypothalamus Mice Neuroscience Electrophysiology Optogenetics Neural Networks

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