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Name	Wei Dong Li
Contact Information	weidongbiox@gmail.com
Language ability	Chinese, Japanese, English
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Wei Dong Li

Contact Information

weidongbiox@gmail.com

Language ability

Chinese, Japanese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Faculty	Bio-X Research Institute
Academic Background & Achievements	1990-1996 Bachelor: China Medical University 1997-2001 Doctorate: Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan Published over 60 SCI papers in journals like Neuron, PNAS, Cell Stem Cell, Nature Communications Cited over 2000 times Applied for 9 patents, 2 granted
Work Experience	2001-2002 - Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan - Part-time Lecturer 2002-2007 - University of California, Los Angeles, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher 2007-2010 - University of California, Los Angeles, USA - Assistant Researcher Current - Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Professor and Vice Dean of Research Institute
Awards	NARSAD Young Investigator Award CTF Young Investigator Award 2010 Shanghai 'Shuguang Scholar' 2011 Shanghai 'Pujiang Talent' Program

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Faculty

Bio-X Research Institute

Academic Background & Achievements

1990-1996 Bachelor: China Medical University
1997-2001 Doctorate: Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan
Published over 60 SCI papers in journals like Neuron, PNAS, Cell Stem Cell, Nature Communications
Cited over 2000 times
Applied for 9 patents, 2 granted

Work Experience

2001-2002 - Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan - Part-time Lecturer
2002-2007 - University of California, Los Angeles, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher
2007-2010 - University of California, Los Angeles, USA - Assistant Researcher
Current - Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Professor and Vice Dean of Research Institute

Awards

NARSAD Young Investigator Award
CTF Young Investigator Award
2010 Shanghai 'Shuguang Scholar'
2011 Shanghai 'Pujiang Talent' Program

Areas of Focus	Neural mechanisms of negative emotion memory and forgetting Mechanisms and treatment of depression Establishment and mechanisms of non-human primate epilepsy models Epigenetics of learning and memory Brain mechanisms of psychological patterns
Publications	mTOR Inhibition Ameliorates Cognitive and Affective Deficits Caused by Disc1 Knockdown in Adult-Born Dentate Granule Neurons, Zhou M, Li W, Huang S, Song J, Kim JY, Tian X, Kang E, Sano Y, Liu C, J. Balaji, Wu S, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Parivash SN, Ehninger D, He L, Song H, Ming G-L, Silva AJ, 2013 New ataxic tottering-6j mouse allele containing a Cacna1a gene mutation, Li W, Zhou Y, Tian X, Kim T, Ito N, Watanabe K, Tsuji A, Niimi K, Aoyama Y, Arai T, Takahashi E, 2012 Effect of SOX10 gene polymorphism on early onset schizophrenia in Chinese Han population, Yuan A, Yi Z, Sun J, Du Y, Yu T, Zhang C, Liu Y, Zhou Y, Liu D, Li H, Xu Y, Cheng Z, Li W, Yu S, 2012 Reversing neurodevelopmental disorders in adults, Ehninger D, Li W, Fox K, Stryker M.P, Silva A.J, 2008 Specific developmental disruption of disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 function results in schizophrenia-related phenotypes in mice, Li W, Zhou Y, Jentsch J. D, Ehninger D, Brown R.A.M, Tian X, Hennah W, Peltonen L, Lönnqvist J, Huttunen M.O, Kaprio J, Trachtenberg J.T, Silva A. J, Cannon T. D., 2007 The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, lovastatin, reverses the learning and attention deficits in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Li W, Y Cui, Kushner S.A, Brown R.A.M, Frankland P. W, Jentsch J. D, Cannon T. D, Silva A. J, 2005 Characterization of a novel synGAP isoform, synGAP-beta, Li W, Okano A, Tian QB, Nakayama K, Furihata T, Nawa H, Suzuki T, 2001

Areas of Focus

Neural mechanisms of negative emotion memory and forgetting
Mechanisms and treatment of depression
Establishment and mechanisms of non-human primate epilepsy models
Epigenetics of learning and memory
Brain mechanisms of psychological patterns

Publications

mTOR Inhibition Ameliorates Cognitive and Affective Deficits Caused by Disc1 Knockdown in Adult-Born Dentate Granule Neurons, Zhou M, Li W, Huang S, Song J, Kim JY, Tian X, Kang E, Sano Y, Liu C, J. Balaji, Wu S, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Parivash SN, Ehninger D, He L, Song H, Ming G-L, Silva AJ, 2013
New ataxic tottering-6j mouse allele containing a Cacna1a gene mutation, Li W, Zhou Y, Tian X, Kim T, Ito N, Watanabe K, Tsuji A, Niimi K, Aoyama Y, Arai T, Takahashi E, 2012
Effect of SOX10 gene polymorphism on early onset schizophrenia in Chinese Han population, Yuan A, Yi Z, Sun J, Du Y, Yu T, Zhang C, Liu Y, Zhou Y, Liu D, Li H, Xu Y, Cheng Z, Li W, Yu S, 2012
Reversing neurodevelopmental disorders in adults, Ehninger D, Li W, Fox K, Stryker M.P, Silva A.J, 2008
Specific developmental disruption of disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 function results in schizophrenia-related phenotypes in mice, Li W, Zhou Y, Jentsch J. D, Ehninger D, Brown R.A.M, Tian X, Hennah W, Peltonen L, Lönnqvist J, Huttunen M.O, Kaprio J, Trachtenberg J.T, Silva A. J, Cannon T. D., 2007
The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, lovastatin, reverses the learning and attention deficits in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Li W, Y Cui, Kushner S.A, Brown R.A.M, Frankland P. W, Jentsch J. D, Cannon T. D, Silva A. J, 2005
Characterization of a novel synGAP isoform, synGAP-beta, Li W, Okano A, Tian QB, Nakayama K, Furihata T, Nawa H, Suzuki T, 2001

Neural Networks Negative Emotions Memory Forgetting Depression Ptsd Transgenic Mice Optogenetics Chemogenetics Brain Circuits Risk Genes Mouse Models Dentist Noise Suicide Chinese Research Network Candidate Genes Gut Microbiota Metabolic Markers Intervention Marmoset Epilepsy Genetics Physiology Behavior Neuroanatomy Primate Models Genetic Resources Experimental Animals Brain Science Epigenetics Learning Histone Demethylation Behavioral Studies Electrophysiology Molecular Biochemistry Brain Imaging Cognitive Function Eeg Fmri Eye Tracking Perception Action Systems Integration Cognitive Dysfunction Addiction Speech Analysis

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