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Tang Yiquan
Brain Science Research Institute
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Mechanobiology
Mechanotransduction
Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms
Neurobiology
Cellular Response
Electrochemical Signals
Physiological Processes
Therapeutic Development
Model Organisms
Areas of Focus
- Mechanobiology and Mechanotransduction-related Diseases
Work Experience
- 2014-2018 - Postdoctoral Research: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
- 2018-2021 - Investigator Scientist: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
- 2021-Present - Group Leader and Independent PI: Fudan University Brain Science Institute
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013 - PhD in Neurobiology: Peking University
- 2014 - Career Development Fellowship: Medical Research Council, UK
- 2016 - End of Year SAS Award - Outstanding: MRC
- 2019 - End of Year SAS Award - Outstanding: MRC
Publications
- Ankyrins is an intracellular tether for TMC mechanotransduction channels., Tang YQ*, Lee SA, Rahman M, Vanapalli SA, Lu H, Schafer WR*, 2020
- Inhibition of Hsp70 Suppresses Neuronal Hyperexcitability and Attenuates Epilepsy by Enhancing A-Type Potassium Current., Hu F#, Zhou J#, Lu Y#, Guan L, Wei NN, Tang YQ*, Wang K*, 2019
- CIB2 interacts with TMC1 and TMC2 and is essential for mechanotransduction in auditory hair cells., Giese APJ#, Tang YQ#, Sinha GP, Bowl MR, Goldring AC, Parker A, Freeman MJ, Brown SDM, Riazuddin S, Fettiplace R, Schafer WR, Frolenkov GI*, Ahmed ZM*, 2017
- The tetramerization domain potentiates Kv4 channel function by suppressing closed-state inactivation., Tang YQ, Zhou JH, Yang F, Zheng J, Wang K*, 2014
- Auxiliary KChIP4a Suppresses A-type K+ Current through ER Retention and Promoting Closed-state Inactivation of Kv4 channels., Tang YQ, Liang P, Zhou J, Lu Y, Lei L, Bian X, Wang K*, 2013
Awards
- 2016 - End of Year SAS Award - Outstanding: MRC
- 2019 - End of Year SAS Award - Outstanding: MRC
