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Li Xiaosu
Brain Science Research Institute
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Cortex
Development
Neural
Stem Cells
Gene
Expression
Regulation
Transcription
Factors
Signaling
Areas of Focus
- Cortical development and neural stem cells
- Gene expression regulation
Work Experience
- 2014-2019 - Postdoctoral Research: State University of New York
- 2019-present - Associate Researcher: Fudan University Brain Science Institute
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012 - PhD: Fudan University
- Discovered the role of zinc finger transcription factor Sp8 in the development of olfactory bulb PV+ interneurons
Publications
- Decoding Cortical Glial Cell Development, Li XS, Liu GP, Yang L, Li ZMY, Zhang ZZ, Xu ZJ, Cai YQ, Du H, Su ZH, Wang ZW, Duan YY, Chen HT, Shang ZC, You Y, Zhang Q, He M, Chen B, Yang ZG, 2021
- bHLH-O proteins balance the self-renewal and differentiation of Drosophila neural stem cells by regulating Earmuff expression, Li XS, Chen R, Zhu S, 2017
- Notch maintains Drosophila type II neuroblasts by suppressing expression of the Fez transcription factor Earmuff, Li XS, Xie Y, Zhu S, 2016
- Sp8 plays a supplementary role to Pax6 in establishing the pMN/p3 domain boundary in the spinal cord, Li XS, Liu ZD, Qiu MS, Yang ZG, 2014
- The transcription factor Sp8 is required for the production of parvalbumin-expressing interneurons in the olfactory bulb, Li XS, Sun CF, Lin C, Ma T, Madhavan MC, Campbell K, Yang ZG, 2011
