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Sheng Lihong
Brain Science Research Institute
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Glial Cells
Aging
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Brain Plasticity
Cognitive Decline
Neuroprotection
Molecular Mechanisms
High-Throughput Sequencing
Bioinformatics
Drosophila Model
Areas of Focus
- Function of glial cells in aging and neurodegenerative diseases
Work Experience
- 2016-2021 - University of Pennsylvania - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2021-present - Fudan University - Associate Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2016 - PhD in Science: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Published in journals such as Science Advance, Cell, and BMC Biology
Publications
- Social reprogramming in ants induces longevity-associated glia remodeling, Sheng L#, Shields EJ#, Gospocic J, Glastad KM, Ratchasanmuang P, Berger SL, Raj A, Little S, Bonasio R*, 2020
- Kr-h1 maintains distinct caste-specific neurotranscriptomes in response to socially regulated hormones, Gospocic J#, Glastad KM#, Sheng L, Shields EJ, Berger SL*, Bonasio R*, 2021
- Genome annotation with long RNA reads reveals new patterns of gene expression and improves single-cell analyses in an ant brain, Shields EJ, Sorida M, Sheng L, Sieriebriennikov B, Ding L, Bonasio R*, 2021
- H3K9me3-heterochromatin loss at protein-coding genes enables developmental lineage specification, Nicetto D, Donahue G, Jain T, Peng T, Sidoli S, Sheng L, Montavon T, Becker JS, Grindheim JM, Blahnik K, Garcia BA, Tan K, Bonasio R, Jenuwein T, Zaret KS*, 2019
- High-Quality Genome Assemblies Reveal Long Non-coding RNAs Expressed in Ant Brains, Shields EJ, Sheng L, Weiner AK, Garcia BA, Bonasio R*, 2018
