Areas of Focus
- Bidirectional communication between the brain and internal organs controlled by complex neural and hormonal systems
Work Experience
- 2017-present - Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences - Assistant Professor, Associate Professor
- 2017-present - Tsinghua University, Life Science Joint Center/Tsinghua-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research - Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-2004 Bachelor: Shandong University, School of Life Sciences
- 2004-2010 PhD: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2010-2016 Postdoctoral Research: University of California, San Francisco / Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Publications
- Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects, Chenxi Liu*, Wei Zhang*, 2022
- Selfee, self-supervised features extraction of animal behaviors, Yinjun Jia*, Shuaishuai Li, Xuan Guo, Bo Lei, Junqiang Hu, Xiao-Hong Xu, Wei Zhang*, 2022
- Nutrients and pheromones promote insulin release to inhibit courtship drive, Liwei Zhang*#, Xuan Guo#, Wei Zhang*, 2022
