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Name	Ya Bin Wei
Contact Information	yabin.wei@bjmu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Beijing

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Name

Ya Bin Wei

Contact Information

yabin.wei@bjmu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Peking University
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2005 - 2010 Bachelor of Medicine: Peking University 2011 - 2015 PhD: Karolinska Institutet
Work Experience	2016 - 2017 Scripps Research Institute - Postdoctoral Researcher 2017 - 2019 University of California San Diego - Postdoctoral Researcher 2020 - Present Peking University - Associate Researcher

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Peking University

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2005 - 2010 Bachelor of Medicine: Peking University
2011 - 2015 PhD: Karolinska Institutet

Work Experience

2016 - 2017 Scripps Research Institute - Postdoctoral Researcher
2017 - 2019 University of California San Diego - Postdoctoral Researcher
2020 - Present Peking University - Associate Researcher

Areas of Focus	Depression and bipolar disorder mechanisms and treatment Childhood autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders Pharmacogenomics of neuropsychiatric diseases Application of induced pluripotent stem cells and 3D brain organoids in neuropsychiatric diseases
Publications	Cannabinoid exposure in rat adolescence reprograms the initial behavioral, molecular, and epigenetic response to cocaine, Maria Scherma et al., 2020 Peripheral cytokine levels and response to antidepressant treatment in depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Liu JJ, Wei YB et al., 2019 A functional variant in the serotonin receptor 7 gene (HTR7), rs7905446, is associated with good response to SSRIs in bipolar and unipolar depression, Wei YB et al., 2019 Stress, depressive status and telomere length: Does social interaction and coping strategy play a mediating role?, Liu JJ, Wei YB et al., 2017 Elevation of Il6 is associated with disturbed let-7 biogenesis in a genetic model of depression, Wei YB et al., 2016 MicroRNA 101b is downregulated in the prefrontal cortex of a genetic model of depression and targets the glutamate transporter SLC1A1 (EAAT3) in vitro, Wei YB et al., 2016 hTERT genetic variation in depression, Wei YB et al., 2015 Telomerase dysregulation in the hippocampus of a rat model of depression. Normalization by lithium, Wei YB et al., 2015 Antidepressant-Like Effect of Sodium Butyrate is Associated with an Increase in TET1 and in 5-Hydroxymethylation Levels in the Bdnf Gene, Wei YB et al., 2014 Long-term lithium treatment in bipolar disorder is associated with longer leukocyte telomeres, Martinsson L, Wei YB et al., 2013

Areas of Focus

Depression and bipolar disorder mechanisms and treatment
Childhood autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders
Pharmacogenomics of neuropsychiatric diseases
Application of induced pluripotent stem cells and 3D brain organoids in neuropsychiatric diseases

Publications

Cannabinoid exposure in rat adolescence reprograms the initial behavioral, molecular, and epigenetic response to cocaine, Maria Scherma et al., 2020
Peripheral cytokine levels and response to antidepressant treatment in depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Liu JJ, Wei YB et al., 2019
A functional variant in the serotonin receptor 7 gene (HTR7), rs7905446, is associated with good response to SSRIs in bipolar and unipolar depression, Wei YB et al., 2019
Stress, depressive status and telomere length: Does social interaction and coping strategy play a mediating role?, Liu JJ, Wei YB et al., 2017
Elevation of Il6 is associated with disturbed let-7 biogenesis in a genetic model of depression, Wei YB et al., 2016
MicroRNA 101b is downregulated in the prefrontal cortex of a genetic model of depression and targets the glutamate transporter SLC1A1 (EAAT3) in vitro, Wei YB et al., 2016
hTERT genetic variation in depression, Wei YB et al., 2015
Telomerase dysregulation in the hippocampus of a rat model of depression. Normalization by lithium, Wei YB et al., 2015
Antidepressant-Like Effect of Sodium Butyrate is Associated with an Increase in TET1 and in 5-Hydroxymethylation Levels in the Bdnf Gene, Wei YB et al., 2014
Long-term lithium treatment in bipolar disorder is associated with longer leukocyte telomeres, Martinsson L, Wei YB et al., 2013

Depression Bipolar Treatment Mechanisms Childhood Autism Neurodevelopmental Pharmacogenomics Stem Cells Organoids

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