Areas of Focus
- Neuronal development and regeneration
- Signal transduction pathways in neuronal differentiation
- Post-transcriptional regulation in neural development
Work Experience
- 2003-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- 2008-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Associate, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- 2014-present Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1994-1998 Bachelor in Biochemistry: Yantai University
- 1998-2003 PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Peking University
Publications
- Developmental Neurobiology 74 (3): 245-258, Sheng-Jian Ji, Samie R. Jaffrey, 2014
- Cell 153 (6): 1252-1265, Dilek Colak, Sheng-Jian Ji, Bo Torben Porse, Samie R. Jaffrey, 2013
- Neuron 74 (1): 95-107, Sheng-Jian Ji, Samie R. Jaffrey, 2012
- Journal of Neuroscience 32 (41): 14442-14447, Breset A. Walker, Sheng-Jian Ji, Samie R. Jaffrey, 2012
- Development 136 (2): 231-240, Sheng-Jian Ji, Goran Periz, Shanthini Sockanathan, 2009
- Developmental Biology 297 (1): 249-261, Sheng-Jian Ji, Binquan Zhuang, Crystal Falco, André Schneider, Karin Schuster-Gossler, Achim Gossler, Shanthini Sockanathan, 2006
- Nucleic Acids Research 31 (10): 2534-2543, Sheng-Jian Ji, Ying-Chun Lu, Jian-Xun Feng, Gang Wei, Jun Li, Yong-Hui Shi, Qiang Fu, Di Liu, Jing-Chu Luo, Yu-Xian Zhu, 2003
Awards
- 2011 Second Class National Natural Science Award of China (First Class vacant), Third Contributor
- 2008 First Class Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education of China, Fourth Contributor
- 2003 Peking University Graduate Academic Top Ten