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Name	Wei Dong Li
Contact Information	liwd@sjtu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English, Japanese
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Wei Dong Li

Contact Information

liwd@sjtu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English, Japanese

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1990-1996 Bachelor: China Medical University 1997-2001 PhD: Shinshu University, Japan Distinguished Professor (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Universities, Outstanding Academic Leader of Shanghai
Work Experience	2001-2002 Part-time Lecturer: Shinshu University, Japan 2002-2007 Postdoctoral Researcher: University of California, Los Angeles 2007-2010 Assistant Researcher: University of California, Los Angeles
Awards	NARSAD Young Investigator Award Children's Tumor Foundation Young Investigator Award 2011 Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan Shanghai Dawn Program

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1990-1996 Bachelor: China Medical University
1997-2001 PhD: Shinshu University, Japan
Distinguished Professor (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Universities, Outstanding Academic Leader of Shanghai

Work Experience

2001-2002 Part-time Lecturer: Shinshu University, Japan
2002-2007 Postdoctoral Researcher: University of California, Los Angeles
2007-2010 Assistant Researcher: University of California, Los Angeles

Awards

NARSAD Young Investigator Award
Children's Tumor Foundation Young Investigator Award
2011 Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan
Shanghai Dawn Program

Areas of Focus	Neural mechanisms of negative emotional memory and forgetting Mechanisms of depression onset and treatment Brain mechanisms of psychological laws Non-human primate models of epilepsy Epigenetics of learning and memory
Publications	Nicotinamide, a vitamin B3 ameliorates depressive behaviors independent of SIRT1 activity in mice, Liu, Z., Li, C., Fan, X., Kuang, Y., Zhang, X., Chen, L., ... & Li, W., 2020 Mental health of young physicians in China during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, Li, W.#, Frank, E.#, Zhao, Z.#, Chen, L., Wang, Z., Burmeister, M., & Sen, S., 2020 Dysregulation of neuron differentiation in an autistic savant with exceptional memory, Song, J., Yang, X., Zhou, Y., Chen, L., Zhang, X., Liu, Z., ... & Li, W., 2019 Specific developmental disruption of disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 function results in schizophrenia-related phenotypes in mice, Li W, Zhou Y, Jentsch J. D, Ehninger D, Brown R.A.M, Tian X , Hennah W, Peltonen L, Lönnqvist J, Huttunen M.O, Kaprio J, Trachtenberg J.T, Silva A. J, Cannon T. D., 2007 The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, lovastatin, reverses the learning and attention deficits in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Li W, Y Cui , Kushner S.A, Brown R.A.M, Frankland P. W, Jentsch J. D, Cannon T. D, Silva A. J, 2005 Simulated weightlessness procedure, head-down bed rest impairs adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus of rhesus macaque, Zhang X, Chu X, Chen L, Fu J, Wang S, Song J, Kan G, Jiang W, He G, Chen X, Li W., 2019 Characterization of a novel synGAP isoform, synGAP-beta, Li W, Okano A, Tian QB, Nakayama K, Furihata T, Nawa H, Suzuki T., 2001 Phf8 histone demethylase deficiency causes cognitive impairments through the mTOR pathway, Chen, X., Wang, S., Zhou, Y., Han, Y., Li, S., Xu, Q., ... Li, W.D., & Chen, C. D. , 2018 Long-Range GABAergic Inputs Regulate Neural Stem Cell Quiescence and Control Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis, Bao H#, Asrican B#, Li W#, Gu B, Wen Z, Lim SA, Haniff I, Ramakrishnan C, Deisseroth K, Philpot B, Song J., 2017 mTOR Inhibition ameliorates cognitive and affective deficits caused by Disc1 knockdown in adult-born dentate granule neurons, Zhou M#, Li W#, Huang S, Song J, Kim JY, Tian X, Kang E, Sano Y, Liu C, Balaji J, Wu S, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Parivash SN, Ehninger D, He L, Song H, Ming GL, Silva AJ., 2013

Areas of Focus

Neural mechanisms of negative emotional memory and forgetting
Mechanisms of depression onset and treatment
Brain mechanisms of psychological laws
Non-human primate models of epilepsy
Epigenetics of learning and memory

Publications

Nicotinamide, a vitamin B3 ameliorates depressive behaviors independent of SIRT1 activity in mice, Liu, Z., Li, C., Fan, X., Kuang, Y., Zhang, X., Chen, L., ... & Li, W*., 2020
Mental health of young physicians in China during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, Li, W.#*, Frank, E.#, Zhao, Z.#, Chen, L., Wang, Z., Burmeister, M., & Sen, S*., 2020
Dysregulation of neuron differentiation in an autistic savant with exceptional memory, Song, J., Yang, X., Zhou, Y., Chen, L., Zhang, X., Liu, Z., ... & Li, W*., 2019
Specific developmental disruption of disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 function results in schizophrenia-related phenotypes in mice, Li W, Zhou Y, Jentsch J. D, Ehninger D, Brown R.A.M, Tian X , Hennah W, Peltonen L, Lönnqvist J, Huttunen M.O, Kaprio J, Trachtenberg J.T, Silva A. J, Cannon T. D., 2007
The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, lovastatin, reverses the learning and attention deficits in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Li W, Y Cui , Kushner S.A, Brown R.A.M, Frankland P. W, Jentsch J. D, Cannon T. D, Silva A. J, 2005
Simulated weightlessness procedure, head-down bed rest impairs adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus of rhesus macaque, Zhang X, Chu X, Chen L, Fu J, Wang S, Song J, Kan G, Jiang W, He G, Chen X*, Li W*., 2019
Characterization of a novel synGAP isoform, synGAP-beta, Li W, Okano A, Tian QB, Nakayama K, Furihata T, Nawa H, Suzuki T., 2001
Phf8 histone demethylase deficiency causes cognitive impairments through the mTOR pathway, Chen, X., Wang, S., Zhou, Y., Han, Y., Li, S., Xu, Q., ... Li, W.D.*, & Chen, C. D. *, 2018
Long-Range GABAergic Inputs Regulate Neural Stem Cell Quiescence and Control Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis, Bao H#, Asrican B#, Li W#, Gu B, Wen Z, Lim SA, Haniff I, Ramakrishnan C, Deisseroth K, Philpot B, Song J., 2017
mTOR Inhibition ameliorates cognitive and affective deficits caused by Disc1 knockdown in adult-born dentate granule neurons, Zhou M#, Li W#*, Huang S, Song J, Kim JY, Tian X, Kang E, Sano Y, Liu C, Balaji J, Wu S, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Parivash SN, Ehninger D, He L, Song H, Ming GL, Silva AJ*., 2013

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