Dr. Ying Li
AWARD RECIPIENT
Benyuan Young Investigator Program 2023
Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing
Research on the neural circuit mechanisms involved in regulating social cognition and emotions
Introduction
Dr. Ying Li received her Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013, mentored by Dr. Jiulin Du, studied the physiological function of microglia in zebrafish. She continued her postdoc training with at Harvard University with Dr. Catherine Dulac, studied with the neuronal representation of social cues in the medial amygdala neurons of behaving mice. She started her own lab at the Chinese Institute of Brain Research, Beijing in 2019.
The major interest of her laboratory is to understand the neural mechanisms involved in the generation of adaptive social behaviors in rodents and non-human primates. Dr. Ying Li was awarded with Qiushi Outstanding Young Investigator Award in 2020, HFSP Career Development Award in 2019, Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidential Prize and Ray Wu Prize in 2013.
Selected Publications
1. Zhou, X*, Li, A*, Mi, X*, Li, Y.X., Ding, Z.Y., An,M, Chen, Y.L., Li, W, Tao, X.M., Chen, X.F., and Li. Y#. (2023). Hyperexcited limbic neurons represent sexual satiety and reduce mating motivation. Science 379(6634): 820-825.
2. Li, Y*. and Dulac, C#. (2018). Neural coding of sex-specific social information in the mouse brain. Curr Opin Neurobiol 53, 120-130 (Cover).
3. Li, Y.*, Mathis A., Benjamin GF., Osterhout J., Ahanonu B.,Schnizter M.,Venkatesh N and Dulac C# (2017).Neural representation of social information in the medial amygdala of behaving mice. Cell 171(5), 1176-1190.
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