Bo Wang, PhD., graduated from Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015; did postdoctoral research at California Institute of Technology until 2024; and then joined SUSTech medical school as an assistant professor. Bo is an experienced academic in the field of neurophysiology and the neural basis of animal behaviors. His studies have been published in high-profile journals including Nature Neuroscience, Cell Reports, Nature, and Cell, etc. Total citation, over 2000.
EDUCATION
2015 Ph.D. in Neurobiology
Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
2007 B.S. in Biology
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
EXPERIENCE
2024 – Assistant Professor Southern University of Science and Technology
2015 – 2024 Postdoctoral Scholar California Institute of Technology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
We study neurobiological questions using songbirds.
Specifically,
1) The cellular and neural circuit basis of vocal learning.
2) Neural mechanisms underpinning the acquisition and long-term maintenance of learned behaviors.
3) Neural substrates underlying higher cognitive brain functions among avian species.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 The first prize of DiAo Scholarship, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2013 Sanofi Neuroscience Excellent Poster, 10th biennial conference of the Chinese Neuroscience Society
2004 People's Scholarship, Nanjing University
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. L Sánchez-Guardado, P Razavi, B Wang, A Callejas-Marín, C Lois. (2024) Projection neurons are necessary for the maintenance, but not for the assembly, of the mouse olfactory circuit. Elife 10.7554/eLife.90296.1 (preprint)
2. B Wang, Z Torok, A Duffy, D Bell, S Wongso, T Velho, A Fairhall, C Lois. (2024) Unsupervised restoration of a complex learned behavior after large-scale neuronal perturbation. Nature Neuroscience 27, 1176–1186
3. G Sharon, NJ Cruz, D Kang, MJ Gandal, B Wang, YM Kim, EM Zink, CP Casey, BC Taylor, CJ Lane, LM Bramer, NG Isern, DW Hoyt, C Noecker, MJ Sweredoski, A Moradian, E Borenstein, JK Jansson, R Knight, TO Metz, C Lois, DH Geschwind, R Krajmalnik-Brown, & SK Mazmanian. (2019) Human gut microbiota from autism spectrum disorder promote behavioral symptoms in mice. Cell 177(6), 1600-1618.e17
4. L Yin, R Zheng, W Ke, Q He, Y Zhang, J Li, B Wang, Z Mi, Y Long, MJ Rasch, T Li, G Luan, & Y Shu. (2018) Autapses enhance bursting and coincidence detection in neocortical pyramidal cells. Nature communications 9(1),1-12
5. V Augustine, SK Gokce, S Lee, B Wang, TJ Davidson, F Reimann, F Gribble, K Deisseroth, C Lois, & Y Oka. (2018) Hierarchical neural architecture underlying thirst regulation. Nature 555(7695), 204-209.
6. B Wang, W Ke, J Guang, G Chen, L Yin, S Deng, Q He, Y Liu, T He, R Zheng, Y Jiang, X Zhang, T Li, G Luan, HD Lu, M Zhang, X Zhang, & Y Shu. (2016) Firing frequency maxima of fast-spiking neurons in human, monkey, and mouse neocortex. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 10, 239.
7. B Wang, Y Shu. (2015) Physiologically distinct neuronal type in primate cortex. Oncotarget 6(19), 16820-16821. (Editorial)
8. B Wang, L Yin, X Zou, M Ye, Y Liu, T He, S Deng, Y Jiang, R Zheng, Y Wang, M Yang, HD Lu, S Wu, & Y Shu. (2015) A Subtype of Inhibitory Interneuron with Intrinsic Persistent Activity in Human and Monkey Neocortex. Cell Reports 10, 1450-1458.
