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Name: |
Bi Guo-Qiang (毕国强) |
| Born: |
November 1967, Hebei, P.R. China |
| Address: |
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, P. R. China |
| Tel: |
86-551-63602466 |
| E-mail: |
gqbi@ustc.edu.cn |
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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
| 1985-1989 |
B.S. (Physics), Beijing University, China |
| 1990-1991 |
M.S. (Physics), New York University, USA |
| 1991-1996 |
Ph.D. (Biophysics), University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| 1996-2000 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego, USA |
| 2000-2009 |
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor(with tenure), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA |
| 2007- |
Professor, University of Science and Technology of China |
| 2014- |
Senior Investigator, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Research |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| 1) |
Synaptic structure and plasticity |
| 2) |
Neural circuit structure and dynamics |
| 3) |
Learning, memory and related brain diseases |
| 4) |
Ultra-high resolution optical and electron imaging |
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
| 1) |
National Outstanding Young Scientist Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China (2007-2011) |
| 2) |
Dynamic Assembly of Protein Complex, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2007-2012) |
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
| 1) |
Shim SH, Xia C, Zhong G, Babcock HP, Vaughan JC, Huang B, Wang X, Xu C, Bi GQ* & Zhuang X*, Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of organelles in live cells with photoswitchable membrane probes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: 13978-13983 (2012). |
| 2) |
Zhang JC, Lau PM & Bi GQ*, Gain in sensitivity and loss in temporal contrast of STDP by dopaminergic modulation at hippocampal synapses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106: 13028-13033 (2009). |
| 3) |
Lau, PM & Bi, GQ*, Synaptic mechanisms of persistent reverberatory activity in neuronal networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102: 10333-10338 (2005). |
| 4) |
Bi, GQ* & Rubin, J Timing in synaptic plasticity: from detection to integration. Trends Neurosci 28: 222-228 (2005). |
| 5) |
Wang HX, Gerkin, RC, Nauen, DW & Bi, GQ*, Coactivation and timing-dependent integration of synaptic potentiation and depression. Nat Neurosci 8: 187-193 (2005). |
| 6) |
Bi, GQ* & Poo, MM*, Synaptic modifications by correlated activity: Hebb's postulate revisited. Ann Rev Neurosci 24: 139-166 (2001). |
| 7) |
Bi, GQ* & Poo, MM, Distributed synaptic modification in neural networks induced by patterned stimulation. Nature 401: 792-796 (1999). |
| 8) |
Bi, GQ & Poo, MM, Synaptic modifications in cultured hippocampal neurons: Dependence on spike timing, synaptic strength, and postsynaptic cell type. J Neurosci 18: 10464-10472 (1998). |
| 9) |
Steinhardt, RA, Bi, GQ & Alderton JM, Cell membrane resealing by a vesicular mechanism similar to neurotransmitter release. Science 263: 390-393 (1994). | |
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