Education
Master of Science, University of Southern California, 2018
Lab information
Jennifer Kong Lab
https://www.thekonglab.org/
Research focus
Neural connectome, Single cell Spatial transcriptome, Single-cell epigenome of immune cells, Neural development
Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=RPQ-BuMAAAAJ1. Buth, J. E., Dyevich, C. E., Rubin, A., Wang, C., Gao, L., Marks, T., Harrison, M. R., Kong, J. H., Ross, M. E., Novitch, B. G., & Pearson, C. A. (2024). Foxp1 suppresses cortical angiogenesis and attenuates HIF-1alpha signaling to promote neural progenitor cell maintenance. EMBO reports, 10.1038/s44319-024-00131-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-024-00131-8
2. Hahn, J. D., Gao, L., Boesen, T., Gou, L., Hintiryan, H., & Dong, H. W. (2022). Macroscale connections of the mouse lateral preoptic area and anterior lateral hypothalamic area. The Journal of comparative neurology, 530(13), 2254–2285. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25331
3. Nicholas N. Foster, Joshua Barry, Laura Korobkova, Luis Garcia, Lei Gao, …Hong-Wei Dong. (2021) The mouse cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic network. Nature 598, 188–194.
4. Rodrigo Munoz-Castaneda, Brian Zingg, …, Lei Gao, …Hong-Wei Dong. (2021) Cellular Anatomy of the Mouse Primary Motor Cortex. Nature 598, pages 159–166.
5. Houri Hintiryan, Ian Bowman, …, Lei Gao, …Hong-Wei Dong. (2021) Connectivity characterization of the mouse basolateral amygdalar complex. Nat Commun 12, 2859.
6. Nora L. Benavidez, Michael S. Bienkowski,…, Lei Gao, …Hong-Wei Dong. (2021) Organization of the inputs and outputs of the mouse superior colliculus. Nat Commun 12, 4004.
7. Lei Gao, Mi Tian, Hong‐Yun Zhao, …Yan Zeng. (2016) TrkB activation by 7, 8‐dihydroxyflavone increases synapse AMPA subunits and ameliorates spatial memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neurochemistry, 136(3), 620-636.
8. Mi Tian, Yan Zeng, Yilan Hu, …Lei Gao, …, Shawn M. Mcclintock. (2015) 7, 8-Dihydroxyflavone induces synapse expression of AMPA GluA1 and ameliorates cognitive and spine abnormalities in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. Neuropharmacology, 89, 43-53.