Zheng (Herbert) Wu - Simons Foundation

Zheng (Herbert) Wu is a joint postdoctoral fellow in the laboratories of Drs. Richard Axel and Michael Shadlen in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia ... SimonsSocietyofFellows SimonsSocietyofFellows FellowsNewsEventsNominationsContact Home SimonsSocietyofFellows Zheng(Herbert)WuisajointpostdoctoralfellowinthelaboratoriesofDrs.RichardAxelandMichaelShadlenintheDepartmentofNeuroscienceatColumbiaUniversity.HereceivedhisPh.D.inneurobiologyfromHarvardUniversityandhisB.S.fromFudanUniversityinChina.Hisgraduateworkfocusedondissectingtheneuralcircuitsunderlyingparentalbehaviorinmice.Usingabatteryofmolecularandgenetictools,heidentifiedapopulationofneuronsintheanteriorhypothalamusaskeyregulatorsofparentalcare.HehaspublishedinjournalssuchasNatureandScience,andwasaguestspeakerattheSocietyforSocialNeurosciencemeeting. Asapostdoctoralresearcher,Dr.Wuisinterestedinunderstandingworkingmemoryandcontext-dependentdecisionmaking.Toelucidatetheirneuralbasis,hehasdevelopedanodor-guideddelayed-match-to-sampletaskinmiceandisusingawidevarietyoftechniquesincludingelectrophysiology,calciumimagingandoptogenetics.Theseexperimentswillestablishasystemtoaddresscontext-dependentdecisionmakingandwillhavebroadimplicationsforunderstandingtheneuralcircuitsofflexiblebehaviorinhealthanddisease. 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