Yan Li

Biography

1994-1998 BS in Physics and Biophysics, Peking University 1998-2003 Ph.D. in Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2004-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF 2007-2009 Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University 2009- “One Hundred Talent Program”, Principal Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1994-1998 BS in Physics and Biophysics, Peking University 1998-2003 Ph.D. in Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2004-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF 2007-2009 Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University 2009- “One Hundred Talent Program”, Principal Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interest

We use Drosophila as animal model to explore the molecular mechanism of brain function, including neural developmental biology, molecular genetics, cognitive behavior of neural circuits etc. We will use the existing behavioral paradigm (eating, sleep and memory) as the basis to study effects of single genes on cell morphology, neural network, and the development of brain function.