Yan Zhu

Biography

BS in Biochemistry, Jilin University, 1991 MS in Molecular Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1994 Ph.D in Molecular Cell Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2003 Postdoctoral Scholar, HHMI and UCLA, 2003-2009 Principal Investigator, CAS Institute of Biophysics, 2009 BS in Biochemistry, Jilin University, 1991 MS in Molecular Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1994 Ph.D in Molecular Cell Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2003 Postdoctoral Scholar, HHMI and UCLA, 2003-2009 Principal Investigator, CAS Institute of Biophysics, 2009

Research Interest

My group is interested in understanding: (1) the formation of neural circuitry, by investigating the molecular mechanisms that direct the development of complex and previously inaccessible higher-order regions of the Drosophila visual system; (2) the molecular and cellular basis of how neural circuits mediate complex animal behavior, by systematically mapping neural circuits underlying vision and other sensory perceptions; (3) how diseases and genetic mutations affect the development and function of the nervous system.