Shenfeng Qiu
Professor, Basic Medical Sciences
Professor, Translational Neurosciences
Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
Chief, Division of Neuroscience - Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Professor, BIO5 Institute
The overall interest of Dr. Shenfeng Qiu's laboratory is to understand developmental origin of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly autism spectrum disorders. One ongoing project focuses on the role of MET tyrosine kinase, identified as a major risk factor for ASD in human genetic studies. Our lab aims to identify mechanisms by which MET signaling affects neuronal growth, maturation and brain circuit function. We are also interested in the role of UBE3A protein in Angelman syndrome, and distinct brain circuit mechanisms mediating anxiety and depression.
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Neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders Genetic basis of neurodevelopmental disorders and risk genes neural and brain circuit basis of autism
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biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, computer sciences
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