Tian Xue, Ph.D.

Professor and Executive Dean, School of Life Sciences, University of Science & Technology of China (USTC);

Director of Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, USTC; 

Head of Division of Neural Circuits and Cognition, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale;

Director of Human resources, USTC

443 Huangshan Street, Hefei City, Anhui 230027, P.R.China

Email: xuetian@ustc.edu.cn.




Education and Appointment:

         2012.09–present  Professor, USTC

　　2011.06-2012.08  Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

　　2006.03-2011.05  Postdoctoral Fellow (with Dr. King-Wai YAU) Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neuroscience

　　2000.09-2005.05  Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cellular Molecular Physiology

　　1995.09-2000.06  B.S. USTC, Biophysics and Neuroscience; Special Class for Gifted Young (SCGY)

Honors and Awards:

         2019 Distinguished Young Scholars ,NSFC

　　2019 Cell Best of 2019, Cell press (9 Best Articles which published in Cell in 2019)

　　2019 China’s top 10 research advances in life sciences in 2019

　　2014 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)，Young Investigator Grants

　　2012 Outstanding Youth Science Foundation ,NSFC

　　2007 Final list of Life Science Research Foundation Fellowships

　　2006 BEST BASIC SCIENCE PAPER by Circulation, AHA

　　2004 NIH Stem Cells Scholarship at the Keystone Stem Cells Symposium, NIH

　　2003 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions Selected Late-Breaking Science

Research Field of Interest:
        Phototransduction, Non-image vision, Stem Cell, Photoreceptor Regeneration

Lab members:

Jin Bao, Ph.D,Professor

Research interests:

Synaptic plasticity in neuronal circuit；

Non-imaging-forming vision；

Neuronal basis of psychiatric disease.

Email:baojin@ustc.edu.cn

Mei Zhang, Ph.D, Asistant professor

Research interests:

The molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian retinal development;
Stem cell- and gene-based therapies for retinal degeneration diseases;

Email: zhangmei@ustc.edu.cn

Jutao Chen, Ph.D, Associate professor
Email:cjt@ustc.edu.cn

Li Chen, Secretary

Changjie Ouyang ,Associate Professor

Clinical medicine, Xuzhou Medical University

Research interests: IpRGC Subcortical nerve circuits.

Jianjun Meng,Postdoc

Ph.D ,School of Life Science Fudan University,

Research interests：Glucose homeostasis.

Yuqian Ma，Postdoc
Ph.D,University of Science and Technology of China

Research interests:Phototransduction in ipRGC / NIR vision.

Dali Tong, Postdoc

Ph.D, Institute of Neuroscience,Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research interests:In vivo gene editing.

Min Wei，Ph.D Candidate

B.S. Biology, Anhui Normal University

Research Interests:LncRNA Functional Prediction and single cell analysis

Yiming Shi,Ph.D Candidate

B.S. Bioengineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics Astronautics(BUAA).

Research interests: IpRGCs and pattern vision

Haohuan Xie,Ph.D Candidate

B.S. Biotechnology, Hunan University.

Research interests: In vitro differentiation of human iPS cells into retinal cells, compared with human fetal retinal development by ATAC-seq and RNA-seq analysis.

Shouzhen Li，Ph.D Candidate

B.S. University of Science and Technology of China

Research interests: Visual Regeneration.

Kai An，Ph.D Candidate

B.S. Biotechnology, Zhengzhou University

Research interests: Neural circuit of negative mood caused by light; Circadian rhythm-gated mechanism.

MD HASANUZZAMAN KHAN,Ph.D Candidate

Master of Science in Physiology, School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University

Research interests: Non-image vision, Neurobehavioral studies, Learning and memory

Jiaxi Hu,Ph.D Candidate

B.S. Biology science,Sichuan University.

Research interests:Non-image forming vision and its subcortical neural circuitry.

Juan Cheng,Researcher

Ph.D,Anhui Medical university

Research interests: Sleep and biological rhythm.

Lingyun Li,Ph.D Candidate

B.S. Biology,Anhui University
Research interests:Retinal organoid maturation.

Wenyang Yi,Ph.D Candidate

B.S. Department of biosafety, Southwest University

Research interests: Retina development and the difference of retina macula and periphery.

Jiaming Zhang,Ph.D Candidate

B.S. Food Science and Engineering ；Northeast Agricultural University

Research interests: Image vision of iPRGCs

Tasneem akhtar,Ph.D Candidate

Master of Neurobiology, UVAS pakistan

Research interests: Stem cell technology.

Shen JIAWEI, Graduate Student

B.S. Animal Science, Northeast Agriculture University

Research Interests: Circadian Rhythm, Homeostasis, Image Vision and In vivo Calcium imaging.

Xiao Sun,Graduate Student

B.S. Veterinary Medicine，Southwest University

Research interests: Mechanical analysis of the differentiation of the iPSCs toward retina.

Yichuan Yao,Graduate Student

B.S. Biology, Lanzhou University.

Research interests: In vivo gene editing.

Ying Miao,Graduate Student

B.S. Biological sciences ，LanZhou University

Research interests:The neural circuit mechanism of the influence of vision on predatory behavior.

Xin Fang,Graduate Student

B.S. Biological science，Anhui University

Research interests:Non-visual light signaling transmission mechanism in ipRGC.

Yufei Li, Graduate Student

Biomedical technology, Northeast Forestry University.

Research interests:Optical-Learning Memory Circuit Mechanism Mediated by Non-imaging Vision System.

Yanping SUN, Graduate Student

B.S. Biostatistics, Anhui University

Research Interests: Visual Neurology and Single Cell Analysis.

Xinfeng Huang,Graduate Student

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Hunan University.

Research interests:Non-image forming vision and its subcortical neural circuitry.

Yunuo Chen,Graduate Student

Biological Sciences, Lanzhou University.

Research interests: Visual Neurology and Retina Single Cell Sequencing.

ZiShuo Li,Graduate Student

Biotechnology,Northeast Forestry University

Research interests:Phototransduction in ipRGC / NIR vision.

Hang Zhao，Graduate Student

Biotechnology,Zhengzhou University

Xialin Li,Graduate Student
Biotechnology, Nanjing Normal University