Education

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2002

Lab information

The Zhong Lab study how the brain change to allow an animal to adapt to the ever-changing world. Our focus is on two types of changes — neuromodulation and experience-dependent plasticity — using rodents as the experimental model. We perform in vitro and in vivo experiments using a variety of approaches, including advanced microscopy, electrophysiology, optogenetics, mouse genetics, CRISPR-based gene editing, and computation.
https://www.hainingzhonglab.com/

Research focus

two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (2pFLIM); two-photon microscopy; photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM); Endogenous labeling; CRISPR-mediated insertion of exon (CRISPIE); A-kinase activity reporter (AKAR); cAMP Fluorescence Imaging Reporters based on Epac (cAMPFIREs); genetically encoded sensors

Publications