Research

Research Projects

1. Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

Project Title: Presynaptic Specialization and Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter/Neuromodulator Release

Grant No.: 2021ZD0202501

Funding: ¥10.24 million

Duration: Dec. 2021 – Dec. 2026 (Ongoing)

Role: Participant

Program: "Brain Science and Brain-Like Intelligence" Major Project, STI 2030

2. Shenzhen Medical Research Foundation

Project Title: Neural Activity Signatures of Epileptogenic Zones in Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) and Their 3D Pathological Structural Basis

Grant No.: B24020241007007

Funding: ¥2.9 million

Duration: Jan. 2025 – Dec. 2027 (Ongoing)

Role: PI (Principal Investigator)

Program: Frontier Exploration Program

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Project Title: Shared Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenesis of Major Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Therapeutic Interventions

Grant No.: U20A6005

Funding: ¥15.795 million

Duration: Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2024 (Completed)

Role: Participant

Program: Regional Innovation & Development Joint Fund (Integrated Project)

4. Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission

Project Title: Large-scale Correlative Light-Electron Microscopy Imaging System for Biological Specimens

Grant No.: 202100105

Funding: ¥24 million

Duration: Oct. 2019 – Mar. 2023 (Completed)

Role: PI

Program: Key Technology and Equipment R&D for Major Scientific Infrastructure

5. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Project Title: Development of an Intelligent High-Precision In Vivo Synaptic Quantal Signal Detector

Funding: ¥3 million

Duration: Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2020 (Completed)

Role: PI

Program: Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project

6. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Project Title: Dynamics of Synaptic Vesicle Recycling at the Calyx of Held Synapse

Grant No.: 3187103

Funding: ¥590,000

Duration: Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2022 (Completed)

Role: PI

Program: General Program

7. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Project Title: Development of a High-Precision In Vivo Synaptic Vesicle Signal Synchronization Detector

Grant No.: 31527802

Funding: ¥6.036 million

Duration: Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2020 (Completed)

Role: PI

Program: Major Research Instrumentation Development Program

8. Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

Project Title: Development and Application of Optogenetics and Related Technologies

Grant No.: SS2015AA020512

Funding: ¥675,200

Duration: Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2017 (Completed)

Role: Participant

Program: 863 Program (National High-tech R&D)

9. Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

Project Title: Functional Mechanisms of Forgetting

Grant No.: 2013CB835100

Funding: ¥3.0667 million

Duration: Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2016 (Completed)

Role: Participant

Program: 973 Program (National Basic Research Program)

10. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Project Title: Mechanisms Underlying the Role of Active Zone Proteins in Calcium Channel-Synaptic Vesicle Coupling

Grant No.: 30825012

Funding: ¥2 million

Duration: Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2012 (Completed)

Role: PI

Program: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

11. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Project Title: Kinetic Mechanisms of Asynchronous Vesicle Release at the Calyx Synapse

Grant No.: 30970943

Funding: ¥280,000

Duration: Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2012 (Completed)

Role: PI

Program: General Program