{"id":116,"date":"2020-04-23T15:59:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/ren\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2023-10-24T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:20:06","slug":"current-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/ren\/current-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Jing Ren<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jing pursued her Ph.D under the supervision of Dr. Minmin Luo, at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS). She was awarded the Ray Wu prize in 2011. Her study revealed that neurons previously characterized as \u201ccholinergic\u201d in the medial habenula (MHb) co released two classical neurotransmitters, glutamate and acetylcholine, and activate postsynaptic neurons via distinct transmission modes. This work, together with the findings of glutamate co-release with other classical neurotransmitters, redefined the influential Dale\u2019s principle that a neuron releases only one classical, nonpeptide transmitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, Jing did postdoctoral research in Dr. Liqun Luo\u2019s lab at Stanford University and started the journey of investigating the serotonin system. She has revealed that the dorsal raphe and median raphe contains parallel serotonin sub-systems, which lays the foundation for integrating anatomical, neurochemical, physiological, and behavioural functions of the serotonin system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jing became a junior group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in January 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI have been obsessed with the neurobiological basis of psychology since I was a teenager. I will dedicate my career to reveal the neurobiological basis of how we perceive the emotions of ours and others.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Annabel Adams<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

B.S., King\u2019s College London
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M.S., University College London
(Prof. Michael Hausser’s lab)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jingwen Lian<\/strong><\/strong>g<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

B.S., Wuhan University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D., National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS)(Prof. Minmin Luo’s lab)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zora Chui-Kuen Chan<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2022 HFSP Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

B.S., The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zhongyu Li<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Divisional Invited Investigator<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D.,  University of North Carolina at Charlotte<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.P.,  Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kenneth Lap Kei Wu<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

B.S. The University of Hong Kong <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. The University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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