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Dong Yan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University. His research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying neural circuit formation, development, degeneration, and aging. Utilizing the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, his lab has defined cell lineage and completely mapped the organism's connectome, which significantly facilitates the investigation of the nervous system at subcellular resolution. By combining classic genetic analysis with in vivo live imaging techniques and molecular cellular manipulations, Dr. Yan aims to discover conserved mechanisms that play crucial roles in neural circuit formation and gap junction dynamics as a means to understand neurodegeneration. His extensive academic background includes a Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, completed in 2006. Dr. Yan has been awarded several grants including the Neurobiology Training Program from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and multiple NIH grants supporting his studies on aging-associated neurodegeneration and genetics of gap junction formation regulation in C. elegans.
Duke University • Durham, NC
Positions in Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology, and Neurobiology.
Duke University • Durham, NC
Positions in Neurobiology and Molecular Genetics.
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology • Durham, NC
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)