**Speaker: Dr. Ninglong Xu,   Janelia Farm Research Campus

**Time: Mar, 29, 2:00 pm

**Venue: Research Building, Room 502

** Speaker Brief Introduction:

Dr. Ninglong  Xu, Research Specialist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China 2006.

Advisor: Mu-ming Poo.

• B.S., Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

1999.

POSITIONS

• Research Specialist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus(2011 - Present).

Supervisor: Jeffrey Magee.

• Postdoctoral Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research.Campus (2008 - 2011).

Supervisor: Jeffrey Magee.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2006 –2008).

Supervisor: Zachary Mainen.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2011 Gordon Research Conference “Dendrites: Molecules, Structure & Function”,

Best Poster Award. Ventura, CA.

• 2008 Fudan University Tan Jiazhen Foundation Jiuyuan Scholarship, Shanghai, China.

• 2006 Liu Yong Ling Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

• 2005 Fellowship from The 13th Jerusalem School in Life Sciences: School of

Dendrites, Jerusalem, Israel.

• 2004 The Travel Award of Neuro2004, Japan Neuroscience Society, Osaka, Japan.

• 1998 Excellent Student Award, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.