**Speaker: Han Xu,Ph.D
Research Scientist
Smilow Neuroscience Program
New York University School of Medicine
**Time:2013.9.30 10:00-11:00am
**Venue: Research Building, Room 502
**Brief Introduction:
Education and Trainings
02/2009 – presentResearch Scientist, New York University School of Medicine.
12/2005 – 01/2009 Assistant Research Scientist, New York University.
09/2002 – 06/2005 Ph.D. in Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China.
09/1999 – 06/2002M.S. in Nuclear Science and Engineering, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
09/1995 – 06/1999 B.S. in Precision Instruments, Department of Precision Instruments, Hefei University of Technology, China
Selected Publications
1.Xu H*, Jeong HY, et al (2013) Neocortical somatostatin-expressing GABAergic interneurons disinhibit the thalamorecipient layer 4. Neuron 77:155-167.
2.Close J*, Xu H*, et al (2012) Satb1 is an activity-modulated transcription factor required for the terminal differentiation and connectivity of MGE-derived cortical interneurons. The Journal of Neuroscience 32:17690-17705. * Co-first author. Recommended by Faculty of 1000.
3.Xu H, Kotak VC, Sanes DH (2010) Normal hearing is required for the emergence of long-lasting inhibitory potentiation in cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience 30:331-341.
4.Xu H, Kotak VC, Sanes DH (2007) Conductive hearing loss disrupts synaptic and spike adaptation in developing auditory cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience 27:9417-9426. Featured in “This Week in The Journal”. Introduction: