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            EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 
            
                
                    
                        |  1985-1989 | 
                        B.S. (Physics), Beijing University, China | 
                     
                    
                        |  1990-1991 | 
                        M.S. (Physics), New York University, USA | 
                     
                    
                        |  1991-1996 | 
                        Ph.D. (Biophysics), University of California, Berkeley, USA | 
                     
                    
                        |  1996-2000 | 
                        Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego, USA | 
                     
                    
                        |  2000-2009 | 
                        Assistant Professor, Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA | 
                     
                    
                        |  2007- | 
                        Professor, University of Science and Technology of China | 
                     
                    
                        |  2014- | 
                        Senior Investigator, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Research | 
                     
                
             
              
            RESEARCH INTERESTS 
            
                
                    
                        | 1) | 
                        Synaptic structure and plasticity | 
                     
                    
                        | 2) | 
                        Neural circuitstructure and dynamics | 
                     
                    
                        | 3) | 
                        Learning, memory and related brain diseases | 
                     
                    
                        | 4) | 
                        Ultra-high resolution optical and electron imaging | 
                     
                
             
              
            CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS 
            
                
                    
                        | 1) | 
                        National Outstanding Young Scientist Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China (2007-2011) | 
                     
                    
                        | 2) | 
                        Dynamic Assembly of Protein Complex, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2007-2012) | 
                     
                
             
              
            REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS  
            
                
                    
                        | 1) | 
                        Shim SH, Xia C, Zhong G, Babcock HP, Vaughan JC, Huang B, Wang X, Xu C, Bi GQ* & Zhuang X*, Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of organelles in live cells with photoswitchable membrane probes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: 13978-13983 (2012). | 
                     
                    
                        | 2) | 
                        Zhang JC, Lau PM & Bi GQ*, Gain in sensitivity and loss in temporal contrast of STDP by dopaminergic modulation at hippocampal synapses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106: 13028-13033 (2009). | 
                     
                    
                        | 3) | 
                        Lau, PM & Bi, GQ*, Synaptic mechanisms of persistent reverberatory activity in neuronal networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102: 10333-10338 (2005). | 
                     
                    
                        | 4) | 
                        Bi, GQ*& Rubin, J Timing in synaptic plasticity: from detection to integration. Trends Neurosci 28: 222-228 (2005). | 
                     
                    
                        | 5) | 
                        Wang HX, Gerkin, RC, Nauen, DW& Bi, GQ*,Coactivation and timing-dependent integration of synaptic potentiation and depression. Nat Neurosci 8: 187-193 (2005). | 
                     
                    
                        | 6) | 
                        Bi, GQ*& Poo, MM*, Synaptic modifications by correlated activity: Hebb's postulate revisited. Ann Rev Neurosci 24: 139-166 (2001). | 
                     
                    
                        | 7) | 
                        Bi, GQ*& Poo, MM, Distributed synaptic modification in neural networks induced by patterned stimulation. Nature 401: 792-796 (1999). | 
                     
                    
                        | 8) | 
                        Bi, GQ & Poo, MM,Synaptic modifications in cultured hippocampal neurons: Dependence on spike timing, synaptic strength, and postsynaptic cell type. J Neurosci 18: 10464-10472 (1998). | 
                     
                    
                        | 9) | 
                        Steinhardt, RA,Bi, GQ &AldertonJM, Cell membrane resealing by a vesicular mechanism similar to neurotransmitter release. Science 263: 390-393 (1994) | 
                     
                
             
             
             
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