Fan Wang (neuroscientist)
Chinese-American neuroscientist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fan Wang is a neuroscientist and professor in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. She is an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.[1] Wang is known for her work identifying neural circuits underlying touch, pain, and anesthesia; and the development of a technique for capturing activated neuronal ensembles (CANE) to label and manipulate neurons activated by stimuli or behavioral paradigms.
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Fan Wang | |
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Education | Columbia University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sensory neuroscience |
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Thesis | Molecular genetic analysis of the olfactory sensory projections (1998) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Axel |
Other academic advisors | Marc Tessier-Lavigne |
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