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Principal Investigator
Guoping Feng
Principal Investigator
Poitras Chair Professor of Neuroscience
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Director of Model Systems and Neurobiology
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Office: 46-3143A
Phone: (617) 715-4898
Email: fengg@mit.edu
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Principal Investigator
Guoping Feng
Principal Investigator
Poitras Chair Professor of Neuroscience
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Director of Model Systems and Neurobiology
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Office: 46-3143A
Phone: (617) 715-4898
Email: fengg@mit.edu
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Short Biography
Dr. Feng is the Poitras Chair Professor of Neuroscience in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an Institute Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the Director of Model Systems and Neurobiology at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute. Dr. Feng’s research is devoted to understanding the mechanisms regulating the development and function of synapses in the brain and how synaptic dysfunction may contribute to psychiatric disorders. Using genetically engineered animal models, Dr. Feng’s laboratory combines cutting-edge technologies and multidisciplinary approaches to unravel the neurobiological mechanisms of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Feng studied medicine at Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China. He did his Ph.D. training with Linda Hall at the State University of New York at Buffalo and postdoctoral training with Joshua Sanes at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining the faculty at MIT, he was a faculty member in the Department of Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine.
Additional Information
Dept. of Biochemical Pharmacology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, 1989 – 1995
Thesis advisor: Dr. Linda M. Hall
Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China
M.S., Pharmacology, 1983 – 1985
Dept. of Medicine, Zhejiang Medical University, Hangzhou, China
B.S., Medical Sciences, 1978 – 1982
Broad Institute
Institute Member, 2014 – Present
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Broad Institute of MIT and Havard
Director of Model Systems and Neurobiology, 2012 – Present
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Poitras Chair Professor, 2010 – Present
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Neurobiology
Associate Professor with tenure, 2008 – 2010
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Neurobiology
Assistant Professor, 2000 – 2008 (Medical leave from March 2004-March 2006)
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1995 – 2000
Mentor: Dr. Joshua R. Sanes
Shanghai Second Medical University
Department of Pharmacology
Research Assistant, 1986 – 1989
Brain Research Foundation
Scientific Innovations Award, 2015
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) grant award, 2014 – 2016
Gill Center for Biomolecular Science
Gill Young Investigator Award, Indiana University, 2012
McKnight Foundation
McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award, 2011 – 2013
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Award, 2010 – 2013
The Hartwell Foundation
Hartwell Biomedical Research Collaboration Award, 2008 – 2011
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Award, 2008 – 2011
The Hartwell Foundation
Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, 2007 – 2010
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award, 2006-2009
Ruth K. Broad Foundation for Biomedical Research
Broad Scholar Award, 2005 – 2007
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Beckman Young Investigator Award, 2002 – 2005
The EJLB Foundation
Scholar Research Program Award, 2002 – 2005
American Heart Association
Scientist Development Grant Award, 2002 – 2005
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Basil O’Connor Starter Research Award, 2002 – 2004
Whitehall Foundation
Whitehall Foundation Research Award, 2001 – 2004
The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund
Klingenstein Fellowship Award, 2001 – 2004
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2001 – 2003
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1995 – 1998
Grass Foundation
The Grass Fellowships in Neurophysiology, 1994
State University of New York at Buffalo
Mark Diamond Research Fund, 1993-1994
PhRMA Foundation
Advanced Predoctoral Fellowship, 1993 – 1994
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Member, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, 2016 – Present
Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
Discipline committee, 2015 – Present
Verge Genomics
Scientific Advisory Board, 2015 – Present
Roche
Scientific Advisory Review Board, Neuroscience, 2014
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NIMH Board of Scientific Counselors review member, 2014
Society for Neuroscience
SFN Nemko Prize Committee chair, 2013 – 2016
Society for Neuroscience
SFN Axelrod Prize Committee chair, 2013 – 2016
Society for Neuroscience
SFN Committee on Committee member, 2013 – 2016
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Regular member, NIH Study section (SYN), 2013 – Present
Inscopix, Inc.
Scientific Advisory Board, 2013 – Present
The John Merck Fund
Scientific Advisory Board, 2012 – Present
Rugen Therapeutics, Inc.
Board of Directors, 2011 – Present
Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
Biology and Medicine Panel Member, 2011 – 2013
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
Scientific Advisory Board, 2010 – 2013
The Consortium for Neuropsychiatric Phenomics
External Advisor, 2009 – 2012
National Institutes of Health
GENSAT Project Advisory Board, 2008 – 2012
New Jersey Brain Injury Research Commission (NJBIRC)
Member, Independent Scientific Review Panel, 2006 – 2010
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ad hoc member, NIH Study section (SYN), (NDPR), (MNG), 2006 – Present, 2006 – Present
National Science Foundation
Grant Reviewer, 2006 – Present
Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., Journal of Biological Chemistry, Genesis, Molecular Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Human Genetics
Ad hoc reviewer, 2000 – Present
The Grass Foundation
Associate director, Grass Fellowship Program in Neurophysiology, 1996
Society for Neuroscience
Member, 1990 – Present
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