You, Lin-Ya Ph.D.

 

Title and Affiliation:

Associate Professor, Department of Human Anatomy & Histoembryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, China.

 

Biosketch:

Dr. Linya You’s main research focus is acetylation regulation of neurodevelopmental disorders, and interpretation of human brain functions and brain diseases using single cell omics. Dr. You has a publication record of more than 20 articles in top journals such as J Clin Invest, Nucleic Acids Res, and PLoS Genet with a total impact factor of 112, citations of 575 and an h-index of 14. Besides, Dr. You took main roles in several CIHR and NIH projects. Currently, she is the PI of one foreign scholar project funded by Shanghai Association of Science and Technology, one general grant funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), two talent grants funded by Fudan University, and also as the project leader of Science Innovation 2030 - Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology Major Project and National Key Research and Development Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology, China (MOST). In addition, Dr. You plays academic roles in Front Cell Dev Biol as topic editor and in Front Genet as review editor. She also serves as a reviewer of NSFC grants, and for several journals including Scientific Reports, Oncogene, Theranostics and Cell Cycle.

 

Field of Expertise: Neurodevelopment, Human brain cell mapping