About Me

Education

• Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience, Centre for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019-2026. Supervisor: Dr. Yangang Sun
• B.S. in Biology, Yunnan University, 2015-2019

Skills

• Calcium imaging
  • Surgery: Stereotactic injection; GRIN lens implantation
  • Data collection with miniscope
  • Data analysis (MATLAB/Python)
• Behavior paradigm design and test (mice)
• Optogenetics and chemogenectics in the mouse brain and spinal cord

Awards

• National schoolarship, 2025
• CNS-RWD Excellent Conference Poster, 2025
• RWD Preclinical Medicine Enlightenment Scholarship, 2024
• Paizhen Qiushi schoolarship, 2024
• National schoolarship, 2020

Publications

• Alteration of cellular representation in the central amygdala mediates stress-induced analgesia
  Wang, LH, Han, YF, Zhou, WQ, Li, Q, Sun, YG*. (2025) Alteration of cellular representation in the central amygdala mediates stress-induced analgesia. Neuron under revision
• Transcriptomic and spatial organization of mouse spinal cord projection neurons
  Lin, JK, Liu, Y, Deng, J, Wang, LH, Li, Q, Chen, L, Ding WQ, Tang, AH, Dou, YN*, Sun, YG*. (2025) Transcriptomic and spatial organization of mouse spinal cord projection neurons. Cell Reports (Accepted)
• Single-neuron connectome of the central amygdala in the mouse brain
  Wang, LH, Chen, X, Song, W, Li, Q, Dou, YN, Zhou, WQ, Shi, XX, Ren, BY, Gong, H, Wang, XF, Sun, YG*. (2025). Single-neuron connectome of the central amygdala in the mouse brain. In preperation.
• An atlas of itch-associated neural dynamics in the mouse brain
  Chen WZ, Shen TY, Wang M, Yuan L, Wang LH, Ding WQ, Shi XX, Wang XF, Bo BS, Liang ZF, Sun YG*. (2023) An atlas of itch-associated neural dynamics in the mouse brain. Cell Reports 42(10):113304.
• Spinal ascending pathways for somatosensory information processing
  Wang LH, Ding WQ, Sun YG*. (2022) Spinal ascending pathways for somatosensory information processing. Trends Neurosci. 45 594-607.
• The Parabrachial Nucleus Directly Channels Spinal Nociceptive Signals to the Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei, but Not the Amygdala
  Deng J*, Zhou H, Lin JK, Shen ZX, Chen WZ, Wang LH, Li Q, Mu D, Wei YC, Xu XH, Sun YG*. (2020) The parabrachial nucleus directly channels spinal nociceptive signals to the intralaminar thalamic nuclei, but not the amygdala. Neuron 107:909-923.