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Josh Huang

Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience
Neurobiology
311 Research Drive, Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710
311 Research Drive, Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


RNA Programmable and Scalable Brain Cell Type Tools Across Vertebrates

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Discovering the cell type basis of the IT projection system and its dysregulation after perinatal HIE

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2024 - 2029

Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2024 - 2029

Distal mRNA localization and translation in neural stem cells of the developing brain

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2018 - 2028

Circuit-specific plasticity mechanisms for habitual behavior

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2028

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2026

RNA-programmable cell-type targeting, editing, and therapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2021 - 2026

RNA-programmable cell type targeting and manipulation across vertebrate nervous systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Beyond dopamine: dual neuromodulator regulation of motor variability and learning

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2025

Activity dependent integration of chandelier cells during cortical circuit assembly

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Child Neurologist Career Development Program (CNCDP)

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Kennedy Krieger Institute · 2021 - 2024

Large scale discovery and validation of brain cell type enhancers for viral targeting and circuit manipulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

Transcriptome-based systematic discovery of GABAergic neurons in the neocortex

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

A Comprehensive Center for Mouse Brain Cell Atlas - Project 2: Anatomy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · 2021 - 2023

A Comprehensive Center for Mouse Brain Cell Atlas P3: Cell Specific Targeting Approaches and Tools

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · 2021 - 2023

A Comprehensive Center for Mouse Brain Cell Atlas P1: Molecular Signatures

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · 2021 - 2023

Revealing the transcriptomic basis of neuronal identity through functional meta-analysis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · 2020 - 2021

External Relationships


  • Doppler Bio
  • IDG-McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, China
  • Max Planck Society (Germany), Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich

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