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Fan Wang
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
fan.wang@duke.edu
Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710
Bryan Research Building, Durham, NC 27708
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Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1997 - 2022
Reverse engineering the brain stem circuits that govern exploratory behavior
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of California - San Diego ·
2020 - 2020
Markerless Tracking of 3D Posture to Reveal the Sensory Origins of Body Schema
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2020
Identification and Validation of a Novel Central Analgesia Circuit
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2019 - 2020
Pre-motor Neural Circuits for Exploratory Movement
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2018 - 2020
Cortical Signature and Modulation of Pain
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2018 - 2020
A method for anterograde trans-synaptic tracing
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of Southern California ·
2018 - 2020
Separate channels of tactile information in the somatosensory system
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by US-Israel Binational Science Foundation ·
2016 - 2020
Genetics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1979 - 2020
Organization and Function of Cellular Structure
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1975 - 2020
The Role of Premotor Corollary Discharge in the Insular Cortex for Pain Relief during Chronic Pain
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation ·
2019 - 2020
Unraveling the neural gate to consciousness
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by W.M. Keck Foundation ·
2016 - 2020
Gut-Brain Neurocircuit Modulating Eating Behavior
Research
Co-Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2015 - 2019
Taking DISCO Live: Dual pathway Imaging of Striatal Circuit Output in vivo
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2017 - 2019
Molecular and circuitry mechanism underlying autism behaviors in Shank3 mouse models
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2019 - 2019
A novel paradigm to dissect the function connectivity in Shank3 autism model
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2017 - 2019
Identifying neurons and circuits mediating anesthesia-induced unconsciousness
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by International Human Frontier Science Program Organization ·
2018 - 2019
Toward causal neuroscience: capture and manipulate emergent neuronal ensembles
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2013 - 2019
Functions of distinct trigeminal brainstem projection pathways in tactile behavior
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2017 - 2019
Unravel the Neuronal Pathways Underlying Anesthesia-Induced Loss of Consciousness
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Brain Research Foundation ·
2016 - 2018
Understanding Sleep Disturbance in Alzheimer's Disease
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation ·
2017 - 2018
Generating Multiple Circuit and Neuron Type Specific AAV Vectors With Cross-Species Applicability
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Boston Children's Hospital ·
2015 - 2018
Functional Characterization of Parabrachial Circuits Processing Noxious Thermal Pain
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2015 - 2018
Determining the Function of a Brainstem Pre-motor Module in Initiation of Cortically-Activated Masticatory Jaw Movement
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2013 - 2016
Control of trigeminal touch sensory circuit assembly
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2009 - 2016
Genetically encoded anatomical probes for neuronal activity and plasticity
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2009 - 2014
Trigeminal mechanisms underlie distinct orofacial pain
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2005 - 2011
The Role of transcription factor Sox2 in the homeostasis of the adult esophagus
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2010 - 2010
