Kexin Yuan Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Tenured Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2019 - present  Adjunct Investigator, Tsinghua Brain and Intelligence Laboratory

2018 - present  Principal Investigator, Tenured Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2012－2018  Principal Investigator, Tenure-Track Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2006 - 2012  Postdoctoral scholar trained as neuroelectrophysiologist and neuroanatomist, University of Calfornia, San Francisco/Berkeley, California, USA

2001 - 2006   Ph.D. candidate in Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

1997 - 2001    B.S. student in Biochemistry, Yantai University, Shandong, China

Research Interests

1) Decipher the neural mechanisms by which the brain converts sensory inputs into behavioral outputs and conduct translational research.

2) Develop a technological system for cross-scale analysis of three-dimensional biological tissue structures to facilitate three-dimensional spatial biology research and advance pathology diagnosis based on spatial information.

Research Fields

Neuroscience, Central sensory nervous systems, Neural circuits, Technology for analyzing biostructures

Selected Publications

[1] Mengting Liu†; Yixiao Gao†; Tao Wang; Ying Hu; Fengyuan Xin; Fenghua Xie; Ningyu Wang*; Kexin Yuan*; Parvalbumin and somatostatin: biomarkers for parallel tectothalamic pathways in the inferior colliculus, Journal of Neuroscience, 2024, Mar 6; 44 (10).（Featured article）

[2] Kai Li; Fenghua Xie; Hang Chen; Kexin Yuan*; Xiaolin Hu*; An Audio-Visual Speech Separation Model Inspired by Cortico-Thalamo-Cortical Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TPAMI.2024.3384034.

[3] Yiwei Wang†; Ling You†; KaMun Tan†; Meijie Li†; Jingshan Zou; Zhifeng Zhao; Wenxin Hu; Tianyu Li; Fenghua Xie; Caiqin Li; Ruizhi Yuan; Kai Ding; Lingwei Cao; Fengyuan Xin; Congping Shang; Miaomiao Liu; Yixiao Gao; Liqiang Wei; Zhiwei You; Xiaorong Gao; Wei Xiong; Peng Cao; Minmin Luo; Feng Chen; Kun Li; Jiamin Wu; Bo Hong*; Kexin Yuan*; A common thalamic hub for general and defensive arousal control, Neuron, 2023, 111(20): 3270-3287.（Neuron Previews）

[4] Dongqin Cai†; Yin Yue†; Xin su ; Miaomiao Liu ; Yiwei Wang; Ling You; Fenghua xie; Fei Deng; Feng Chen ; Minmin Luo; Kexin Yuan*; Distinct Anatomical Connectivity Patterns Differentiate Subdivisions of the Nonlemniscal Auditory Thalamus in Mice, Cerebral Cortex, 2019, 29 (6): 2437-2454.

[5] Fenghua Xie†; Ling You†; Dongqin Cai;Miaomiao Liu;Yin Yue; Yiwei Wang; Kexin Yuan*; Fast Inhibitory Decay Facilitates Adult-like Temporal Processing in Layer 5 of Developing Primary Auditory Cortex, Cerebral Cortex, 2018, 12 (28): 4319-4335.

[6] Dongqin Cai; Rongrong Han; Miaomiao Liu; Fenghua Xie; Ling You; Yi Zheng; Limin Zhao; Jun Yao; Yiwei Wang; Yin Yue; Christoph E. Schreiner; Kexin Yuan*; A critical role of inhibition intemporal processing maturation in the primary auditory cortex, Cerebral Cortex, 2018, 28 (5): 1610-1624.

Contact Information

Email: kexinyuan@tsinghua.edu.cn

Office: Medical Science Building, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing

Phone: +86-10-62783759

Webpage:http://yuanlab-thu.com/