Morgan Sheng
Taiwanese neurobiologist
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Morgan Hwa-Tze Sheng is a professor of neurobiology and a Core Institute Member at the Broad Institute, where he is a co-director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute.[1] He is a professor of neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences as well as the Menicon Professor of Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2] He is also an associate member at both The Picower Institute for Learning and McGovern Institute for Brain Research.[3] He has served on the editorial boards of Current Opinions in Neurobiology, Neuron, and The Journal of Neuroscience.[4]
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| Born | February 23, 1958 |
| Education | PhD in molecular genetics |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Synaptic plasticity, neurodegeneration, therapeutics, psychiatric disorders |
| Institutions | Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Genentech, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael E. Greenberg |
| Notable students | Casper Hoogenraad |
| Website | Sheng Lab |
Education
Sheng received a PhD in molecular genetics from Harvard University.
Career
His postdoc was performed at the University of California, San Francisco.[5] Following that, Sheng was an assistant professor and associate professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute,[6] professor of neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and vice president of neuroscience at Genentech.[7][8][9] His research has focused on pathogenic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and molecular cellular biology of synapses and synaptic plasticity.[10]
Honors and awards
- 2023: Member, National Academy of Medicine[11][12]
- 2020: Julius Axelrod Prize, Society for Neuroscience[13][14]
- 2010: Honorary fellow, University of Oxford Corpus Christi College
- 2009: Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences[15]
- 2007: Fellow, Royal Society[16]
- 2006: Neuronal Plasticity Prize, Fondation IPSEN
- 2005: Outstanding Achievement Award, Neuroscience Division, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
- 2004: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1999: Young Investigator Award, Society for Neuroscience
- 1995: Member, Society for Neuroscience
Selected publications
- Sheng, Morgan; Greenberg, Michael E. (1 April 1990). "The regulation and function of c-fos and other immediate early genes in the nervous system". Neuron. 4 (4). Cell Press: 477–485. doi:10.1016/0896-6273(90)90106-P. PMID 1969743. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- Kim, Eunjoon; Sheng, Morgan (1 October 2004). "PDZ domain proteins of synapses". Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 5 (10): 771–781. doi:10.1038/nrn1517. PMID 15378037. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- Sheng, Morgan; Thompson, Margaret A.; Greenberg, Michael E. (7 June 1991). "CREB: a Ca2+-Regulated Transcription Factor Phosphorylated by Calmodulin-Dependent Kinases". Science. 252 (5011): 1427–1430. doi:10.1126/science.1646483. PMID 1646483. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- Morgan, Sheng; Cummings, Jennifer; Roldan, Leslie Ann; Jan, Yuh Nung; Jan, Lily Yeh (10 March 1994). "Changing subunit composition of heteromeric NMDA receptors during development of rat cortex". Nature. 368 (6467). Nature Publishing Group UK: 144–147. doi:10.1038/368144a0. PMID 8139656. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- Li, Zheng; Okamoto, Ken-Ichi; Hayashi, Yasunori; Sheng, Morgan (17 December 2004). "The importance of dendritic mitochondria in the morphogenesis and plasticity of spines and synapses". Cell. 119 (6). Elsevier: 873–887. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2004.11.003. PMID 15607982.