Xiao Qian, Associate Investigator, is a Distinguished Category C Talent of the Shenzhen Pengcheng Peacock Plan. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and her Doctoral degree from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. To date, she has published a total of 11 SCI-indexed papers in prestigious journals including Molecular Psychiatry, Neuron and Neural Regeneration Research, among which 6 are as the first author, co-first author or co-corresponding author. She serves as the principal investigator for multiple research projects supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the General Program of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Special Research Assistant Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Program for the Cultivation of Outstanding Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents in Shenzhen (Startup for Doctoral Basic Research).

Research on the Multi-Scale Molecular-Cellular-Circuit Mechanisms of Emotional Disorders Induced by Chronic Stress

(1)Zhou Xinyi#, Xiao Qian#, Liu Yaohui, Chen Shuai, Xu Xirong, Zhang Zhigang, Hong Yuchuan, Shao Jie, Chen Yuewen, Chen Yu, Wang Liping*, Yang Fan*, Tu Jie*. Astrocyte-mediated regulation of BLA WFS1 neurons alleviates risk-assessment deficits in DISC1-N mice. Neuron, 2024, 112(13), 2197–2217.e7. 
(2)Xiao Qian#; Zhou Xinyi#; Wei Pengfei#; Xie Li; Han Yaning; Wang Jie; Cai Aoling; Xu Fuqiang; Tu Jie*; Wang Liping*; A new GABAergic somatostatin projection from the BNST onto accumbal parvalbumin neurons controls anxiety, Molecular Psychiatry, 2021, 26(9): 4719-474
(3)Xu Xirong, Xuan Shoumin, Chen Shuai, Liu Dan, Xiao Qian*, Tu Jie*. Increased excitatory amino acid transporter 2 levels in basolateral amygdala astrocytes mediate chronic stress-induced anxiety-like behavior. Neural Regeneration Research, 2025, 20(6), 1721–1734. 
(4)Li Fang#, Xie Li#, Xiao Qian#, Li Jingguang, Zhong Huifang, Xu Xirong, Tu Jie*, Luo Qian*. Benzo[a]pyrene exposure induces anxiety-like behaviors in the mice through brain metabolic alterations. The Science of the total environment, 2024, 954, 176215. Advance online publication. 
(5)Zhou Xinyi#; Xiao Qian#; Xie Li; Yang Fan; Wang Liping; Tu Jie*; Astrocyte, a Promising Target for Mood Disorder Interventions, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2019, 12

(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Young Scientists Fund Project, No. 32100824, Jan. 2022 – Dec. 2024, Funding: 300,000 CNY, Completed, Principal Investigator (PI)
(2) Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission (SZSTIC), Program for the Cultivation of Outstanding Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents (Startup for Doctoral Basic Research), No. RCBS20210609104606024, Apr. 2022 – Apr. 2024, Funding: 300,000 CNY, Completed, Principal Investigator (PI)
(3) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Special Research Assistant Funding Project, Jan. 2022 – Dec. 2023, Funding: 600,000 CNY, Completed, Principal Investigator (PI)
(4) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (CPSF), The 69th General Program (Second Class), No. 2021M693298, Jun. 2021 – Mar. 2023, Funding: 80,000 CNY, Completed, Principal Investigator (PI)