Co-Head of the Division of Non-Human Primate Research, Brain Science Infrastructure (BSI·SZ). With extensive research experience in fruit flies, rodents, and non-human primates, Dr. Yang's research focuses on the neural mechanisms of instinctive and cognitive behaviors in animals, as well as the development of animal behavior test technologies. He has been granted 8 national invention patents, 2 utility model patents, and 3 software copyrights. He has published 7 SCI papers in journals including Neuron, BMC Biology, and eLife, with 5 papers as first author (including co-first author).

Neural mechanisms of instinctive and cognitive behaviors in animals, and development of animal behavior test technologies

(1) Liu, Qingqing*; Yang, Xing*; Luo, Moxuan*; Su, Junying; Zhong, Jinling; Li, Xiaofen; Chan, Rosa; Wang, Liping; An iterative neural processing sequence orchestrates feeding, Neuron, 2023, 111(10): 1651-1665
(2) Liu, Qingqing*; Yang, Xing*; Song, Ru*; Su, Junying; Luo, Moxuan; Zhong, Jinling; Wang, Liping; An Infrared Touch System for Automatic Behavior Monitoring, Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021, 37(6): 815-830
(3) Yang, Xing*; Liu, Qingqing*; Zhong, Jinling*; Song, Ru; Zhang, Lin; Wang, Liping; A simple threat-detection strategy in mice, BMC Biology, 2020, 18(1): 93
(4) Liu, Qingqing*; Yang, Xing*; Tian, Jingsong; Gao, Zhongbao; Wang, Meng; Li, Yan; Guo, Aike; Gap junction networks in mushroom bodies participate in visual learning and memory in Drosophila, Elife, 2016, 5: e13232
(5) Yang, Xing; Guo, Aike; Distinct acute zones for visual stimuli in different visual tasks in Drosophila, PLoS One, 2013, 8(4): e61313