developmental neuroscience

University of Chicago, Research Assistant

Dr. Xiaochang Zhang, June 2018 - June 2019

I worked as a research assistant in the Zhang Lab at the University of Chicago. My project focused on genes involved in neural development, and how mutations in certain genes may be related to autism spectrum disorders. Primarily, I sought to characterize how cytoskeletal proteins impact neuronal structure and development.

Publications

  1. Qi C, Feng I, Costa AR, Pinto-Costa R, Neil JE, Caluseriu O, Li D, Ganetzky RD, Andersen CB, Fagerberg C, Kansen LK, Bupp C, Muraresku CC, Ruan X, Kang B, Hu K, Zhong R, Brites P, Bhoj EJ, Hill RS, Falk MJ, Hakonarson H, Kahle KT, Sousa MM, Walsh CA, & Zhang X. “Variants in ADD1 cause intellectual disability, corpus callosum dysgenesis, and ventriculomegaly in humans”. Genet Med. 2022; 24(2):319-331. doi:10.1016/j.gim.2021.09.014

Awards

  • 2019 Liew Family College Research Fellows Fund
  • 2019 Dean’s Fund for Undergraduate Research

Presentations

  • Poster. Qi C, Feng I, Costa AR, Pinto-Costa R, Neil JE, et al. “Variants in ADD1 cause intellectual disability, corpus callosum dysgenesis, and ventriculomegaly in humans”. Annual MD-PhD Retreat, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Sep 2021.
  • Poster. Feng I, Qi C, Walsh CA, & Zhang X. “Novel mutation in alpha adducin (ADD1) is associated with hydrocephalus”. West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA. April 2019.
  • Video. Feng I. “Unraveling Our Brain’s Mysteries”. Communicating Science to the Public Workshop, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Jan 2019. https://youtu.be/qk1Ohu41t0k