Fen-Biao Gao, PhD
Professor
Governor Paul Cellucci Chair in Neuroscience Research
Director, Frontotemporal Dementia Research Center
RNA Therapeutics Institute
Department of Neurology
Program in Neuroscience
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
Program in Translational Science
Medical Scientist Training Program
UMass Chan Medical School
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Education: |
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1997–2000 |
University of California, San Francisco, Postdoc, Neuroscience (with Yuh-Nung Jan) |
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1995–1997 |
University of College London, UK, Postdoc, Neuroscience (with Martin Raff) |
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1990–1995 |
Duke University, USA, PhD, RNA Biology (with Jack Keene) |
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1985–1988 |
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, M.S. Biochemistry |
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1981–1985 |
Peking University, Beijing, China, B.S. Biochemistry |
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Principal Positions Held: |
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2023–Present |
Director, Frontotemporal Dementia Research Center |
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2023–present |
Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School |
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2022 |
Visiting Professor, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT |
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2017–2018 |
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurology, UMass Chan |
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2010–present |
Professor of Neurology, UMass Chan Medical School |
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2006–2010 |
Associate Investigator, GIND; Associate Professor of Neurology, UCSF |
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2000–2006 |
Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND); |
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Major honors and Awards: |
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2018 |
NIH Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award |
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2017 |
Governor Paul Cellucci Chair in Neuroscience Research |
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2002 |
McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award, McKnight Foundation |
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2002 |
Klingenstein Fellow in Neuroscience, Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund |
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2001 |
Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
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1998 |
Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Cancer Society California Chapter |
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1995 |
Hitchings-Elion Fellowship, Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
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1995 |
Departmental Norman Conant Award (best thesis), Duke University |
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Major services: |
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2023–present |
Member of the Medical Advisory Council, Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) |
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2023–present |
Member of the King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program review panel |
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2021–present |
Editorial Board Member, Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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2020–present |
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, NINDS Human Cell and Data Repository (NHCDR) |
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2018–present |
Section Editor, Translational Neurodegeneration |
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2017–present |
Member of the Research Advisory Committee, Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) |
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2015–present |
Grant reviewer for ALS Association |
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2015–present |
Member of scientific review panel for the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) |
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2019–2023 |
Regular member of the CMND Study Section, NIH |
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2011–2021 |
Senior Editor, Brain Research |
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2014–2018 |
Section Editor, Frontiers in Biology |
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2011–2015 |
Member for the F03A Fellowship Study Section, NIH |
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2008–2011 |
Editorial board, Molecular Brain |
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2007–2011 |
Regular member of the SYN Study Section, NIH |
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2021 |
Co-organizer, mini-symposium titled “Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches for Frontotemporal Dementia”, SFN Virtual |
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2018 |
Co-organizer, fifth Brain Research Conference on “RNA Metabolism in Neurological Disease”, SFN, San Diego |
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2017 |
Co-organizer, meeting on “ALS Clinical and Basic research in China and the United States”, Beijing, China |
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2016 |
Co-organizer, fourth Brain Research Conference on “RNA Metabolism in Neurological Disease”, SFN, San Diego |
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2015 |
Co-organizer, third Brain Research Conference on “RNA Metabolism in Neurological Disease”, SFN, Chicago |
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2013 |
Co-organizer, second Brain Research Conference on “RNA Metabolism in Neurological Disease”, SFN, San Diego |
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2011 |
Co-organizer, first Brain Research Conference on “RNA Metabolism in Neurological Disease”, SFN, D.C. |
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2004 |
Organizer, symposium on fragile X syndrome, Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Annual Meeting, San Diego |