Yajun Zhang

Employment

• University of Virginia Research scientist
  2017 - Present
• Peking University Postdoc
  2016 - 2017
• National University of Singapore Research assistant
  2016 - 2016

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (15)

• Optical insights into spatial precision and release heterogeneity of neuromodulatory transmission
  iScience 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.116037
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• Coding principles and mechanisms of serotonergic transmission modes
  Molecular Psychiatry 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-02930-4
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• Multiplexing FSCV and iGluSnFR3 Sensors Reveals Adenosine Transiently Inhibits Stimulated Dopamine and Glutamate Release.
  Journal of neurochemistry 2025 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.70147
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• A genetically encoded sensor for measuring serotonin dynamics.
  Nature neuroscience 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-021-00823-7
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• A Unified Framework for Dopamine Signals across Timescales.
  Cell 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.11.013
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• Next-generation GRAB sensors for monitoring dopaminergic activity in vivo.
  Nature methods 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-020-00981-9
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• High-fat food biases hypothalamic and mesolimbic expression of consummatory drives.
  Nature neuroscience 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-0684-9
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• Nanoscopic Visualization of Restricted Nonvolume Cholinergic and Monoaminergic Transmission with Genetically Encoded Sensors.
  Nano letters 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04877
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• G-protein-coupled receptor-based sensors for imaging neurochemicals with high sensitivity and specificity.
  Journal of neurochemistry 2019 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14855
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• Revaluation of magnetic properties of Magneto.
  Nature neuroscience 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0473-5
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• A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensor for Rapid and Specific In Vivo Detection of Norepinephrine
  Neuron 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.02.037
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• Morning and Evening Circadian Pacemakers Independently Drive Premotor Centers via a Specific Dopamine Relay.
  Neuron 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.028
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• The microtubule-associated protein HURP recruits the centrosomal protein TACC3 to regulate K-fiber formation and support chromosome congression.
  The Journal of biological chemistry 2018 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.003676
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• Ras and Rap Signal Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity via Distinct Subcellular Microdomains.
  Neuron 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.049
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• NuSAP modulates the dynamics of kinetochore microtubules by attenuating MCAK depolymerisation activity.
  Scientific reports 2016 DOI: 10.1038/srep18773
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