Morgan Sheng

PhD
Morgan Sheng
Born(1958-02-23)February 23, 1958
Taipei, Taiwan[citation needed]
EducationPhD in molecular genetics
Alma materHarvard University
Scientific career
FieldsSynaptic plasticity, neurodegeneration, therapeutics, psychiatric disorders
InstitutionsStanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Genentech, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Doctoral advisorMichael E. Greenberg
Notable studentsCasper Hoogenraad
WebsiteSheng Lab

Morgan Hwa-Tze Sheng is a professor of neurobiology and a Core Institute Member at the Broad Institute, where he is a co-director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute.[1] He is a professor of neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences as well as the Menicon Professor of Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2] He is also an associate member at both The Picower Institute for Learning and McGovern Institute for Brain Research.[3] He has served on the editorial boards of Current Opinions in Neurobiology, Neuron, and The Journal of Neuroscience.[4]

Education

Sheng received a PhD in molecular genetics from Harvard University.

Career

His postdoc was performed at the University of California, San Francisco.[5] Following that, Sheng was an assistant professor and associate professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute,[6] professor of neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and vice president of neuroscience at Genentech.[7][8][9] His research has focused on pathogenic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and molecular cellular biology of synapses and synaptic plasticity.[10]

Honors and awards

Morgan Sheng (left) and Eunjoon Kim (right) speaking together at the IBS Conference on Neuronal and Glial Functions.

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ^ "Morgan Sheng, M.D., Ph.D." Broad Institute. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Morgan Sheng". Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 8 (10): 766. 2009. doi:10.1038/nrd3014. PMID 19794439. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ^ "About". Broad Institute. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Strategic & Scientific Advisors". Cure Shark. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Co-Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard". Vanqua Bio. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Morgan Sheng" (PDF). Cell. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Morgan Sheng". Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 17 (2): 88–89. 19 January 2018. doi:10.1038/nrd.2017.271. PMID 29348680. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Morgan Sheng, Ph.D." Simons Foundation. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Morgan Sheng Appointed VP Neuroscience Research at Genentech". BioPharm. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Morgan Sheng". Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ^ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". National Academy of Sciences. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  13. ^ Tristan Davies (27 October 2020). "Morgan Sheng wins Julius Axelrod Prize for distinguished achievements in neuropharmacology". Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Society for Neuroscience Presents Julius Axelrod Prize to Morgan Sheng". Society for Neuroscience. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Fellow: Professor Morgan Sheng FRS FMedSci". Academy of Medical Sciences. 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Fellowship of the Royal Society 1660–2015". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-10-15.