Academic Degrees

09/1999 ‑ 06/2004:  M.D.& Ph.D.           Medical College of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

09/1994 ‑ 06/1999:  Bachelor              Hubei Medical College, Wuhan, China

Professional Experience

07/2004 ‑ DATE:     Department of Physiology, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, China. Lecturer and Associate Professor

01/2017–12/2017  Department of Neuroscience, Medical Center, The Ohio State University, USA. Visiting Scholar

11/2011–12/2013  Department of Neuroscience, Medical Center, The Ohio State University, USA. Postdoctoral research

Selected Publications

1. Wang W, Kiyoshi CM, Du Y, Ma B, Alford CC, Chen H, Zhou M. mGluR3 Activation Recruits Cytoplasmic TWIK-1 Channels to Membrane that Enhances Ammonium Uptake in Hippocampal Astrocytes. Mol Neurobiol.  2016 Nov;53(9):6169-6182

2. Wang W, Putra A, Schools GP, Ma B, Chen H, Kaczmarek LK, Barhanin J, Lesage F, Zhou M*. The contribution of TWIK-1 channels to astrocyte K(+) current is limited by retention in intracellular compartments. Front Cell Neurosci. 7, 246, 2013.

3. Wang W, Zhang K, Yan S, Li A, Hu X, Zhang L, Liu C*. Enhancement of apamin-sensitive medium afterhyperpolarization current by anandamide and its role in excitability control in cultured hippocampal neurons, Neuropharmacology, 60(6), 901-909, 2011

Courses Taught

Physiology (Code 1001131, undergraduate)

Functional Experiment I (Code 1001043, undergraduate)

Functional Experiment II (Code 1001064, undergraduate)

Advances in Digestive and Kidney Physiology(Code140909, undergraduate)