Long Li, Ph.D, Prof.
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State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, IBP
Research Interests: The neural circuitry basis and therapeutic approaches for depression; the origins and neural circuitry basis of social reward; the impact of postnatal stress on susceptibility to stress in adulthood and its molecular and circuitry mechanisms; changes in hormone and neuropeptide receptors resulting from prolonged social and environmental stress and their functions.
Email: longli@ibp.ac.cn
Tel: 010-64888326
Address: 15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Biography
2006 - 2010 BSc, Qingdao University
2010 - 2013 MSc, Chinese Academy of Forestry
2013 - 2017 PhD, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018 - 2022 Postdoc, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2022 - 2023 Instructor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2023 - Principal Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Selected Publications
Full publication: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1D3zwxeicsMcmi/bibliography/public/
1. Chan K, Li L, Parise L, Cathomas F, et al. Stress-activated brain-gut circuits disrupt intestinal barrier integrity and social behaviour. (Nature. revised). 2025. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37961128/
2. Aubry AV, et al, Li L*, Russo SJ*. A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters. Nature. 2025 Feb 12. (*co-corresponding author）
3. Tian X, Russo SJ, Li L. Behavioral Animal Models and Neural-Circuit Framework of Depressive Disorder. Neurosci Bull. 2024 Aug 9.
4. Li L, Durand R, Aubry A, Burnett C, Parise L, Cathomas F, Chan K, Yuan C, Morel C, Shimo Y, Lin H, Wang J, Russo S. Social trauma engages lateral septum circuitry to occlude social reward. Nature. 613, 696-703 (2023)
Research Highlight: Whalley, K. Avoiding social interactions. Nat Rev Neurosci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-022-00668-4
5. Cathomas F, Lin HY, Chan KL, Li L, Parise LF, Alvarez J, et al. Circulating myeloid-derived MMP8 in stress susceptibility and depression. Nature. 2024 Feb 7.
6. Poller, W.C., Downey, J., Mooslechner, A.A., Khan N, Li L, Chan C, McAlpine C, et al. Brain motor and fear circuits regulate leukocytes during acute stress. Nature. 607, 578-584 (2022).
(From Long Li, July 21, 2025)