E-mail:  xm19910326@126.com

Education:
2020.7 - Present: Associate professor
2014.9 - 2020.6: Ph.D., Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2013.8 - 2014.9: Visiting student, Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010.9 - 2014.6: College student, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Hobby: animation, eating, keeping dogs, reading, traveling

Publications:
1. Xu M, Zhang D-F*, Luo R, Wu Y, Zhou H, Kong L-L, Bi R, Yao Y-G*. 2018.
   A systematic integrated analysis of brain expression profiles reveals YAP1 and other prioritized hub genes as important upstream regulators in Alzheimer's disease.
   Alzheimer's & Dementia, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2017.08.012.

2. Ni H, Xu M, Zhan G-L, Fan Y, Zhou H, Jiang H-Y, Lu W-H, Tan L, Zhang D-F*, Yao, Y-G*, Zhang C*. 2018. 
   The GWAS risk genes for depression may be actively involved in Alzheimer's disease.
   Journal of Alzheimer's diease, 64: 1149 - 1161.

3. Zhang D-F, Fan Y, Xu M, Wang G, Wang D, Li J, Kong L-L, Zhou H, Luo R, Bi R, Wu Y, Li G-D, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Li M, Luo X-J, Jiang H-Y, Tan L, Zhong C, Fang Y, Zhang C, Sheng N, Jiang T, Yao Y-G*. 2019.
   Complement C7 is a novel risk gene for Alzheimer's disease in Han Chinese.
   National Science Review, 6: 257 - 274.