Deputy Director ，Senior Principal Investigator
lmwang83@szbl.ac.cn
2022-Present Shenzhen Bay Laboratory Senior Principal Investigator
2014-2022 Zhejiang University Professor
2013-2014 Boston Consulting Group Consultant
2011-2013 Department of Mol Cell Bio, University of California, Berkeley, USA Bowes Research Fellow
2011-2011 Division of Biology, California Institute of technology Visiting Scholar
2006-2011 Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology Ph.D
2001-2005 Peking University B.S.
Research Areas
Dr. Wang's research interests focus on the neural regulation underlying metabolic regulation and metabolic diseases using fruit flies and mouse as model systems.
Selected Publications
1. Qi, W., Wang, G., and Wang, L.* (2021) A novel satiety sensor detects circulating glucose and suppresses food consumption via insulin-producing cells in Drosophila. Cell Res. 31, 580-588
2. Huang, R. *, Song, T., Su., H., Lai, Z., Qin, W., Tian, Y., Dong, X., and Wang, L.* (2020) High-fat diet enhances starvation-induced hyperactivity via sensitizing hunger-sensing neurons in Drosophila. eLife 9, e53103
3. Yang, Z., Huang, R., Fu., X., Wang, G., Qi, W., Mao, D., Shi, Z., Shen, W. *, and Wang, L.* (2018) A central amino acid sensor that promotes food consumption in Drosophila. Cell Res. 28, 1013-1025
4. Tian, Y. and Wang, L.* (2018) Octopamine mediates protein-seeking behavior in mated female Drosophila. Cell Disc. 4, 66
5. Yu, Y., Huang, R., Ye, J., Zhang, V., Wu, C., Cheng, G., Jia, J., and Wang, L.* (2016) Regulation of starvation-induced hyperactivity by insulin and glucagon signaling in adult Drosophila. eLife 5, e15693
6. Yang, Z., Yu, Y., Zhang, V., Tian, Y., Qi, W., and Wang, L.* (2015) Octopamine mediates starvation-induced hyperactivity in adult Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 5219-5224
7. Wang, L.* (2014). How sex prevents violence: the magic of caress (and GABA). Nature Neurosci. 17, 4-6
8. Wang, L.*, Han, X., Mehren, J., Hiroi, M., Billeter, J-C., Miyamoto, T., Amrein, H., Levine, J. D. and Anderson, D. J.* (2011). Hierarchical chemosensory regulation of male-male social interactions in Drosophila. Nature Neurosci. 14, 757-762
9. Wang, L.* and Anderson, D. J.* (2010). Identification of an aggression-promoting pheromone and its receptor neurons in Drosophila. Nature 463, 227-231
10. Wang, L., Dankert, H., Perona, P. and Anderson, D. J. * (2008). A common genetic target for environmental and heritable influences on aggressiveness in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 5657-5663