Shenyu Zhai

RESEARCH SCIENTIST

Research Interests

Throughout my scientific career, I have been interested in how learning and memory are encoded by long-lasting changes in synaptic connectivity and neuronal excitability—long-term synaptic plasticity and intrinsic plasticity, and how these mechanisms go awry in neurological conditions. In the Bear lab, I am currently investigating the synaptic and circuit mechanisms of recovery of sight in primary visual cortex, which will allow us to find new and better treatments for human amblyopia.

Education

Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Duke University, 2013
B.Sc. in Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007