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Lei Yang

Neuroscience · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1996
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchBarrier Structure and Function StudiesNeurological Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsDNA Repair Mechanisms

Publications

82

Citations

1,342

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

30

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher's work spans neuroscience and biomedical topics, with a recurring focus on how nerve cells communicate at synapses (the junctions between neurons) and how proteins regulate the movement and behavior of neurotransmitter receptors. The publication record under this name is quite broad, also including studies in clinical medicine, genetics, and reproductive and vascular health, suggesting the name may be shared across multiple authors or research groups.

Synaptic function and neurotransmitter receptorsMolecular mechanisms of neural signalingTransgenic mouse models and imaging toolsClinical and biomedical studiesGenetics of disease

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the past several years, averaging around five per year, with recent years (2024-2025) showing a modest increase to about seven per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through February 2029 — about 2 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH R01HL175339through Feb 2029 · $596k awarded

    Long non-coding RNA MCRL1 regulates human cardiac and hematopoietic differentiation via interacting with β-Catenin

  • ActiveNSF 2504762through Sep 2028 · $1.2M awarded

    Collaborative Research: NeTS: Medium: CAML: Communication-constrained Adaptive Machine Learning in Heterogeneous Edge Networks

  • ActiveNIH P01HL134599through Jan 2028 · $360k awarded

    Embryonic stem cell/induced Pluripotent stem cell growth and gene editing core

4 earlier awards
  • NIH R01HL160856Jul 2022 – Jul 2026 · $545k awarded

    Deciphering a Novel LncRNA-mediated Lipid Droplet Transport System in Human Heart

  • NIH R01HL147871Jun 2019 – Jun 2026 · $489k awarded

    Transcriptional Factor SOX2, LncRNA HBL1, microRNA1 and PRC2 Epigenetic Complex Compose a Network to Orchestrate Cardiac Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

  • NIH R21HD095049Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 · $197k awarded

    Identification of Novel Human LncRNAs Controlling Human Cardiogenesis

  • NIH DP2HL127727Sep 2014 – Jun 2019 · $915k awarded

    Toward Regeneration of Whole Bioartificial Human Heart

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 505 established Neuroscience PIs within our index
Citations: 1,342cohort median 2,576
h-index: 23cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 4.8cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~9 · 0% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 36 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.8/year recently
172018: 8 publications8182019: 1 publication192020: 7 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 7 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • eLife×3
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Environmental Pollution×2
  • PLoS ONE×2
  • Frontiers in Physiology×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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