Hongkui Zeng

Hongkui Zeng
NationalityChinese, American
EducationB.S., Wuhan University; PhD, Brandeis University
Known forCre mouse lines, large scale atlases of the mouse brain
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsAllen Institute for Brain Science
Doctoral advisorMichael Rosbash
Other academic advisorsSusumu Tonegawa

Hongkui Zeng is the Director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, where she leads the creation of open-access datasets and tools to accelerate neuroscience discovery.[1] In 2011-2014 Zeng led the team that created the Allen Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas,[2] which indicates which regions of the mouse brain are connected to which other regions.[3] Since then, she has led the creation of atlases of neuronal cell types[4][5][6] in the brain of humans and mice.[7]

  1. ^ "Hongkui Zeng". alleninstitute.org. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  2. ^ Begley, Sharon (2014-04-07). "Researchers report that they have created a diagram of a mouse's brain". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  3. ^ Dance, Amber. "A Massive Global Effort Maps How the Brain Is Wired". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  4. ^ "Neuroscientists draw up a 'parts list' covering 133 different types of brain cells". GeekWire. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  5. ^ "Revealed: New Cortical Neuron Types". The Scientist Magazine®. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  6. ^ "Overview :: Allen Brain Atlas: Cell Types". celltypes.brain-map.org. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  7. ^ "Transcriptional Landscape of the Brain - brain-map.org". portal.brain-map.org. Retrieved 2021-05-10.