XIANGMIN XU

Systems Neurobiology Laboratories 
Salk Institute for Biological Studies 
La Jolla, CA92037

(858) 453-4100 ext. 1073


 
 

 

 

 

Email: xxu@salk.edu

 

 

 

 


EDUCATION & TRAINING

09/2004 - Present  Postdoctoral training, Neuroscience, Salk Institute for Biological Studies 
                               Mentor: Dr. Ed Callaway 
08/1998-02/2004   Ph.D., Psychology/Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University 
                               Mentor: Dr. Vivien Casagrande 
09/1995-06/1998  M.S., Neurobiology, Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
                               Mentor: Dr. Xiong-Li Yang 
09/1990-06/1995 Bachelor of Medicine, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai China 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

05/2005 - Present   Society of Research Fellows Committee member, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

09/2004 - Present   Research associate, Salk Institute for Biological Studies (supervisor: Dr. Ed Callaway) 
03/2004 - 08/2004  Research fellow, Vanderbilt University (supervisor: Dr. Vivien Casagrande) 
06/2003 - 03/2004  Graduate research assistant, Vanderbilt University (supervisor: Dr. Vivien Casagrande) 
08/2000 - 05/2003  Graduate teaching assistant, Vanderbilt University (Chair: Dr. Tim McNamara) 
09/1995 - 06/1998  Graduate research assistant, Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
                             (supervisor: Dr. Xiong-Li Yang) 

HONORS & AWARDS, etc

12/2006   NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), National Institute on Drug Abuse

11/2004   Kreig Cortical Kudos Award (Cortical Scholar Award), the Cajal Club/Society for Neuroscience 

10/2002   Fine Science Tools Travel Award, Fine Science Tools Inc. (Vancouver, Canada) 

               & Vanderbilt Vision Research Center

09/1999 - 02/2004  Teaching/Research Assistantship as well as University Tuition Scholarship 

08/2002  Special grant on image analysis and measurement, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University

09/1999 - 02/2004  Teaching/Research Assistantship, Vanderbilt University

09/1999 - 02/2004  University Tuition Scholarship, Vanderbilt University

09/1998 - 06/1999  University Scholarship & Fellowship (Vanderbilt University) 

05/1999 - 05/2000  Vice Chairman of Vanderbilt University Chinese Student & Scholar Association 

09/1990 - 07/1995  Annual Academic Excellence Scholarship (Shanghai Medical University)

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

4/2000-05/2004 Member, the Vision Science Society 

05/1999 - Present  Member, Society for Neuroscience 

09/2005 – 01/2007 Member, American Physiological Society

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

08/2002 - Present  Advisor of Undergraduate Independent Studies 

01/2001-05/2002  Neuroscience Teaching Assistant 

08/2000-12/2001 Quantitative Methods Teaching Assistant 

08/1999-05/2000 Introduction to Psychology Teaching Assistant

 

GRANT SUPPORT

 

1 K99 DA023700-01, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health

Principal Investigator: XU, XIANGMIN

Project Title: Local Connections and In Vivo Physiology of Inhibitory Cortical Neurons

 

 

PUBLISHED PAPERS OR MANUSCRIPTS IN SUBMISSION/PREPARATION

 

Xu, X. and Callaway, E.M. (2007) Laminar specificity of functional input to distinct types of inhibitory cortical neurons. (Submitted to Neuron).

 

Xu, X., Roby, K.D., and Callaway, E.M. Immunochemical characterization of inhibitory neurons in mouse cortex (In preparation).

Xu, X., Roby, K.D., Callaway, E.M. (2006) A mouse cortical inhibitory neuron type that co-expresses somatostatin and calretinin.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 499, 144-160.  PDF

Khaytin, I., Xu, X., Collins, C.E., Kaskan, P.M., Shima, D.W., Kaas, J.H., and Casagrande, V.A. The

organization of the middle temporal visual area (MT) in bush babies and owl monkeys revealed by

optical imaging. (In preparation).

 

Xu, X., Anderson, T.J., Casagrande, V.A. (2007) How do functional maps in primary visual cortex vary with eccentricity? Journal of Comparative Neurology 501,741–755.  PDF

 

Xu, X., Collins, C.E., Khaytin, I., Kaas, J.H. and Casagrande, V.A. (2006) Unequal representation of cardinal versus oblique orientations in the middle temporal (MT) visual area. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 103, 17490-95.   PDF   Support Information

Xu, X., Bosking, W.H., White, L.E., Fitzpatrick, D., Casagrande, V.A.(2005) Functional organization of visual cortex in the prosimian bush baby revealed by optical imaging of intrinsic signals.  Journal of Neurophysiology 94, 2748-2762. PDF

Collins, C.E., Xu, X., Khaytin, I., Kaskan, P.M., Casagrande, V.A., and Kaas, J.H. (2005) Optical imaging of visually evoked responses in the middle temporal area after deactivation of primary visual cortex in adult primates. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 102, 5594-5599.PDF

 

Xu, X., Collins, C.E., Kaskan, P.M., Khaytin, I., Kaas, J.H. and Casagrande, V.A. (2004). Optical imaging of visually evoked responses in prosimian primates reveals conserved features of the middle temporal visual area. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA, 101, 2566-2571. PDF

 

Xu, X., Bosking, W., Sáry, G., Stefansic, J., Shima, D., and Casagrande, V. (2004). Functional organization of visual cortex in the nocturnal owl monkey. Journal of Neuroscience, 24 (28):6237-6247.PDF

 

Casagrande, V.A. and X. Xu (2004). Parallel Visual Pathways: A Comparative Perspective. In The Visual Neurosciences. L. Chalupa and J.S. Werner (Eds.) MIT Press, pp. 494-506.

 

Xu, X., Bonds, A.B. and Casagrande, V.A. (2002). Modeling receptive field structure of koniocellular, magnocellular, and parvocellular LGN cells in the owl monkey (Aotustrivigatus). Visual Neuroscience 19, 703-711.  PDF

 

Lyon, D., Xu, X., Casagrande, V.A., Stefansic, J., Shima, D. and Kaas J.D. (2002). Optical Imaging reveals retinotopic organization of dorsal V3 in New World owl monkeys.  Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA, 99, 15735-15742. PDF

 

Xu, X., Ichida, J.M., Shostak, Y., Bonds, A.B. and Casagrande, V.A. (2002). Are primate lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) cells really sensitive to orientation or direction? Visual Neuroscience, 19, 97-108.  PDF

CasagrandeVA, Xu X., Sary G (2002) Static and dynamic views of visual cortical organization. Progress in Brain Research 136, 389-408. 

Xu, X., Ichida, J.M., Allison, J.D., Boyd, J.D., Bonds, A.B. and Casagrande, V.A. (2001). A comparison of Koniocellular (K), Magnocelluar (M), and Parvocellular (P) receptive field properties in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the owl monkey (Aotustrivirgatus). Journal of Physiology 531, 203-218. PDF

Xu, X., Yang, X.L. (1999). Glycine modulates the ON pathway in carp retina. ActaPhysiologicaSinica 51, 121-127.