Morgan Hwa-Tze Sheng is a professor of neurobiology and a Core Institute Member at the

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, where he is a co-director of the

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. He is a professor of neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences as well as the Menicon Professor of Neuroscience at

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. He is also an associate member at both The Picower Institute for Learning and

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. He has served on the editorial boards of ''Current Opinions in Neurobiology'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Education

Sheng received a PhD in molecular genetics from

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Career

His postdoc was performed at the

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. Following that, Sheng was an assistant professor and associate professor at the

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and

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, an investigator at the

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, professor of neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and vice president of neuroscience at

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. His research has focused on pathogenic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and molecular cellular biology of synapses and synaptic plasticity.

Honors and awards

* 2023: Member,

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* 2020: Julius Axelrod Prize,

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* 2010: Honorary fellow, University of Oxford Corpus Christi College * 2009: Fellow,

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* 2007:

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* 2006: Neuronal Plasticity Prize, Fondation IPSEN * 2005: Outstanding Achievement Award, Neuroscience Division, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America * 2004: Fellow,

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* 1999: Young Investigator Award, Society for Neuroscience * 1995: Member, Society for Neuroscience

Selected publications

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References

External links

A Mind for the Brain