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Dr. Juan Song is a **Professor** and **Jeffrey Houpt Distinguished Investigator** in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine. Her research focuses on adult neurogenesis mechanisms, neural circuit regulation, and applications to neuropsychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. She leads the Song Lab, which employs advanced techniques like optogenetics, electrophysiology, and genetic models. Dr. Song earned her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and completed postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins University before establishing her independent lab at UNC in 2013. She was promoted to Full Professor in 2023.
**Education**: Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley (2007); Postdoctoral Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University (2007–2013).
**Research Interests**: Circuit mechanisms regulating adult neurogenesis, hippocampal neurogenesis and memory, Alzheimer’s disease modeling, and translational therapies. Her lab explores how neural circuits influence stem cell activation and newborn neuron integration, with implications for schizophrenia, autism, stroke, and Alzheimer’s.
**Publications**: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles, including high-impact work in *Cell Stem Cell*, *Nature Neuroscience*, and *Neuron*. Recent studies focus on cholinergic circuits in neurogenesis, hypothalamic modulation of cognitive function, and G9a inhibitors for Alzheimer’s.
**Advising & Grants**: Mentors postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates. Active in training programs like BBSP and MSTP. Her lab collaborates on projects involving neural stem cell regulation and circuit-based therapies.
**Lab & Affiliations**: Song Lab (UNC Neuroscience Center) develops innovative tools like transdermal drug delivery systems and employs cutting-edge imaging techniques. Collaborates with institutions globally on neurodegenerative disease research.
