Hongkui Zeng
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. In 2011-2014 Zeng led the team that created the Allen Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas, which indicates which regions of the mouse brain are connected to which other regions. Since then, she has led the creation of atlases of neuronal cell types in the brain of humans and mice.
Hongkui Zeng | |
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| Nationality | Chinese, American |
| Education | B.S., Wuhan University; PhD, Brandeis University |
| Known for | Cre mouse lines, large scale atlases of the mouse brain |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Allen Institute for Brain Science |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Rosbash |
| Other academic advisors | Susumu Tonegawa |
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