Office Address: 482 Gilmer Hall

Education

B.S., Peking (Beijing) University, 1996
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2001
Postdoctoral, University of California San Diego, 2001-2002
Postdoctoral, University of California San Francisco, 2003-2006

Research Interests

The overall goal of our research is to study the neural basis of vision: how neurons in the brain respond to visual stimuli and lead to visually guided behaviors; what neural circuits give rise to such function properties; and how these circuits are established during development. We use mice and tree shrews as model organisms, and take an integrative approach that combines in vivo physiology, two-photon calcium imaging, genetics, genomics, behavioral, and computational techniques. For more information, please visit our website.

Recent Publications

Fu J, Tanabe S, Cang J. Widespread and multifaceted binocular integration in the mouse primary visual cortex. J Neurosci. 2023. Publisher's Version

Liu Y, Savier EL, DePiero VJ, Chen C, Schwalbe DC, Abraham-Fan R-J, Chen H, Campbell JN, Cang J. Mapping visual functions onto molecular cell types in the mouse superior colliculus. Neuron. 2023. Publisher's Version

Cang J, Fu J, Tanabe S. Neural circuits for binocular vision: Ocular dominance, interocular matching, and disparity selectivity. Front. Neural Circuits. 2023. Publisher's Version

Li C, McHaney KM, Sederberg PB, Cang J. Tree Shrews as an Animal Model for Studying Perceptual Decision-making Reveal a Critical Role of Stimulus-independent Processes in Guiding Behavior. eNeuro. 2022. Publisher's Version

Tanabe S, Fu J, Cang J. Strong tuning for stereoscopic depth indicates orientation-specific recurrent circuitry in tree shrew V1. Current Biology. 2022. Publisher's Version

Skyberg R, Tanabe S, Chen H, Cang J. Coarse-to-fine processing drives the efficient coding of natural scenes in mouse visual cortex. Cell Reports. 2022. Publisher's Version