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Zheng Lab

We are scientists in the Department of Neurosciences at UC San Diego studying why axons in the brain and spinal cord fail to regenerate after injury. Using genetically modified mice, we investigate the underlying mechanisms to help guide treatments for spinal cord injury, white matter stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases.

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May 2025

Dr. Binhai Zheng and Dr. Marc Hernaiz attended the Wings for Life Scientific Meeting in May 2025

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July 1, 2024

Ellen Wang Fan, a M.D., Ph.D. candidate, joined our lab for her thesis work.

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October 16, 2023

Our Regeneration Classifier Paper is published in Neuron!

Congrats to first author Hugo Kim, all the co-authors, and other lab members, past and present, who helped with the study in various ways!

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Contact: Binhai Zheng, Ph.D.
Phone: 858-822-5807
Email: bizheng@ucsd.edu
Mailing Address: 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0752, La Jolla, CA 92093-0691
Location: Leichtag Building, Room 332 Bay JJ, KK, LL La Jolla, CA 92093-0691

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