YAN TANG · PERSONAL ATLAS

穿越风暴
发现彼此Through the storms,
finding each other

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A personal atlas · 个人航海志

向星海启航Set sail for the stars

研究 · 能力 · 学术履历 · 合作Research · Capabilities · Trajectory · Collaboration

46.5197° N · 6.6323° E · The voyage continues

穿越风暴Through the storms within,发现彼此Charting New Routes beyond

我是 唐焰，专注于情感环路、社会行为与神经接口。我的研究从机制发现出发，以在体电生理、光纤记录与神经传感为核心能力，驶向可验证的临床转化。 I'm Yan Tang, working across emotional circuits, social behavior and neural interfaces. My research moves from mechanism to translation through in vivo electrophysiology, fiber photometry and neural sensing.

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破浪行舟，终相逢。Through breaking waves, we meet at last.
科学疑问：Scientific question:

从毫秒级的神经元放电到亿万年的基因组进化之间，哪些不同层级的调控信号在书写与塑造我们：Between millisecond neuronal firing and billion-year genomic evolution, which regulatory signals across levels write and shape us:

1.化学信号Chemical signalsNat. Biotechnol. 2023 ↗ 2.情感环路Emotional circuitsNat. Commun. 2024 ↗ 3.社会结构Social structuresNat. Neurosci. 2020 ↗
06 · 冒险伙伴06 · Adventure companions
船长日志 · 档案Captain's log · profile

唐焰 · PhDYan Tang · PhD

驻泊洛桑 CHUV 的神经科学研究员。以在体电生理、光纤记录与神经传感追踪情感与社会行为的神经环路，并推动它们走向可验证的临床转化。A neuroscientist based at CHUV Lausanne, tracing emotional and social circuits through in vivo electrophysiology and imaging techniques--from discovery toward testable clinical translation.

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00 · 序章 · 航线罗盘00 · Prologue · Voyage compass

选择一条
真实航程Choose one
true voyage.

转动罗盘，让四个关键节点从雾中浮现。 Turn the compass and reveal four waypoints through the mist.
Knowledge constellations and research routes Neural coding Spike trains Behavior Electrophysiology Signal analysis Experimental design Foundation Social touch parvOT Opto-tagging Causal circuits Prosocial behavior Nat Neurosci 2020 AI agents Precision medicine Resilience Art & design Neural interfaces Storm front Companionship Social buffering PVN → CeA Fear extinction Sustained plasticity Nat Commun 2024 中国上海Shanghai, CN 神经编码 · 信号分析Neural coding · signals 德国海德堡Heidelberg, DE 触觉 · 社会连接Touch · social bonding 瑞士洛桑Lausanne, CH 陪伴 · 恐惧消退Companionship · fear relief 神秘海域Mystery Waters 未知风暴Uncharted storm
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转动罗盘 · 让港口与航线浮现 Turn the compass · reveal ports and routes
01 · 初始港 · 上海01 · First port · Shanghai
晨光中的上海港与启航船只

从神经信号，
读懂行为From neural signals
to behavior

上海是最初的启程之港。我在这里学习神经编码、行为实验与信号分析，把纷杂的放电第一次读成可检验的科学问题。Shanghai was the first port of departure. Here I learned neural coding, behavioral experiments and signal analysis—turning noisy activity into testable questions.

ARRIVAL 01 · SHANGHAI31.2304° N · 121.4737° E
LOW DRIVE · BASAL ASYNCHRONY

MagnOT 神经元以低频率独立放电，事件在时间与细胞间无序分散，维持基础催产素张力。

02 · 第二港 · 海德堡02 · Second port · Heidelberg
云海中的海德堡港与远航船只
Nature Neuroscience 封面艺术：两只小鼠、神经活动波形与催产素分子结构 NN COVER · 2020

让触觉，
成为连接When touch
becomes connection

第二次靠港，问题从“神经信号如何编码”推进到“身体接触如何改变社会行为”。在海德堡，我以因果环路研究追踪抚摸如何招募小细胞催产素神经元，并促进社会交流。At the second port, the question moved from how neural signals encode to how bodily contact changes social behavior. In Heidelberg, I traced how touch recruits parvocellular oxytocin neurons and promotes social exchange.

REPRESENTATIVE WORKNATURE NEUROSCIENCE · 2020
QUESTION 02 · PROSOCIAL TOUCH

抚摸，为什么让我们更愿意靠近彼此？Why does touch make us more willing to approach one another?

研究揭示社交触摸经 parvOT 微环路促进雌鼠间交流与社交兴趣。这不是一张孤立的论文卡片，而是海德堡阶段形成的完整能力：提出社会行为问题、定位细胞类型，并用因果实验验证环路。The study revealed a parvOT microcircuit through which social touch promotes interfemale communication and social interest. It represents a complete capability built in Heidelberg: framing a social question, identifying the cell type, and testing the circuit causally.

IN VIVO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGYOPTO-TAGGINGCAUSAL CIRCUITSSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
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03 · 第三港 · 洛桑03 · Third port · Lausanne
森林与湖岸之间的洛桑港

让陪伴，
改写恐惧When companionship
rewrites fear

第三次靠港，研究从即时的社会接触进入持续的神经可塑性：陪伴不只让当下平静，它还能在恐惧环路中留下改变。At the third port, the work moved from immediate social contact into lasting neural plasticity. Companionship does more than calm the present; it can leave a change in fear circuits.

REPRESENTATIVE WORKNATURE COMMUNICATIONS · 2024
QUESTION 03 · SOCIAL BUFFERING

陪伴，如何让恐惧真正退潮？How does companionship make fear truly recede?

社交陪伴经催产素在中央杏仁核引发持续可塑性，形成社会缓冲并促进恐惧消退。能力由单一细胞扩展到神经肽释放、群体动力学与长时程行为改变。Social companionship triggers sustained oxytocin-driven plasticity in the central amygdala, producing social buffering and fear extinction. The capability expands from single cells to peptide release, population dynamics and lasting behavioral change.

FIBRE PHOTOMETRYPVN → CEAFEAR EXTINCTIONPLASTICITY
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04 · 未知海域04 · Uncharted waters

穿过风暴，
开辟新航线。Through the storm,
new routes emerge.

未知海域既是向内的修炼，也是向外的开拓。用身心训练守住判断与韧性，同时把既有的神经环路能力驶向精准医疗、AI 智能体与艺术设计。The uncharted sea is both inner training and outward exploration: sustaining judgment and resilience while carrying circuit neuroscience toward precision medicine, AI agents and artful design.

风暴不是偏离航线；它正是下一次能力演化发生的地方。The storm is not a detour. It is where the next capability evolves.

守住船体 · 读懂风向 · 开辟前程 HOLD THE HULL · READ THE WIND · OPEN THE WAY
01精准医疗Precision medicine神经传感 · 药效评价 · 临床问题Neural sensing · efficacy · clinical questions 02AI 智能体AI agents解码 · 自动化 · 科研协作Decoding · automation · research collaboration 03艺术设计Art & design把复杂科学变成可感知的体验Making complex science perceptible
05 · 未来航路05 · Future routes

开拓未来航路Opening future routes

从一个神经元出发，沿着三段持续延展的航程，把科学问题、临床连接与学科建设推向更远处。From a single neuron, three continuing passages carry scientific questions, clinical connection, and discipline building toward a farther horizon.

Neuron cover: a navigator neuron charting a future route
NEURON · A POINT OF DEPARTURE
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从问题出发研究起点 · 方法与神经环路Start with the questionResearch beginnings · methods & circuits

从行为问题进入神经环路，以记录与因果干预建立可持续追问的研究航向。From behavior into circuits: recording and causal intervention establish a durable direction of inquiry.

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连接彼此催产素 · 社会大脑与临床语境Connect each otherOxytocin · social brain & clinical context

将触摸、陪伴、恐惧调控与催产素释放汇成一张能被验证、也能走向临床的神经网络图。Touch, companionship, fear regulation, and oxytocin release become a neural network that is testable and clinically relevant.

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驶向远方人才 · 平台与合作网络Sail fartherTalent · platforms & collaboration

用人才培养、共享平台与跨域合作，让独立探索汇成能够长期远航的舰队。Talent, shared platforms, and cross-disciplinary collaboration turn independent exploration into a fleet built for long voyages.

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ONE COURSE · THREE MOVEMENTS
问题提出、连接验证、共同远航。每一段都为下一段打开新的水域。Question, connection, shared voyage. Each passage opens water for the next.