2014.9-2018.9威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校博士后

2018.9-2022.2威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校助理研究员

2022.2-2023.6威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校研究助理教授

2023.7-   南京大学生命科学学院特聘研究员

2023.7-   南京大学化学和生物医药创新研究院特聘研究员

2022 优青（海外）

1.Tao Y, Li X, Dong Q, Kong L, Petersen AJ, Yan Y, Xu K, Zima S, Li Y, Schmidt DK, Ayala M, Mathivanan S, Sousa MM A, Chang Q & Zhang SC. Generation of locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. In press. 

2.Tao Y, Vermilyea S, Zammit M, Lu J, Olsen M, Metzger J, Yao L, Chen Y, Phillips S, Holden J, Bondarenko V, Block W, Barnhart T, Schultz-Darken N, Brunner K, Simmons H, Christian B, Emborg M, Zhang SC. Autologous Transplant Therapy Alleviates Motor and Depressive Behaviors in Parkinsonian Monkeys. Nature Medicine. 2021 Apr;27(4):632-639. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01257-1. 

3.Tao Y*, Cao J*, Li M, Hoffmann B, Xu K, Chen J, Lu X, Guo F, Li X, Phillips MJ, Gamm DM, Chen H, Zhang SC. PAX6D instructs neural retinal specification from human embryonic stem cell-derived neuroectoderm. EMBO Rep. 2020 Sep 3;21(9):e50000. doi: 10.15252/embr.202050000. 

4.Tao Y, Zhang SC. Neural Subtype Specification from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2016 Nov 3;19(5):573-586. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2016.10.015. 

5.Huang CT*, Tao Y*, Lu J, Jones JR, Fowler L, Weick JP, Zhang SC. Time-Course Gene Expression Profiling Reveals a Novel Role of Non-Canonical WNT Signaling During Neural Induction. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 7;6:32600. doi: 10.1038/srep32600. 

6.Tao Y, Wu Q, Guo X, Zhang Z, Shen Y, Wang F. MBD5 regulates iron metabolism via methylation-independent genomic targeting of Fth1 through KAT2A in mice. Br J Haematol. 2014 Jul;166(2):279-91. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12863. 

7.Tao Y, Wang Y, Rogers JT, Wang F. Perturbed iron distribution in Alzheimer's disease serum, cerebrospinal fluid, and selected brain regions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Alzheimers Dis. 2014;42(2):679-90. doi: 10.3233/JAD-140396.