Dawen Cai

Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Associate Professor, Biophysics
Research Focus: Neuronal stem cell, single-cell transcriptome, Neural circuit formation, plasticity

3063 BSRB  109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor MI 48109-2200

734-763-7336

Areas of Interest

How are our one billion neurons generated from stem cells? How do they physically connect during development? How are these connections modified during learning?

Associated Grad Programs

Cell & Developmental Biology, Biophyics, Neuroscience,  Cellular & Molecular Biology (in process)

Credentials

  • Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2011
  • University of Michigan, Ph.D., 2007
  • Peking University, B.S., 2000 

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