Yuqin Yin (yuqin.yin@childrens.harvard.edu)

Education
1985 M.D. First Medical University (Medicine), China
1988 M.S. First Medical University (Neuroscience), China
1993 Ph.D. Third Medical University (Neuroscience), China

Academic Appointments:
1995-Present: Associate Professor in Neuroscience, Third Medical University, China
1998 -2004: Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2004-Present: Instructor, Research Associate, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Awards and Honors:
1994 Excellent Researcher Award, Third Medical University, China
1995 Excellent Mentor Award, Third Medical University, China
1995 National Excellent Thesis Award For Youth, China
1997 Top Ten Excellent Mentor Prize, Third Medical University, China
1997 Chinese National Science & Technology Progress Second Award
1998 Scholarship from Chinese National Scholarship Council
2002 Invited Speaker For Excellent Research, Third Medical University, China
2003 Frederick Seil Trainee Award For Outstanding Research, International Symposium On Neural Regeneration, Asilomar, CA, USA

Publications:

• Yin Y, Zhong S, Sun B. A muscle graft bridges peripheral nerve regeneration. Chin. J Clin Anat 1989;4:196-9.
• Yin Y, Liu Z, He G. Structural evidence of tension resistance of the peripheral nerve. Acta Anatomica Sinica 1993;24:7-15.
• Yin Y, Liu Z, He G. Experimental study of acute nerve injury caused by quantitative tensions on the median nerve of rabbits. Acta Academiae Medicinae Tertiae 1993;15:303-25.
  Yin Y, Song L, Liu Z, He G. Changes of intracellular calcium-calmodulin system during peripheral nerve regeneration. Chin J Anat 1994;17:182-8.
• Yin Y, Liu Z, Cheng H, He G. Measurement of biomechanical behavior of rabbits’ peripheral nerve in vivo. J Biomed Eng 1994;11:212-20.
• Yin Y, Liu Z, He G. The mechanical properties of peripheral nerve and its biological significance. Chin J Clin Anat 1994;12:156-63.
• Yin Y, He H, Song L, Liu Z, He G. The changes of phospholipase A2 activity and its mechanism after peripheral nerve stretch injury. Chin Neurosci 1995;1:32-9.
• Yin Y, Liu Z, He G. Morphological changes of rabbits’ median nerve by different tensions. Acta Anatomica Sinica 1995;26:346-51.
• Yin Y, Liu Z, He G. Effects of mechanical tension on intraneural blood circulation of the median nerve in rabbits. J Med Coll 1996;11:142-8.
• Yin Y, Song L, Liu G. Changes in Protein kinase C activity in spinal cord motor neurons during regeneration. Chin J Anat 1998;21:11-7.
• Yang P, Yin Y. Protein kinase C and peripheral nerve regeneration. Acta Acad Med Milit Tert 1999;21:958-60.
• Yang P, Yin Y, Li Z. Effects of PKC activity changes on neurite outgrowth in cultured embryonic spinal cord neurons. Chin J Neuroanat 2000;16:143-6.
• Yang P, Yin Y, Li Z. Separation and culture of motor neurons in embryonic rat spinal cord. Acta Anat Sinica 2000;31:107-9.
• Yang P, Yin Y. Roles of protein kinase C subtypes in the neurite outgrowth in primary cultured neurons. Acta Anatomica Sinica 2002;33(1):38-41.
• Leon S, Yin Y, Nguyen J, Irwin N, Benowitz LI (the first two authors are equal contributors). Lens injury stimulates axon regeneration in the mature rat optic nerve. J Neurosci 2000;20:4615-26.
• Yin Y, Cui Q, Li Y, Irwin N, Fischer D, Harvey A, Benowitz LI (the first two authors are equal contributors). Macrophage-derived factors stimulate optic nerve regeneration. J Neurosci 2003;23:2284-93.
• Li Y, Irwin N, Yin Y, Lanser M, Benowitz LI (the first three authors are equal contributors). Identification of a small endogenous axon-promoting factor for retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci 2003; 23:7830-38.
  

Reviews

• Yin Y, Zhong S, Sun B. Progress in orientational regeneration in peripheral nerve. Chin J Clin Anat 1988;2:114-8.
• Yin Y, Liu Z, He G. The influence of tension to the peripheral nerve stretch injury. Prog Anat Sci 1994;1:27-31.
• Yang P, Yin Y. Roles of Schwann cells in the regeneration of the CNS. Foreign Med Sci Neurol & Neurosurg 1998;25:212-5.
  

Books

• Zhang S, Liu Z, Yin Y, Jiao H, Wu X. Atlas of Skull Base Thin Sections in Comparison with MRI and CT. Sichuan Science & Technology Publishing House: Chengdu. 1993. Co-author.
• Gu L, Yin Y. Peripheral Nerve Injury. People’s Surgeon Publishing House: Beijing. 1997. Co-author.
  Zhong S, Yin Y, Zhou C. Peripheral nerve injury and repair. In: Clinical Anatomy. People’s Health Publishing House: Beijing. 1999. Co-author.
• Liu Z, Jiang Z, Yin Y. Clinical Anatomy of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Shandong Science & Technology Publishing House: Jinan. 2000. Co-chief editor.
  

Recent Abstracts

• Benowitz LI, Leon S, Yin Y, Nguyen J, Irwin N. Regeneration of rat retinal ganglion cell axons in vivo: stimulation by lens-derived factors. Neurosci Abstr 1999;25:498
• Yin Y, Leon S, Hu M, Irwin N, Benowitz LI. Macrophage activation in the eye stimulates retinal ganglion cell survival and axon regeneration in the mature rat optic nerve. Neurosci Abstr 2000;26:611
• Yin Y, Li Y, Hu M, Irwin N, Benowitz LI. A macrophage-derived factor stimulates axon regeneration in mature rat retinal ganglion cells. Neurosci Abstr 2001;27:699.4
• Yin Y, Cui Q, Li Y, Wang L, Irwin N, Harvey A, Benowitz LI. Intraocular macrophage activation stimulates extensive axon regeneration in the mature optic nerve or into a peripheral nerve graft. Neurosci Abstr 2002;28:634.10
• Yin Y, Li Y, Irwin N, Benowitz LI. Axon regeneration in the mature rat optic nerve: isolation of the key molecular signals. J Rehab Res Development 2003;40(6)S3:15
• Yin Y, Li Y, Thomas T, Henzl M, Langer R, Benowitz LI. A novel macrophage-derived growth factor stimulates axon regeneration in the mature rat optic nerve. Neurosci Abstr 2004; October.