Dongqin Cai

Research Assistant Professor

Education:

2013.09-2018.07        Ph.D.        Biomedical Engineering   Tsinghua University, Beijing

2009.09-2013.07        B.A.        Biomedical Engineering   Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing

Postdoctoral Training:

2020.09-2022.09        Postdoctoral fellow        Neurobiology         Tsinghua University, Beijing

2018.09-2020.05        Postdoctoral fellow        Neurobiology     Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Research interests

Neural mechanisms of predictive coding, cross-modal associative learning, and music perception in the brain

Research fields

Neural basis of auditory coding and auditory-related higher cognitive behavior

Selected publications

• McGill, M., Hight, A. E., Watanabe, Y. L., Parthasarathy, A., Cai, D., Clayton, K., Hancock, K. E., Takesian, A., Kujawa, S. G., & Polley, D. B. Neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity following acoustic trauma. ELife, 2022,11, 1–33.

• Dongqin Cai, Yin Yue, Xin Su, Miaomiao Liu, Yiwei Wang, Ling You, Fenghua Xie, Fei Deng, Feng Chen, Minmin Luo, Kexin Yuan; Distinct anatomical connectivity patterns differentiate subdivisions of the nonlemniscal auditory thalamus in mice. Cereb Cortex. 2019 Jun 1;29(6):2437-2454.

• Dongqin Cai, Rongrong Han, Miaomiao Liu, Fenghua Xie, Ling You, Yi Zheng, Limin Zhao, Jun Yao, Yiwei Wang, Yin Yue, Christoph E. Schreiner, Kexin Yuan; A Critical Role of Inhibition in Temporal Processing Maturation in the Primary Auditory Cortex. Cereb Cortex, 2017 1-15. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhx057

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Honors, awards and academic activities

2017   Kwang-Hua Scholarship      Tsinghua University

2017    Bio-Techne Award   12th Biennial Conference of CNS

2016  Excellent Speech Award  Tsinghua McGovern Spring Retreat

2013   Linghang Scholarship   Beijing Institute of Technology

Contact information

dongqin.cai6@gmail.com