特任教授，博士生导师。2018年博士毕业于中国科学技术大学（导师：薛天）。2019-2024年于中国科学技术大学从事博士后、特任副研究员和副研究员工作（合作导师：薛天），2024年12月至今任中国科学技术大学特任教授，课题组长。
国家自然科学基金委优青项目获得者（2024）。主要聚焦光感知生理研究方向，取得了多项重要成果：1）突破物理感知极限，首次实现哺乳动物和人类红外光感知和红外图像视觉；2）发现了非成像视觉的长时程光监控功能的神经机制；3）阐述哺乳动物视觉系统光-暗适应的细胞分子机制。第一作者或共同通讯作者论文发表在Cell（2篇）、Protein & Cell、Adv. Fun. Mater.等期刊上。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年基金，科技部2030科技创新重大项目课题骨干、中科院稳定支持基础研究领域青年团队成员、安徽省重大科技攻关项目课题负责人。
代表性论文列表（†为共同第一作者，*为共同通讯作者）：
1. Yuqian Ma†*; Yunuo Chen†; Sheng Wang†*; Zi-Han Chen†; Yuanwei Zhang†; Ling Huang; Xinxin Zhang; Fei Yin; Yunxuan Wang; Mingzhu Yang; Zhanjun Li; Kai Huang; Xin Fang; Zishuo Li; Minghong Wang; Wenhui Liu; Jia-Nan Li; Longfei Li; Hang Zhao; Min Wei; Yiming Shi; Rong Liu; Mei Zhang; Jutao Chen; Jiawei Shen; Jianjun Meng; Yupeng Yang; Fan Zhang*; Xinglong Gong*; Gang Han*; Tian Xue*; Near-infrared spatiotemporal color vision in humans enabled by upconversion contact lenses, Cell, 2025, accepted.
2. Yuqian Ma†; Jin Bao†*; Yuanwei Zhang†; Zhanjun Li; Xiangyu Zhou; Changlin Wan; Ling Huang; Yang Zhao; Gang Han*; Tian Xue*; Mammalian Near-Infrared Image Vision through Injectable and Self-Powered Retinal Nanoantennae, Cell, 2019, 177(2): 243-255.
3. Min Wei†; Yanping Sun†; Shouzhen Li†; Yunuo Chen; Longfei Li; Minghao Fang; Ronghua Shi; Dali Tong; Jutao Chen; Yuqian Ma*; Kun Qu*; Mei Zhang*; Tian Xue*; Single-cell profiling reveals Müller glia coordinate retinal intercellular communication during light/dark adaptation via thyroid hormone signaling, Protein & Cell, 2023, 14: 603-617.
4. Zimu Li†; Sheng Wang*; Shuai Liu; Wenhui Wang; Jianpeng Wu; Tingting Xuan; Zhentao Zhang; Danyi Li; Yuqian Ma*; Xinglong Gong*; Photothermally‐Induced Reversible Rigidity of Nacre‐Mimetic Composites Toward Semi‐Active Personal Safeguard, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34: 2414780.
5. Wenhui Wang†; Sheng Wang*; Jianyu Zhou; Huaxia Deng; Shuaishuai Sun; Tian Xue; Yuqian Ma*; Xinglong Gong*; Bio‐Inspired Semi‐Active Safeguarding Design with Enhanced Impact Resistance via Shape Memory Effect, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33: 2212093.
6. Jian-Jun Meng†; Jia-Wei Shen†; Guang Li; Chang-Jie Ouyang; Jia-Xi Hu; Zi-Shuo Li; Hang Zhao; Yi-Ming Shi; Mei Zhang; Rong Liu; Ju-Tao Chen; Yu-Qian Ma; Huan Zhao; Tian Xue*; Light modulates glucose metabolism by a retina-hypothalamus-brown adipose tissue axis, Cell, 2023, 186(2): 398-412.
7. Jiaxi Hu†; Yiming Shi†; Jiaming Zhang; Xinfeng Huang; Qian Wang; Hang Zhao; Jiawei Shen; Zhiping Chen; Wei Song; Ping Zheng; Shulu Zhan; Yanping Sun; Pengfei Cai; Kai An; Changjie Ouyang; Baizhen Zhao; Qixin Zhou; Lin Xu; Wei Xiong; Zhi Zhang; Jianjun Meng; Jutao Chen; Yuqian Ma; Huan Zhao; Mei Zhang; Kun Qu; Ji Hu; Minhua Luo; Fuqiang Xu; Xiaowei Chen; Ying Xiong; Jin Bao†*; Tian Xue*; Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells mediate light-promoted brain development, Cell, 2022, 185(17): 3124-3137.
8. Kai An†, Huan Zhao†*, Ying Miao, Qi Xu, Yu-Fei Li, Yu-Qian Ma, Yi-Ming Shi, Jia-Wei Shen, Jian-Jun Meng, Yong-Gang Yao, Zhi Zhang, Ju-Tao Chen, Jin Bao, Mei Zhang, and Tian Xue*; A Circadian Rhythm-gated Subcortical Pathway for Nighttime Light Induced Depressive-like Behaviors in Mice, Nature Neuroscience, 2020.
9. Yiming Shi†, Jiaming Zhang†, Xingyi Li, Yuchong Han, Jiangheng Guan, Yilin Li, Jiawei Shen, Tzvetomir Tzvetanov, Dongyu Yang, Xinyi Luo, Yichuan Yao, Zhikun Chu, Tianyi Wu, Zhiping Chen, Ying Miao, Yufei Li, Qian Wang, Jiaxi Hu, Jianjun Meng, Xiang Liao, Yifeng Zhou, Louis Tao, Yuqian Ma, Jutao Chen, Mei Zhang, Rong Liu*, Yuanyuan Mi*, Jin Bao*, Zhong Li*, Xiaowei Chen* and Tian Xue*; Non-image-forming photoreceptors improve visual orientation selectivity and image perception, Neuron, 2024.
所获学术荣誉情况：
1. 2024 中国科学院杰出科技成就奖
2. 2024 中国科学院五四青年奖章集体
3. 2022 安徽省自然科学一等奖（第三完成人）
4. 2021 中国科学技术大学“墨子杰出青年特资津贴”项目一等资助
5. 2020 中国科学院优秀博士论文
6. 2019 2019年度“中国生命科学十大进展”
7. 2019 Cell杂志2019年度最佳论文
8. 2019 吴瑞奖学金
9. 2019 第十五届张锡钧基金全国青年优秀生理学学术论文二等奖
10. 2019 中国科学技术大学优秀博士论文
11. 2019 全国博士后创新人才支持计划
12. 2019 微尺度国家研究中心“杰出博士后”
研究兴趣：感知觉感受机理及其对生理功能的调控作用。
招生招聘：实验室长期招聘神经生物学、分子生物学等相关背景的博士后，待遇从优。
同时热忱欢迎感兴趣的本科生前来攻读博士学位。
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