Staff
Baolong Ren
PhD student
Department Neuropeptide Research in Psychiatry
About me
I joined Valery's lab in September 2025 to conduct research on positive emotions alongside Shimpei Ishiyama. I am particularly fascinated by the mysteries underlying play behaviour, such as why engaging in play elicits feelings of joy. I am also interested in the neural mechanisms that support this phenomenon and the relationship between oxytocin and positive emotion. I am also interested in the potential to manipulate play behaviour using techniques like optogenetics.
Baolong completed his Master's degree through a joint neuroscience and neuroimaging programme run by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Aarhus University in Denmark. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in biotechnology from Beijing Forestry University.
Expertise
| Immunohistochemistry | Behavioral cognitive experiments |
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| In-vivo Electrophysiology | Electrode implantation |
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