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Hongjun Song

Hongjun Song

· David J. Mahoney Professor

University of Pennsylvania · Rehabilitation Medicine

Active 1994–2025

h-index159
Citations89.7k
Papers709180 last 5y
Funding$70.2M2 active

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About

Hongjun Song, Ph.D., is the David J. Mahoney Professor of Neurological Sciences in the Department of Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on two core topics: neural stem cell regulation and neurogenesis in the developing and adult mammalian brain, and epigenetic and epitranscriptomic mechanisms and their functions in the mammalian nervous system. His laboratory investigates how these processes influence neural function and addresses how dysfunction in these mechanisms may be involved in brain disorders. Dr. Song's work contributes to understanding the molecular and cellular basis of neurogenesis, neural circuitry, and brain disease, with a particular emphasis on epigenetic modifications such as m(6)A methylation and their roles in neural stem cell behavior and neurodevelopment.

Research topics

  • Biology
  • Cell biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Medicine
  • Computer Science
  • Pharmacology
  • Psychology
  • Internal medicine
  • Chemistry

Selected publications

Recent grants

Frequent coauthors

  • Guo‐li Ming

    1053 shared

  • Kimberly M. Christian

    University of Pennsylvania

    149 shared

  • Junjie U. Guo

    Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

    124 shared

  • Ki‐Jun Yoon

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

    110 shared

  • Yijing Su

    95 shared

  • Fadi Jacob

    Emory University

    93 shared

  • Chun Zhong

    79 shared

  • Kurt A. Sailor

    Institut Pasteur

    74 shared

Labs

Education

  • B.S., Biology

    Peking University, P.R. China

    1992

  • M.A., Biology

    Columbia University, New York

    1995

  • Ph.D., Biology

    University of California at San Diego, La Jolla

    1998

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