Studies and academic training

• 2014: Dr. rer. nat. in neurobiology at Peking University
• 2009: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Nursing (Clinical / Health Sciences focus), Peking University
• 2004 - 2009: Study of Nursing Science / Nursing at Peking University

Scientific career

• Since 2025 Research Associate, Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
• 2022 - 2025 Research Associate, Neuroscience Research Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
• 2021 Research Associate (Project Collaborator, part-time), Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development, Hanover, Germany
• 2015 - 2021 Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne
• 2013 Research Assistant (Exchange), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
• 2011 Intern in the Medical Affairs department, Johnson & Johnson, Beijing

Prizes and awards

• 2024 FENS-IBRO/PERC Travel Grant (FENS Forum 2024, Vienna)
• 2020 CECAD Family Support Award during the COVID-19 pandemic - enabled the employment of a student assistant

• 2014 Guang Hua Scholarship for outstanding students at Peking University
• 2009 -2014 Scholarship from Peking University
• 2009 National Encouragement Scholarship; honored as an outstanding graduate of Peking University
• 2004 -2009 Scholarship for outstanding medical students of Peking University

Scientific focus

1. Orexin and hippocampus in cognition and metabolism
2. Metabolic stress in the brain and central control of energy metabolism
3. Investigation of neuronal circuits in vivo and in organotypic co-cultures to study the interaction between hypothalamus and hippocampus

Online profile:

ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3590-7430

Publications:

Deficiency of orexin receptor type 1 in dopaminergic neurons increases novelty-induced locomotion and exploration. Xing Xiao*, Gagik Yeghiazaryan, Anna L. Cremer, Heiko Backes, Peter Kloppenburg, and A. Christine Hausen*. eLife 2025; 12:RP91716. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.91716.4

Orexin receptors 1 and 2 in serotonergic neurons differentially regulate peripheral glucose metabolism in obesity. Xing Xiao, Gagik Yeghiazaryan, Simon Hess, Paul Klemm, Anna Sieben, André Kleinridders, Donald A. Morgan, F. Thomas Wunderlich, Kamal Rahmouni, Dong Kong, Thomas E. Scammell, Brad Lowell, Peter Kloppenburg, Jens C. Brüning, A. Christine Hausen. Nature Communications 2021; 12: 5249. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25380-2

Research highlight: Glucose control. Lewis, S. Nat Rev Neurosci 22, 655 (2021). Doi: 10.1038/s41583-021-00530-z

Shp-1 dephosphorylates TRPV1 in dorsal root ganglion neurons and alleviates CFA-induced inflammatory pain in rats. Xing Xiao, Ling-Chi Xu, Lu-Peng Yue, Feng-Yu Liu, Jie Cai, Fei-Fei Liao, Jin-Ge Kong, Guo-Gang Xing, Ming Yi, You Wan. Pain 2015; 156 (4): 597-608. DOI: 10.1097/01.j.pain.0000460351.30707.c4

Integrative microbiome- and metatranscriptome-based analyses reveal diagnostic biomarkers for peri-implantitis. Amruta A. Joshi*, Szymon P. Szafrański*, Matthias Steglich, Ines Yang, Taoran Qu, Paula Schaefer-Dreyer, Xing Xiao, Wiebke Behrens, Jamin Grischke, Susanne Häussler, and Meike Stiesch. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 2025, 11(175). Doi: 10.1038/s41522-025-00807-6

Enhanced function of TRPV1 via up-regulation by insulin-like growth factor-1 in a rat model of bone cancer pain. Yan Li, Jie Cai, Ying Han, Xing Xiao, Xiang-Ling Meng, Li Su, Feng-Yu Liu, Guo-Gang Xing and You Wan. European Journal of Pain 2014; 18(6): 774-784. DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00420.x

Formaldehyde up-regulates TRPV1 through MAPK and PI3K signaling pathways in bone cancer pain model of rats. Ying Han, Yan Li, Xing Xiao, Jia Liu, Guo-Gang Xing, Xiang-Ling Meng, Feng-Yu Liu, Guo-Gang Xing, You Wan. Neuroscience Bulletin 2012; 28(2): 165-172. DOI: 10.1007/s12264-012-1211-0