*equal contribution; #corresponding author; Lab Member

Key Research Papers:

Modular DNA Barcoding of Nanobodies Enables Multiplexed in situ Protein Imaging and High-throughput Biomolecule Detection. bioRxiv (2025)

Zhong, S., Wang, R., Gao, X., Guo, Q., Lin, R.#, Luo, M.#

Directed evolution of adeno-associated virus for efficient gene delivery to microglia. Nature Methods 19, 976–985. (2022)

Lin, R.*#, Zhou, Y.*, Yan, T.*, Wang, R.*, Li, H., Wu, Z., Zhang, X., Zhou, X., Zhao, F., Zhang, L., Li, Y., Luo, M.#

[Resources | Nature Neuroscience Research Highlight | Faculty Opinions Recommendation | Neuroscience Bulletin Research Highlight]

The raphe dopamine system controls the expression of incentive memory. Neuron 106 (3), 498-514. (2020)

Lin, R.*#, Liang, J.*, Wang, R., Yan, T., Zhou, Y., Liu, Y., Feng, Q., Sun, F., Li, Y., Li, A., Gong, H., Luo, M.#

Cell-type-specific and projection-specific brain-wide reconstruction of single neurons. Nature Methods 15, 1033–1036. (2018)

Lin, R.*, Wang, R.*, Yuan, J.*, Feng, Q., Zhou, Y., Zeng, S., Ren, M., Jiang, S., Ni, H., Zhou, C., Gong, H., Luo, M.

[Resources]

A hybridization-chain-reaction-based method for amplifying immunosignals. Nature Methods 15, 275–278. (2018)

Lin, R., Feng, Q., Li, P., Zhou, P., Wang, R., Liu, Z., Wang, Z., Qi, X., Tang, N., Shao, F., Luo, M.

Reviews:

The raphe dopamine system: roles in salience encoding, memory expression, and addiction. Trends in Neurosciences 44, 366–377. (2021)

Lin, R.*#, Liang, J.*, Luo, M.#

Reward contributions to serotonergic functions. Annual Review of Neuroscience 43, 141–162. (2020)

Liu, Z., Lin, R., Luo, M.

The two faces of PVN CRF neurons. Nature Neuroscience 22, 508–510. (2019)

Lin, R., Yan, T., Luo, M.

A neural circuit driving maternal behaviors. Neuron 98 (1), 6-8. (2018)

Lin, R.#, Yi, L., Luo, M.