Alex Kwan
Professor
Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
Rising Papers (4)
2025-04-02 · Nature · Clinical Psychology
Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
69 citations · 114.7x expected for field
2025-05-29 · Nature Materials · Molecular Biology
Poly(carboxybetaine) lipids enhance mRNA therapeutics efficacy and reduce their immunogenicity
62 citations · 34.4x expected for field
2025-02-12 · Nature Communications · Clinical Psychology
Classification of psychedelics and psychoactive drugs based on brain-wide imaging of cellular c-Fos expression
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
19 citations · 31.0x expected for field
2025-12-05 · Cell · Clinical Psychology
Psilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networks
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
12 citations · 20.2x expected for field
Top Papers (1)
2025-04-02 · Nature · Clinical Psychology
Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
114.7x expected for field · 69 citations
Recent Papers (8)
2026-04-22 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Clinical Psychology
Structural plasticity and enhanced fear extinction following psilocybin in chronically stressed mice
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-20 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Processed Data - Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals time-dependent and cell-type-specific effects of psilocybin on gene expression
Alex KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-20 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Processed Data - Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals time-dependent and cell-type-specific effects of psilocybin on gene expression
Alex KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-17 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Clinical Psychology
Psilocybin reshapes cortical inhibition through selective interneuron recruitment
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-04-09 · Psychedelic Medicine · Clinical Psychology
Dorsal Raphe Revisited: A Systems Neuroscience Lens on Psychedelic Drug Action
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-03-10 · Clinical Psychology
Enhancing cGMP signaling with psilocybin reduces head twitch and restructures the synaptic proteome while maintaining antidepressant response
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2025-12-05 · Cell
Psilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networks
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2025-11-20 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Autism-associated Scn2a haploinsufficiency disrupts in vivo dendritic signaling and impairs flexible decision-making
Alex C. KwanProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN