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Feng Gu

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

College: College of Science

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Houston, 2013
    Major: Biology
  • MS, Central South University Xiang-Ya School of Medicine, 2006
    Major: Neurology

Current Scheduled Teaching

BIOL 6940.709Individual ResearchSummer 10W 2025
BIOL 1720.004Biology for Science Majors IISpring 2025 Syllabus
BIOL 1720.006Biology for Science Majors IISpring 2025 Syllabus
BIOL 6940.709Individual ResearchSpring 2025
BIOL 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2025
BIOL 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2025
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

BIOL 3800.002Animal PhysiologyFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BIOL 6940.709Individual ResearchFall 2024
BIOL 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2024
BIOL 6940.709Individual ResearchSummer 10W 2024
BIOL 1720.006Biology for Science Majors IISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BIOL 1722.003Honors Biology for Science Majors IISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BIOL 3996.709Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceSpring 2024
BIOL 3800.002Animal PhysiologyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Parada, I., Yang, T., Delgado, A., Longo, F., Prince, D., Gu, F. (2024). A small molecule TrkB receptor agonist reduces thalamic damage following cortical ischemic stroke. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2024.

    • Book Chapter

  • Prince, D., Gu, F. (2024). Prohylaxis of epileptogenesis in injury and genetic epilepsy models. Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies. 5th edition.

    • Manuscript

  • Shu, H., Parada, I., Delgado, A., Prince, D., Gu, F. (2024). Increased excitatory connectivity and epileptogenesis in thrombospondin 1/2 knockout mice following cortical trauma. Neurobiology of Disease.
  • Bagley, J., Tan, Y., Zhu, W., Cheng, Z., Takeda, S., Fang, Z., Arslan, A., Gu, F., Jentsch, D., Prince, D., Peltz, G. (2023). Neuron Navigator 1 (Nav1) regulates the response to cocaine in mice. Communications Biology.
  • Gu, F., Parada, I., Yang, T., Longo, F., Prince, D. (2022). Chronic partial TrkB activation reduces seizures and mortality in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

    • Poster

  • Atkins, H., Bommineni, R., Bommineni, R., Delgado, A., Nguyen, M., Yasmine, S., You, Y., Li, L., Gu, F. (2024). Study of febrile seizures in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome. CENG-COS meeting 2024.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Root, D.D. (Principal), Bernardino, A. (Supporting), Ayre, B.G. (Supporting), McGarry, R.C. (Supporting), Shah, J. (Supporting), Dzialowski, E.M. (Supporting), Gu, F. (Supporting), Macias, V.M. (Supporting), Burleson, M. (Supporting), "COS 2025 Equipment Grant Program," sponsored by College of Science, Local, $78500 Funded. (2025).
  • Bautista, G.M. (Principal), Burggren, W. (Co-Principal), Crossley, D. (Co-Principal), Gu, F. (Co-Principal), "Cardiorespiratory and Neurological Responses of Dravet Syndrome Mice during Seizures Triggered by Enviornmental Stressors," sponsored by AERI at UNT, Local, $10000 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
  • Gu, F. (Principal), "COS/CENG seed grant," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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