研究方向：

内外环境刺激（嗅觉信号、饥饿、环境毒物等）影响动物行为的机制

获批项目：

1. 面上项目（2023-2026）1项，获批金额54万

2. 省人才项目（2019-2022）1项，获批金额50万

3. 横向课题4项，获批金额共计70万

代表性论文：

1. Zhao H, Shi G, Qin R, Sun Y, Guo W, Shi R, Peng M, Yang J, Zhao J, Liu Q, Xiao J, Zhang K, Liu Q, Yang W^#, Liu H^#. Hungry for Knowledge: Octopamine Signaling Regulates Hunger-Enhanced Olfactory Learning. Advanced Science. 2026. 13(12): e13842. doi: 10.1002/advs.202513842.

2. Zhang K, Wang Y, Shu Z, Huang Y, Feng L, Yang W^#. The impact of maternal smoking during pregnancy on depressive and anxiety behaviors in offspring: a meta-analysis. Depression and Anxiety. 2025, 2168791. doi: 10.1155/da/2168791.

3. 冯理想，赵容乾，张奎，杨文星^#。从2^-ΔΔCT法到2^-CT法：一种更严谨的RT-qPCR数据分析策略。四川大学学报医学版。2025, 56(5):1405-1411. doi: 10.12182/20250960402.

4. Shi J, Zhang K, Xiao T, Yang J, Sun Y, Yang C, Dai H, Yang W^#. Exposure to disinfection by-products and risk of cancer: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2024. 270:115925.

5. Yang W*, Zhang D*, Li Z, Zhang K. Predictors of poor serologic response to COVID-19 vaccine in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Cancer. 2022. 172:41-50.

6. Yang W^#, Wu T, Tu S, Qin Y, Shen C, Li J, Choi MK, Duan F, Zhang Y^#. Redundant neural circuits regulate olfactory integration. PLoS Genet. 2022. 18(1):e1010029.

7. Hao Y*, Yang W*, Ren J, Hall Q, Zhang Y^#, Kaplan J.C.^# Thioredoxin shapes the C. elegans sensory response to Pseudomonas produced nitric oxide. eLife. 2018 Jul 17;7. pii: e36833. doi: 10.7554/eLife.36833.

8. Yang W, Tanaka Y, Bundo M, Hirokawa N. Antioxidant signaling involving the microtubule motor KIF12 is an intracellular target of nutrition excess in beta cells. Dev Cell. 31(2):202-14, 2014.