先后主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年基金项目，国家重大科学研究计划、国家高技术研究发展计划课题，上海市自然科学基金面上项目，上海市科委实验动物研究项目，上海市卫健委青年科研项目等。入选上海市领军人才（海外）和上海市浦江人才计划。已发表Cell Death & Differentiation、PNAS、Cerebral Cortex、Journal of Neuroscience、Translational Psychiatry、Cell Death and Disease等国际SCI论文43篇。
近5年代表性论文：
1. He CH, Song NN, Xie PX, Wang YB, Chen JY, Huang Y, Hu L, Li Z, Su JH, Zhang XQ, Zhang L*, Ding YQ*. 2023. Overexpression of EphB6 and EphrinB2 controls soma spacing of cortical neurons in a mutual inhibitory way. Cell Death Dis. 14:309. （*通讯作者）
2. Wang YB, Song NN, Ding YQ*, Zhang L*. 2023. Neural plasticity and depression treatment. IBRO Neurosci Rep. 14:160-184. （*通讯作者）
3. Hu L, Zhang L*. 2022. Adult neural stem cells and schizophrenia. World J Stem Cells. 14:219-230. （*通讯作者）
4. Zhang Q#, Zhang L#, Huang Y, Ma P, Mao B, Ding YQ, Song NN. 2021. Satb2 regulates the development of dopaminergic neurons in the arcuate nucleus by Dlx1. Cell Death Dis. 12:879. （#第一作者）
5. Wang XQ, Zhang L*, Xia ZY, Chen JY, Fang Y, Ding YQ*. 2021. PTEN in prefrontal cortex is essential in regulating depression-like behaviors in mice. Transl Psychiatry. 11:185. （*通讯作者）
6. Zhang L#*, Song NN#, Zhang Q#, Mei WY, He CH, Ma P, Huang Y, Chen JY, Mao B, Lang B, Ding YQ*. 2020. Satb2 is required for the regionalization of retrosplenial cortex. Cell Death Differ. 27:1604-1617. （#第一作者，*通讯作者）
7. Zhang L#, Jing H, Li H, Chen W, Luo B, Zhang H, Dong Z, Li L, Su H, Xiong WC, Mei L. 2020. Neddylation is critical to cortical development by regulating Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117:26448-26459. （#第一作者）
8. Song NN, Zhang Q, Huang Y, Chen L, Ding YQ*, Zhang L*. 2017. Enhanced dendritic morphogenesis of adult hippocampal newborn neurons in central 5-HT-deficient mice. Stem Cell Res. 19:6-11. （*通讯作者）
9. Song NN, Huang Y, Yu X, Lang B, Ding YQ*, Zhang L*. 2017. Divergent Roles of Central Serotonin in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis. Front Cell Neurosci. 11:185. （*通讯作者）
