Biography

Zhe Zhang, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor; Taishan Scholar of Shandong Province  (Youth Expert Program) , Group Leader of “Cellular metabolism and disease” Innovation Team of Shandong Province, Qilu Scholar of Shandong University.

Zhe received Ph.D. degree in Biology from Tsinghua University in July 2015. In October 2015, Zhe joined the department of Integrative Biology as a Postdoc fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. 

In October 2016, Zhe served in the Cardiovascular Institute as the Postdoc fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. 

In January 2021, Zhe joined the Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medicine, Shandong University, and was 

hired as a professor, doctoral supervisor and "Cheeloo Young Scholar".

Our research group primarily focuses on investigating the mechanisms of diseases caused by metabolic disorders and aging. We utilize cutting-edge gene editing technologies and integrate high-throughput genetic screening platforms using the model organism C. elegans. By combining various advanced techniques from biochemistry and molecular biology, we employ an interdisciplinary approach to dissect fundamental biological processes such as extracellular matrix remodeling and cellular homeostasis maintenance. Our findings are then applied to understand and intervene in the roles of cellular stress responses and homeostasis maintenance in relevant diseases.

Our results have been published in journals such as Science Advances, Cell Research, Protein & Cell, PNAS, PLoS Genetics, Cell Reports and Cellular Signalling.

Currently, our team is supported by the Shandong Province University Young Innovation Team Project. We also have funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), the Shandong Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund (Overseas), the Shandong Province Taishan Scholar Young Expert Program, and the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Youth Program).

1. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program);

2. Selected in the Taishan Scholars Youth Expert Program of Shandong Province;

3. Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Youth Program);

4. Hired as "Cheeloo Young Scholar" (First Level) of Shandong University;

5. Enrolled in the Shandong Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas);

6. Funded as the Leader of “Cellular metabolism and disease” Innovation Team of Shandong Province;

7. Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project, Shandong University;

8. Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project, Cheeloo Medical School of Shandong University;

Position available for assistant investigator, master, Ph.D. student and postdoctoral research fellow.