Zhe Zhang


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 ResearchProtein & CellPNASPLoS GeneticsCell 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.

http://www.qlyxhr.sdu.edu.cn/info/1002/2154.htm

 

 

Resource:

Dengke Ma Lab at University of California, San Francisco: https://malab.ucsf.edu/

Michael Shapira Lab at University of California, Berkeley: https://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/shapira/

Ding Xue Lab at University of Colorado Boulder: https://mcdbiology.colorado.edu/labs/xue/

Wenfei Li Lab at Shandong University: https://faculty.sdu.edu.cn/wenfeili

Education

2010.9 -- 2015.7

Tsinghua University       Biology       With Certificate of Graduation for Doctorate Study       Doctor

2006.9 -- 2010.7

Xi'an Jiaotong University       Bioengineering       University degree       Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Social Affiliations

2024.9 -- Now

Clinical medicine (5 year)-Class1-Grade24 Class Adviser

2022.1 -- Now

Section Editor of Psychosomatic Medicine Research  

2022.10 -- Now

Biomedical Sciences-Grade21-Academic Tutor

2021.9 -- Now

Clinical medicine (5 year)-Class2-Grade21 Class Adviser

Professional Experience

2016.10 -- 2021.01

University of California, San Francisco      Cardiovascular Research Institute      Postdoc      How genes control life processes in homeostasis and collagen secretion.

2015.10 -- 2016.09

University of California, Berkeley      Department of Integrative Biology      Postdoc      Regulation of gene expression at different life stages during aging