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Kun Zhang
Animal Sciences
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: Chinese, English
Embryo Development
Cattle
Genetics
Reproduction
Molecular Mechanisms
Gene Editing
In Vitro Production
Fertilization
Early Development
Biotechnology
Areas of Focus
- Early Embryonic Development in Cattle
- Animal Embryo Technology
Work Experience
- 2011-2015: Postdoctoral and Assistant Professor research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Michigan State University
- 2015-present: Researcher at Zhejiang University, Director of the Department of Animal Science, Deputy Director of the Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-2007: Bachelor's and Master's degrees from China Agricultural University
- 2011: Ph.D. from the University of Florida, Department of Animal Sciences
- 2011-2015: Postdoctoral and Assistant Professor research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Michigan State University
- 2015: Joined Zhejiang University, selected for the 'Hundred Talents Program'
Publications
- The lysine deacetylase activity of HDAC1/2 is required to safeguard zygotic genome activation in mice and cattle, Yanna Dang, Shuang Li, Panpan Zhao, Lieying Xiao, Lefeng Wang, Yan Shi, Lei Luo, Shaohua Wang, Huanan Wang, Kun Zhang, 2022
- Base editing in bovine embryos reveals a species-specific role of SOX2 in regulation of pluripotency, Lei Luo, Yan Shi, Huanan Wang, Zizengchen Wang, Yanna Dang, Shuang Li, Shaohua Wang, Kun Zhang, 2022
- The nucleolar protein NOP2 is required for nucleolar maturation and ribosome biogenesis during preimplantation development in mammals, Huanan Wang, Lefeng Wang, Zizengchen Wang, Yanna Dang, Yan Shi, Panpan Zhao, Kun Zhang, 2020
- Sin3a regulates the developmental progression through morula-to-blastocyst transition via Hdac1, Panpan Zhao, Shuang Li, Huanan Wang, Yanna Dang, Lefeng Wang, Tong Liu, Shaohua Wang, Xinhong Li, Kun Zhang, 2019
- KDM5-mediated redistribution of H3K4me3 is required for oocyte-to-embryonic transition in cattle, Yanna Dang, Lei Luo, Shi Yan, Shuang Li, Shaohua Wang, Kun Zhang, 2022
- Linker histone H1FOO is required for bovine preimplantation development by regulating lineage specification and chromatin structure, Shuang Li, Yan Shi, Yanna Dang, Bingjie Hu, Lieying Xiao, Panpan Zhao, Shaohua Wang, Kun Zhang, 2022
- NOTCH signaling pathway is required for bovine early embryonic development, Shuang Li, Yan Shi, Yanna Dang, Lei Luo, Bingjie Hu, Shaohua Wang, Huanan Wang, Kun Zhang, 2021
- Overlapping functions of RBBP4 and RBBP7 in regulating cell proliferation and histone H3.3 deposition during mouse preimplantation development, Lieying Xiao, Yanna Dang, Bingjie Hu, Lei Luo, Panpan Zhao, Shaohua Wang, Kun Zhang, 2022
- Essential roles of Hdac1 and 2 in lineage development and genome-wide DNA methylation during mouse preimplantation development, Panpan Zhao, Huanan Wang, Han Wang, Yanna Dang, Lei Luo, Shuang Li, Yan Shi, Lefeng Wang, Shaohua Wang, Jesse Mager, Kun Zhang, 2020
- Aminopeptidase N-null neonatal piglets are protected from transmissible gastroenteritis virus but not porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, Lei Luo, Shaohua Wang, Lin Zhu, Baochao Fan, Tong Liu, Lefeng Wang, Panpan Zhao, Yanna Dang, Pei Sun, Jianwen Chen, Yunhai Zhang, Xinjian Chang, Zhengyu Yu, Huanan Wang, Rongli Guo, Bin Li, Kun Zhang, 2019
Awards
- IETS Domestic Animal Biomedical Embryology Science SLAM Award, Runner up
- Lalor Foundation Merit Award (2012 Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) Annual Meeting)
- Trainee Research Award Finalist (2012 SSR Annual Meeting)
- Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund (LEMTTF) from SSR (2011 and 2012)
- USDA NIFA NRI Merit Award from SSR (2011 SSR Annual Meeting)
- National Outstanding Self-financed Student Scholarship (2010-2011)
- Shennong China Agricultural Science and Technology Award First Prize (2008, 15th contributor)
