1985-08 to 1986-07 Master's: Aix-Marseille University
1980-09 to 1984-06 Bachelor's: Shandong Normal University
2015-06 to Present - Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Professor
2012-01 to 2015-05 - Faculty of Science, Aix-Marseille University - Vice Dean
2010-06 to 2011-12 - Faculty of Science, Aix-Marseille II University - Dean
2008-05 to 2010-05 - Faculty of Science, Aix-Marseille II University - Vice Dean
1999-07 to 2015-05 - Aix-Marseille University - Professor
1990-08 to 1999-06 - Louis Pasteur University - Lecturer
1989-07 to 1990-07 - University of Zurich - Postdoctoral Researcher
Research
Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria Synthetic Biology
Global translational control by the transcriptional repressor TrcR in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2023
A c-di-GMP binding effector controls cell size in a cyanobacterium, Chengcai Zhang, 2023
Control of Cell Size by c-di-GMP Requires a Two-Component Signaling System in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2023
Global translational control by the transcriptional repressor TrcR in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2023
Global translational control by the transcriptional repressor TrcR in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2023
Iron stress on the expression of microcystin synthetase McyC and McyI, Chengcai Zhang, 2023
Carbon cycle in the microbial ecosystems of biological soil crusts, Chengcai Zhang, 2022
The Making of a Heterocyst in Cyanobacteria Annual Review of Microbiology, Chengcai Zhang, 2022
A tRNA t6A modification system contributes to the sensitivity towards the toxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2022
Life is short, and art is long: RNA degradation in cyanobacteria and model bacteria, Chengcai Zhang, 2022
Three-dimensional coordination of cell-division site positioning in a filamentous cyanobacterium, Chengcai Zhang, 2022
A proteolytic pathway coordinates cell division and heterocyst differentiation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2022
HetF Protein Is a New Divisome Component in a Filamentous and Developmental Cyanobacterium, Chengcai Zhang, 2021
The developmental regulator PatD modulates assembly of the cell-division protein FtsZ in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2021
c-di-GMP Homeostasis Is Critical for Heterocyst Development in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2021
Functions of the Essential Gene mraY in Cellular Morphogenesis and Development of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2021
RNA Interference by Cyanobacterial Feeding Demonstrates the SCSG1 Gene Is Essential for Ciliogenesis during Oral Apparatus Regeneration in Stentor, Chengcai Zhang, 2021
Functions of the Essential Gene mraY in Cellular Morphogenesis and Development of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2021
The Proposed Neurotoxin β-N-Methylamino-l-Alanine (BMAA) Is Taken up through Amino-Acid Transport Systems in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2020
Functional Dissection of Genes Encoding DNA Polymerases Based on Conditional Mutants in the Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2020
The Proposed Neurotoxin beta-N-Methylamino-l-Alanine (BMAA) Is Taken up through Amino-Acid Transport Systems in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2020
Expanding the potential of crispr-cpf1-based genome editing technology in the cyanobacterium anabaena pcc 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2019
patD, a Gene Regulated by NtcA, Is Involved in the Optimization of Heterocyst Frequency in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2019
Preventing Accidental Heterocyst Development in Cyanobacteria, Chengcai Zhang, 2019
Coordinating carbon and nitrogen metabolic signaling through the cyanobacterial global repressor NdhR, Chengcai Zhang, 2018
Carbon/Nitrogen Metabolic Balance: Lessons from Cyanobacteria, Chengcai Zhang, 2018
Three Substrains of the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp Strain PCC 7120 Display Divergence in Genomic Sequences and hetC Function, Chengcai Zhang, 2018
Diversity of Growth Patterns Probed in Live Cyanobacterial Cells Using a Fluorescent Analog of a Peptidoglycan Precursor, Chengcai Zhang, 2018
Protein Kinase Inhibitors as Potential Antimicrobial Drugs Against Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV, Chengcai Zhang, 2017
Structural insights into HetR-PatS interaction involved in cyanobacterial pattern formation, Chengcai Zhang, 2015
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Based on Interaction of PII and PipX Proteins Provides a Robust and Specific Biosensor for 2-Oxoglutarate, a Central Metabolite and a Signaling Molecule., Chengcai Zhang, 2014
ATPase as a switch in P II signal transduction, Chengcai Zhang, 2013
Exploring the size limit of protein diffusion through the periplasm in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 using the 13 kDa iLOV fluorescent protein, Chengcai Zhang, 2013
The inositol monophosphatase All2917 (IMPA1) is involved in osmotic adaptation in Anabaena sp PCC7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2012
Characterization of Two Critical Residues in the Effector-Binding Domain of NtcA in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp Strain PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2011
Identification of the oriC region and its influence on heterocyst development in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2011
Structural basis for the allosteric control of the global nitrogen-regulating transcription factor NtcA by the nitrogen starvation signal 2-oxoglutarate., Chengcai Zhang, 2010
hetR and patS, two genes necessary for heterocyst pattern formation, are widespread in filamentous non heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria, Chengcai Zhang, 2009
Mutual Regulation of ntcA and hetR during Heterocyst Differentiation Requires Two Similar PP2C-Type Protein Phosphatases, PrpJ1 and PrpJ2, in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2009
Cloning and characterization of the fecC gene necessary for optimal growth under iron-deficiency conditions in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Chengcai Zhang, 2004
Research progress on signal transduction system of cyanobacteria, Chengcai Zhang, 2003
Life is short, and art is long: RNA degradation in cyanobacteria and model bacteria, Chengcai Zhang, 2022
