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Name	Zhenfeng Zhang
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Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Beijing

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Name

Zhenfeng Zhang

Contact Information

zhangzf@im.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2001-09--2006-12 Ph.D.: Nankai University 1997-09--2001-07 Bachelor's: Shandong University
Work Experience	2010-07~2020-06 - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology - Associate Researcher 2007-03~2010-07 - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology - Assistant Researcher
Awards	CAS Distinguished Research Fellow (2021): Institute (School) Outstanding Editor Award (2021): Frontiers in Microbiology Best Poster Award (2013): Thermophiles 2013 Best Poster Award (2009): Thermophiles 2009

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2001-09--2006-12 Ph.D.: Nankai University
1997-09--2001-07 Bachelor's: Shandong University

Work Experience

2010-07~2020-06 - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology - Associate Researcher
2007-03~2010-07 - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology - Assistant Researcher

Awards

CAS Distinguished Research Fellow (2021): Institute (School)
Outstanding Editor Award (2021): Frontiers in Microbiology
Best Poster Award (2013): Thermophiles 2013
Best Poster Award (2009): Thermophiles 2009

Areas of Focus	Genetic mechanisms of extremophiles Synthetic biology of extremophiles Archaeal viruses
Publications	Lysine Methylation Modulates the Interaction of Archaeal Chromatin Protein Cren7 With DNA, Corresponding Author, 2022 Essentiality of core hydrophobicity to the structure and function of archaeal chromatin protein Cren7, Corresponding Author, 2022 A Novel Family of Winged-Helix Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Proteins from Archaea, Corresponding Author, 2022 Biochemical and structural characterization of a KTSC family single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Euryarchaea, Corresponding Author, 2022 Isolation and Characterization of the First Temperate Virus Infecting Psychrobacillus from Marine Sediments, 4th Author, 2022 Interaction of the Escherichia coli HU Protein with Various Topological Forms of DNA, 2nd Author, 2021 Archaeal Chromatin Proteins Cren7 and Sul7d Compact DNA by Bending and Bridging, 1st Author, 2020 Inhibition of K-Ras4B-plasma membrane association with a membrane microdomain-targeting peptide, 2nd Author, 2020 探秘生命的第三种形式--我国古菌研究之回顾与展望, 7th Author, 2019 Architectural roles of Cren7 in folding crenarchaeal chromatin filament, 1st Author, 2019 Novel Sulfolobus Virus with an Exceptional Capsid Architecture, 9th Author, 2018 Roles of leu28 side chain intercalation in the interaction between cren7 and dna, 1st Author, 2017 Sequence-Dependent T:G Base Pair Opening in DNA Double Helix Bound by Cren7, a Chromatin Protein Conserved among Crenarchaea, 2nd Author, 2016 Genome Sequencing of Sulfolobus sp. A20 from Costa Rica and Comparative Analyses of the Putative Pathways of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism in Various Sulfolobus Strains, 3rd Author, 2016 Akmt catalyzes extensive protein lysine methylation in the hyperthermophilic archaeon sulfolobus islandicus but is dispensable for the growth of the organism, 5th Author, 2016 Cleavage of The Double-strand Region in Alkali-denatured Supercoiled Plasmid pBR322 Leads to DNA Nodes, Corresponding Author, 2016 DNA Condensation Induced by Transciption of tet A-cfa ABCE in Escherichia coli topA Mutant, Corresponding Author, 2015 Insights into the interaction between Cren7 and DNA: the role of loop beta 3-beta 4, 1st Author, 2015 Structural and functional characterization of the C-terminal catalytic domain of SSV1 integrase, 4th Author, 2012 Archaeal chromatin proteins, 1st Author, 2012 Identification and Characterization of a Highly Conserved Crenarchaeal Protein Lysine Methyltransferase with Broad Substrate Specificity, 2nd Author, 2012 Structural insights into the interaction of the crenarchaeal chromatin protein Cren7 with DNA, 1st Author, 2010 在拓扑异构酶Ⅰ缺失的大肠杆菌中拓扑异构酶Ⅲ参与高负超螺旋的消除, 1st Author, 2009 Biochemical and structural characterization of Cren7, a novel chromatin protein conserved among Crenarchaea, 3rd Author, 2008 Visualization of alkali-denatured supercoiled plasmid DNA by atomic force microscopy, 2nd Author, 2008 大肠杆菌topA-菌株中质粒pBR322的超凝集结构, 1st Author, 2007

Areas of Focus

Genetic mechanisms of extremophiles
Synthetic biology of extremophiles
Archaeal viruses

Publications

Lysine Methylation Modulates the Interaction of Archaeal Chromatin Protein Cren7 With DNA, Corresponding Author, 2022
Essentiality of core hydrophobicity to the structure and function of archaeal chromatin protein Cren7, Corresponding Author, 2022
A Novel Family of Winged-Helix Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Proteins from Archaea, Corresponding Author, 2022
Biochemical and structural characterization of a KTSC family single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Euryarchaea, Corresponding Author, 2022
Isolation and Characterization of the First Temperate Virus Infecting Psychrobacillus from Marine Sediments, 4th Author, 2022
Interaction of the Escherichia coli HU Protein with Various Topological Forms of DNA, 2nd Author, 2021
Archaeal Chromatin Proteins Cren7 and Sul7d Compact DNA by Bending and Bridging, 1st Author, 2020
Inhibition of K-Ras4B-plasma membrane association with a membrane microdomain-targeting peptide, 2nd Author, 2020
探秘生命的第三种形式--我国古菌研究之回顾与展望, 7th Author, 2019
Architectural roles of Cren7 in folding crenarchaeal chromatin filament, 1st Author, 2019
Novel Sulfolobus Virus with an Exceptional Capsid Architecture, 9th Author, 2018
Roles of leu28 side chain intercalation in the interaction between cren7 and dna, 1st Author, 2017
Sequence-Dependent T:G Base Pair Opening in DNA Double Helix Bound by Cren7, a Chromatin Protein Conserved among Crenarchaea, 2nd Author, 2016
Genome Sequencing of Sulfolobus sp. A20 from Costa Rica and Comparative Analyses of the Putative Pathways of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism in Various Sulfolobus Strains, 3rd Author, 2016
Akmt catalyzes extensive protein lysine methylation in the hyperthermophilic archaeon sulfolobus islandicus but is dispensable for the growth of the organism, 5th Author, 2016
Cleavage of The Double-strand Region in Alkali-denatured Supercoiled Plasmid pBR322 Leads to DNA Nodes, Corresponding Author, 2016
DNA Condensation Induced by Transciption of tet A-cfa ABCE in Escherichia coli topA Mutant, Corresponding Author, 2015
Insights into the interaction between Cren7 and DNA: the role of loop beta 3-beta 4, 1st Author, 2015
Structural and functional characterization of the C-terminal catalytic domain of SSV1 integrase, 4th Author, 2012
Archaeal chromatin proteins, 1st Author, 2012
Identification and Characterization of a Highly Conserved Crenarchaeal Protein Lysine Methyltransferase with Broad Substrate Specificity, 2nd Author, 2012
Structural insights into the interaction of the crenarchaeal chromatin protein Cren7 with DNA, 1st Author, 2010
在拓扑异构酶Ⅰ缺失的大肠杆菌中拓扑异构酶Ⅲ参与高负超螺旋的消除, 1st Author, 2009
Biochemical and structural characterization of Cren7, a novel chromatin protein conserved among Crenarchaea, 3rd Author, 2008
Visualization of alkali-denatured supercoiled plasmid DNA by atomic force microscopy, 2nd Author, 2008
大肠杆菌topA-菌株中质粒pBR322的超凝集结构, 1st Author, 2007

Extremophiles Genetic Mechanisms Synthetic Biology Archaea Viruses Dna Replication Dna Repair Chromosome Organization Host Cell Lysis Thermophiles

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