Areas of Focus
- Neuroprotection and Repair in Brain Ischemia
- Mechanisms of Glioma Formation
Work Experience
- 2020-09 to Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2019-08 to 2020-06 - University Hospital Regensburg, Germany - Assistant Researcher
- 2016-04 to 2019-07 - University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2011-07 to 2012-02 - University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland - Research Assistant
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012-03 to 2016-03 PhD: University of Basel
- 2009-09 to 2011-06 MSc: ETH Zurich
- 2005-09 to 2009-06 BSc: Sun Yat-sen University
Publications
- The immunomodulatory mechanism of acupuncture treatment for ischemic stroke: research progress, prospects, and future direction, Kuang H, Zhu X, Chen H, Tang H, Zhao H, 2024
- RBM3 Promotes Anti-inflammatory Responses in Microglia and Serves as a Neuroprotective Target of Ischemic Stroke, Zhao J, Liu S, Li K, Yang Y, Zhao Y, Zhu X, 2024
- Versatile strategies for adult neurogenesis: avenues to repair the injured brain, Zhao J, Liu S, Xiang X, Zhu X, 2024
- TREM2 promotes glioma progression and angiogenesis mediated by microglia/brain macrophages, Chen X, Zhao Y, Huang Y, Zhu K, Zeng F, Zhao J, Zhang H, Zhu X, Kettenmann H, Xiang X, 2023
- The Impact of Gut Microbiota on Post-Stroke Management, Zhao J, Liu S, Yan J, Zhu X, 2021
- The Trithorax group protein ASH1 requires a combination of BAH domain and AT hooks, but not the SET domain, for mitotic chromatin binding and survival, Steffen PA, Altmutter C, Dworschak E, Junttila S, Gyenesei A, Zhu X, Kockmann T, Ringrose L, 2021
- The RNA-Binding Protein RBM3 Promotes Neural Stem Cell (NSC) Proliferation Under Hypoxia, Yan J, Goerne T, Zelmer A, Guzman R, Kapfhammer JP, Wellmann S, Zhu X, 2019
- RBM3 promotes neurogenesis in a niche-dependent manner via IMP2-IGF2 signaling pathway after hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, Zhu X, Yan J, Bregere C, Zelmer A, Goerne T, Kapfhammer JP, Guzman R, Wellmann S, 2019
- Visualization of Protein-protein Interaction in Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Fractions by Co-immunoprecipitation and In Situ Proximity Ligation Assay, Zhu X, Zelmer A, Wellmann S, 2017
- Cold-inducible proteins CIRP and RBM3, a unique couple with activities far beyond the cold, Zhu X, Bührer C, Wellmann S, 2016
- Cold-inducible RBM3 inhibits PERK phosphorylation through cooperation with NF90 to protect cells from endoplasmic reticulum stress, Zhu X, Zelmer A, Kapfhammer JP, Wellmann S, 2016
- The analysis of neurovascular remodeling in entorhino-hippocampal organotypic slice cultures, Chip S, Zhu X, Kapfhammer JP, 2014