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Name	Zhang Zhi
Contact Information	z_zhang@fudan.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Zhang Zhi

Contact Information

z_zhang@fudan.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Fudan University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	PhD: University of Amsterdam Postdoc: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Published 19 SCI papers in journals like Nature Communications, Nature Metabolism, eLife Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the American Women's Health Research Association Recipient of the Postdoctoral Award from the American Heart Association Nominated for the UCLA Postdoctoral Chancellor's Award
Work Experience	Current - Fudan University - Associate Research Fellow
Awards	Young Scientist Award from the American Women's Health Research Association Postdoctoral Award from the American Heart Association Nominated for the UCLA Postdoctoral Chancellor's Award

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Fudan University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

PhD: University of Amsterdam
Postdoc: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Published 19 SCI papers in journals like Nature Communications, Nature Metabolism, eLife
Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the American Women's Health Research Association
Recipient of the Postdoctoral Award from the American Heart Association
Nominated for the UCLA Postdoctoral Chancellor's Award

Work Experience

Current - Fudan University - Associate Research Fellow

Awards

Young Scientist Award from the American Women's Health Research Association
Postdoctoral Award from the American Heart Association
Nominated for the UCLA Postdoctoral Chancellor's Award

Areas of Focus	Neural regulation of energy metabolism by the central nervous system, with a focus on estrogen's role in the hypothalamus in regulating body temperature, food intake, and energy expenditure
Publications	The effects of estrogens on neural circuits that control temperature, Zhang Z, DiVittorio R. J, Joseph M. A, Correa M. S., 2021 Estrogen receptor alpha in the brain mediates tamoxifen-induced changes in physiology in mice, Zhang Z, Park J. W, Ahn I. S., Diamante G., Sivakumar N., Arneson D. V., Yang X., van Veen, J. E.# and Correa, S. M#., 2021 Estrogen-Sensitive Medial Preoptic Area Neurons Coordinate Torpor in Mice, Zhang Z, Reis FMCV, He Y, Park JW, DiVittorio JR, Sivakumar N, van Veen JE, Pereira S, Shum M, Anderson S, Nichols I, Paul K, Liesa M, Ajijola OA, Xu Y, Adhikari A, Correa SM., 2020 Administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of male rats mimics the metabolic cold defence response, Zhang Z, Machado F, Zhao L, Heinen CA, Foppen E, Ackermans MT, Zhou J, Bisschop PH, Boelen A, Fliers E, Kalsbeek A., 2018 Effects of chronic estrogen administration in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) on fat and bone metabolism in ovariectomized rats, Zhang Z, Liu J, Veldhuis-Vlug AG, Su Y, Foppen E, van der Eerden BC, Koedam M, Bravenboer N, Kalsbeek A, Boelen A, Fliers E, Bisschop PH., 2016 Metabolic effects of chronic T3 administration in the hypothalamic para-ventricular and ventromedial nucleus in male rats, Zhang Z, Foppen E, Su Y, Bisschop PH, Kalsbeek A, Fliers E, Boelen A., 2016 A model for chronic, intrahypothalamic thyroid hormone administration in rats, Zhang Z, Bisschop PH, Foppen E, van Beeren HC, Kalsbeek A, Boelen A, Fliers E., 2016

Areas of Focus

Neural regulation of energy metabolism by the central nervous system, with a focus on estrogen's role in the hypothalamus in regulating body temperature, food intake, and energy expenditure

Publications

The effects of estrogens on neural circuits that control temperature, Zhang Z, DiVittorio R. J, Joseph M. A, Correa M. S., 2021
Estrogen receptor alpha in the brain mediates tamoxifen-induced changes in physiology in mice, Zhang Z, Park J. W, Ahn I. S., Diamante G., Sivakumar N., Arneson D. V., Yang X., van Veen, J. E.# and Correa, S. M#., 2021
Estrogen-Sensitive Medial Preoptic Area Neurons Coordinate Torpor in Mice, Zhang Z, Reis FMCV, He Y, Park JW, DiVittorio JR, Sivakumar N, van Veen JE, Pereira S, Shum M, Anderson S, Nichols I, Paul K, Liesa M, Ajijola OA, Xu Y, Adhikari A, Correa SM., 2020
Administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of male rats mimics the metabolic cold defence response, Zhang Z, Machado F, Zhao L, Heinen CA, Foppen E, Ackermans MT, Zhou J, Bisschop PH, Boelen A, Fliers E, Kalsbeek A., 2018
Effects of chronic estrogen administration in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) on fat and bone metabolism in ovariectomized rats, Zhang Z, Liu J, Veldhuis-Vlug AG, Su Y, Foppen E, van der Eerden BC, Koedam M, Bravenboer N, Kalsbeek A, Boelen A, Fliers E, Bisschop PH., 2016
Metabolic effects of chronic T3 administration in the hypothalamic para-ventricular and ventromedial nucleus in male rats, Zhang Z, Foppen E, Su Y, Bisschop PH, Kalsbeek A, Fliers E, Boelen A., 2016
A model for chronic, intrahypothalamic thyroid hormone administration in rats, Zhang Z, Bisschop PH, Foppen E, van Beeren HC, Kalsbeek A, Boelen A, Fliers E., 2016

Neural Regulation Energy Metabolism Central Nervous System Estrogen Hypothalamus Body Temperature Food Intake Energy Expenditure Gene Editing Metabolic Diseases

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