2009-09 to 2013-07 Bachelor of Science: Peking University, School of Life Sciences
2014-01 to 2018-07 Ph.D.: National University of Singapore, School of Life Sciences (Supervisor: Cai Yu)
2018-10 to 2021-09 - Peking University Health Science Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher (Supervisor: Zhang Jing)
2021-12 to Present - Zhejiang University, The First Affiliated Hospital - Distinguished Associate Researcher
Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Department, Natural Science, Provincial Second Prize (2023): Innovation in the theory and mechanism of major brain disease diagnosis and treatment based on peripheral blood cell extracellular vesicles
Research
Mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease and Early Biomarker Research
Evolving insights into erythrocytes in synucleinopathies, Yang, Y.*, Nie, X.*, Wang, Y., Sun, J., Gao, X.#, & Zhang, J.#, 2024
Erythrocytic α-Synuclein and the Gut Microbiome: Kindling of the Gut-Brain Axis in Parkinson’s Disease, Yang,Y.*, Stewart, T.*, Zhang, C., Wang, P., Xu, Z., Jin, J., Huang, Y., Liu, Z., Lan, G., Liang, X., Sheng, L., Shi, M., Cai, Z., Zhang, J., 2024
Calcium Influx: An Essential Process by which α-Synuclein Regulates Morphology of Erythrocytes, Yang,Y*., Shi, M.*, Liu, X.*, Zhu, Q., Xu, Z., Liu, Z., Feng, T.#, Stewart, T.#, Zhang, J#., 2024
dRTEL1 is essential for the maintenance of Drosophila male germline stem cells, Yang, Y., Kong, R., Goh, F. G., Somers, W. G., Hime, G. R., Li, Z., & Cai, Y., 2021
MED13 and glycolysis are conserved modifiers of α-synuclein-associated neurodegeneration, Ren, M.#, Yang, Y.#, Heng, K. H. Y., Ng, L. Y., Chong, C. Y., Ng, Y. T., Gorur-Shandilya, S., Lee, R. M. Q., Lim, K. L., Zhang, J., & Koh, T. W., 2022
Reduced erythrocytic CHCHD2 mRNA is associated with brain pathology of Parkinson's disease, Liu, X.#, Wang, Q.#, Yang, Y.#, Stewart, T., Shi, M., Soltys, D., Liu, G., Thorland, E., Cilento, E. M., Hou, Y., Liu, Z., Feng, T., & Zhang, J., 2021
Par complex cluster formation mediated by phase separation, Liu, Z.#, Yang, Y.#, Gu, A.#, Xu, J., Mao, Y., Lu, H., Hu, W., Lei, Q. Y., Li, Z., Zhang, M., Cai, Y., & Wenyu Wen., 2020
Basal condensation of Numb and Pon complex via phase transition during Drosophila neuroblast asymmetric division, Shan, Z.#, Tu, Y.#,Yang, Y.#,Liu, Z., Zeng, M., Xu, H., Long, J., Zhang, M., Cai, Y., & Wenyu Wen., 2018
The structural basis of Miranda-mediated Staufen localization during Drosophila neuroblast asymmetric division, Jia M.#, Shan, Z.#, Yang, Y.#, Liu, C., Li, J., Luo, Z. G., Zhang, M., Cai, Y., Wen, W., &Wang, W., 2015
The Integrator complex desensitizes cellular response to TGF-β/BMP signaling, Liu, S., Baeg, G. H., Yang, Y., Goh, F. G., Bao, H., Wagner, E. J., Yang, X., & Cai, Y., 2023
Phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activator facilitates localization of Miranda through dephosphorylation in dividing neuroblasts, Zhang, F., Huang, Z.X., Bao, H., Cong, F., Wang, H., Chai, P.C., Xi, Y., Ge, W., Somers, W.G., Yang, Y. , Cai, Y., and Yang, X., 2016
Coordinated niche-associated signals promote germline homeostasis in the Drosophila ovary, Liu, Z., Zhong, G., Chai, P. C., Luo, L., Liu, S., Yang, Y., Baeg, G. H., & Cai, Y., 2015