Areas of Focus
- Genetic editing tools and zebrafish disease models
- Cell cilia and embryonic and cardiac growth mechanisms
- Exploration of heart development and regeneration mechanisms
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and differentiation
Work Experience
- Current - Professor at East China Normal University, School of Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1990-1995: PhD, State University of New York, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- 1987-1989: Master's, Fudan University Medical College (formerly Shanghai Medical University)
- 1982-1987: Bachelor's, Fudan University Medical College (formerly Shanghai Medical University)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1995-2000)
Publications
- Improving adenine and dual base editors through introduction of TadA-8e and Rad51DBD, Xue N, Liu X, Zhang D, Wu Y, Zhong Y, Wang J, Fan W, Jiang H, Zhu B, Ge X, Gonzalez RVL, Chen L, Zhang S, She P, Zhong Z, Sun J, Chen X, Wang L, Gu Z, Zhu P, Liu M, Li D, Zhong TP, Zhang X, 2023
- Renal interstitial cells promote nephron regeneration by secreting prostaglandin E2, Liu X, Yu T, Tan X, Jin D, Yang W, Zhang J, Dai L, He Z, Li D, Zhang Y, Liao S, Zhao J, Zhong TP, Liu C, 2023
- Atf7ip and Setdb1 interaction orchestrates the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell state with diverse lineage differentiation, Wu J, Li J, Chen K, Liu G, Zhou Y, Chen W, Zhu X, Ni TT, Zhang B, Jin D, Li D, Kang L, Wu Y, Zhu P, Xie P, Zhong TP, 2023
Awards
- National Outstanding Youth Fund recipient
- Scientific Chinese Person of the Year (2014)
- Chief Scientist in National Major Scientific Research Plan on Heart Development
