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Zhen Liu
Neuroscience Chinese academy of sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Primate
Embryo
Development
Reproduction
Stem Cells
Genetic Tools
Brain
Cognition
Neuroscience
Research
Areas of Focus
- Primate Embryo Development, Reproductive Development, and Stem Cell Research
- Development and Application of Molecular Genetic Tools for Primate Brain Cognition
Work Experience
- 2017-2018 - Postdoctoral Training: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2018-present - Research Group Leader: Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010 - Bachelor of Science: Shandong Normal University
- 2017 - PhD: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2016 - Special Award of the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Developmental and stem cell biology's bright future, Lweis, J., Schuh, M., Hanna, J., Zernicka-Goetz, M., Srivastava, M., Tan, T., Behjati, S., Liu, Z., Petridou, N., Mendjan, S., 2024
- Live birth of chimeric monkey with high contribution from embryonic stem cells, Cao, J., Li, W., Li, J., Mazid, M., Li, C., Jiang, Y., Jia, W., Wu, L., Liao, Z., Sun, S., Song, W., Fu, J., Wang, Y., Lu, Y., Xu, Y., Nie, Y., Bian, X., Gao, C., Zhang, X., Zhang, L., Shang, S., Li, Y., Fu, L., Liu, H., Lai, J., Wang, Y., Yuan, Y., Jin, X., Li, Y., Liu, C., Lai, Y., Shi, X., Maxwell, P., Xu, X., Liu, L., Poo, M., Wang, X., Sun, Q.*, Esteban, M.*, Liu, Z*., 2023
- Cynomolgus monkey embryo model captures gastrulation and early pregnancy, Li, J., Zhu, Q., Cao, J., Liu, Y., Lu, Y., Sun, Y., Li, Q., Huang, Y., Shang, S., Bian, X., Li, C., Zhang, L., Wang, Y., Nie, Y., Fu, J., Li, W., Mazid, M., Yu, J., Wen, J., Wang, J., Xiao, W., Sun, Y., Estban, M., Sun, Q.*, Zhou, F.*, Liu, Z*., 2023
- Cloning of Macaque Monkeys by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, Liu, Z., Cai, Y., Wang, Y., Nie, Y., Zhang, C., Xu, Y., Zhang, X., Lu, Y., Wang, Z., Poo, M., Sun, Q.*, 2018
- Autism-like behaviours and germline transmission in transgenic monkeys overexpressing MeCP2, Liu, Z., Li, X., Zhang, T., Cai, Y., Cheng, L., Cheng, C., Wang, Y., Zhang, C., Nie, Y., Chen, Z., Bian, W., Zhang, L., Xiao, J., Lu, B., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Sang, X., Wu, J., Xu, X., Xiong, Z., Zhang, F., Yu, X., Gong, N., Zhou, W., Sun, Q.*, Qiu, Z.*, 2016
Awards
- 2024 - Young Scientist Award of the Neuroscience Society
- 2023 - Outstanding Young Researcher Award in Stem Cells
- 2023 - First Prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award
- 2021 - China Youth May Fourth Medal
- 2019 - Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Innovation Award
- 2019 - Top Ten Scientific Advances in China
