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Name	Manfei Zhang
Contact Information	zhangmanfei@sjtu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Manfei Zhang

Contact Information

zhangmanfei@sjtu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Faculty	Bio-X Research Institute
Academic Background & Achievements	2006-2012 Bachelor: Fudan University 2012-2018 Doctorate: Fudan University 2018-2022 Postdoctoral: Fudan University, Institute of Human Phenome Published 16 SCI papers with a total of 160 citations First/Co-first author in prestigious journals like Nature Genetics, PLOS Genetics
Work Experience	2018-2022 - Fudan University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Awards	2018: Shanghai Outstanding Graduate 2017: National Scholarship 2017: Fudan University 'Super Postdoctoral' 2017: CK-Research Award for Skin Physiology

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Faculty

Bio-X Research Institute

Academic Background & Achievements

2006-2012 Bachelor: Fudan University
2012-2018 Doctorate: Fudan University
2018-2022 Postdoctoral: Fudan University, Institute of Human Phenome
Published 16 SCI papers with a total of 160 citations
First/Co-first author in prestigious journals like Nature Genetics, PLOS Genetics

Work Experience

2018-2022 - Fudan University - Postdoctoral Researcher

Awards

2018: Shanghai Outstanding Graduate
2017: National Scholarship
2017: Fudan University 'Super Postdoctoral'
2017: CK-Research Award for Skin Physiology

Areas of Focus	Digital quantification and database construction of craniofacial phenotypes Formation mechanism and genetic evolution of appearance trait differences Association between craniofacial phenotypes and mental health and their regulatory mechanisms
Publications	Genetic variants underlying differences in facial morphology in East Asian and European populations, Zhang M, Wu S, Du S, Qian W, Chen J, et. al., 2022 Genetic evidence for facial variation being a composite phenotype of cranial variation and facial soft tissue thickness, Qian W, Zhang M, Wan K, Xie Y, Du S, et. al., 2022 Genome-wide association studies and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing identify regulatory variants influencing eyebrow thickness in humans, Wu S, Zhang M, Yang X, Peng F, Zhang J, et. al., 2018 A Genome-Wide Association Study of Basal Transepidermal Water Loss Finds that Variants at 9q34.3 Are Associated with Skin Barrier Function, Zhang M, Li B, Wu S, Tan J, Yang Y, et. al., 2017 Large-scale genome-wide scans do not support petaloid toenail as a Mendelian trait, Zhang M, Wu S, Zhang J, Yang Y, Tan J, et. al., 2016 Genomic insights into the formation of human populations in East Asia, Wang CC, Yeh HY, Popov AN, Zhang HQ, Matsumura H, … , Zhang M, He G, Yang X, Hu R, Robbeets M, Schiffels S, Kennett DJ, Jin L, Li H, Krause J, Pinhasi R, Reich D., 2021 A genome-wide association study of facial morphology identifies novel genetic loci in Han Chinese, Huang Y, Li D, Qiao L, Liu Y, Peng Q, Wu S, Zhang M, et. al., 2021 Genome-wide scans reveal variants at EDAR predominantly affecting hair straightness in Han Chinese and Uyghur populations, Wu S, Tan J, Yang Y, Peng Q, Zhang M, et. al., 2016 EDARV370A associated facial characteristics in Uyghur population revealing further pleiotropic effects, Peng Q, Li J, Tan J, Yang Y, Zhang M, et. al., 2016

Areas of Focus

Digital quantification and database construction of craniofacial phenotypes
Formation mechanism and genetic evolution of appearance trait differences
Association between craniofacial phenotypes and mental health and their regulatory mechanisms

Publications

Genetic variants underlying differences in facial morphology in East Asian and European populations, Zhang M*, Wu S*, Du S*, Qian W*, Chen J, et. al., 2022
Genetic evidence for facial variation being a composite phenotype of cranial variation and facial soft tissue thickness, Qian W*, Zhang M*, Wan K*, Xie Y*, Du S, et. al., 2022
Genome-wide association studies and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing identify regulatory variants influencing eyebrow thickness in humans, Wu S*, Zhang M*, Yang X*, Peng F, Zhang J, et. al., 2018
A Genome-Wide Association Study of Basal Transepidermal Water Loss Finds that Variants at 9q34.3 Are Associated with Skin Barrier Function, Zhang M*, Li B*, Wu S, Tan J, Yang Y, et. al., 2017
Large-scale genome-wide scans do not support petaloid toenail as a Mendelian trait, Zhang M*, Wu S*, Zhang J*, Yang Y*, Tan J, et. al., 2016
Genomic insights into the formation of human populations in East Asia, Wang CC*, Yeh HY*, Popov AN*, Zhang HQ*, Matsumura H, … , Zhang M, He G, Yang X, Hu R, Robbeets M, Schiffels S, Kennett DJ, Jin L, Li H, Krause J, Pinhasi R, Reich D., 2021
A genome-wide association study of facial morphology identifies novel genetic loci in Han Chinese, Huang Y*, Li D*, Qiao L, Liu Y, Peng Q, Wu S, Zhang M, et. al., 2021
Genome-wide scans reveal variants at EDAR predominantly affecting hair straightness in Han Chinese and Uyghur populations, Wu S*, Tan J*, Yang Y*, Peng Q, Zhang M, et. al., 2016
EDARV370A associated facial characteristics in Uyghur population revealing further pleiotropic effects, Peng Q*, Li J*, Tan J*, Yang Y*, Zhang M, et. al., 2016

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