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Name

Weihao Shang

Contact Information

whshang@cmu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, Japanese, English

Province

Liaoning

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	China Medical University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	Doctor of Medicine: China Medical University Member of the Japanese Society for Molecular and Biochemical Research Member of the Japanese Cancer Society
Work Experience	Former Special Researcher at Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Former Special Researcher at National Institute of Genetics (NIG), Japan Assistant Professor at Osaka University, Japan
Awards	Research Grant from the Japan-China Medical Association Special Research Grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

China Medical University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

Work Experience

Awards

Research Grant from the Japan-China Medical Association
Special Research Grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Areas of Focus	Nucleolar Localization and Biological Significance of Histone Molecular Chaperones Molecular Mechanisms of Nucleolar and Intracellular Homeostasis
Publications	Association of M18BP1/KNL2 with CENP-A Nucleosome Is Essential for Centromere Formation in Non-mammalian Vertebrates, Hori T, Shang WH, Hara M, Ariyoshi M, Arimura Y, Fujita R, Kurumizaka H, Fukagawa T., 2017 Acetylation of histone H4 Lysine 5 and 12 is required for CENP-A deposition into centromeres, Shang WH, Hori T, Westhorpe FG, Godek KM, Toyoda A, Misu S, Monma N, Ikeo K, Carroll CW, Takami Y, Fujiyama A, Kimura H, Straight AF, Fukagawa T., 2016 Histone H4 Lys 20 monomethylation of the CENP-A nucleosome is essential for kinetochore assembly, Hori T, Shang WH, Toyoda A, Misu S, Monma N, Ikeo K, Molina O, Vargiu G, Fujiyama A, Kimura H, Earnshaw WC, Fukagawa T., 2014 Chromosome engineering allows the efficient isolation of vertebrate neocentromeres, Shang WH, Hori T, Martins NM, Toyoda A, Misu S, Monma N, Hiratani I, Maeshima K, Ikeo K, Fujiyama A, Kimura H, Earnshaw WC, Fukagawa T., 2013 The CCAN recruits CENP-A to the centromere and forms the structural core for kinetochore assembly, Hori T, Shang WH, Takeuchi K, Fukagawa T., 2013 Chickens possess centromeres with both extended tandem repeats and short non-tandem-repetitive sequences, Shang WH, Hori T, Toyoda A, Kato J, Popendorf K, Sakakibara Y, Fujiyama A, Fukagawa T., 2010

Areas of Focus

Nucleolar Localization and Biological Significance of Histone Molecular Chaperones
Molecular Mechanisms of Nucleolar and Intracellular Homeostasis

Publications

Association of M18BP1/KNL2 with CENP-A Nucleosome Is Essential for Centromere Formation in Non-mammalian Vertebrates, Hori T, Shang WH, Hara M, Ariyoshi M, Arimura Y, Fujita R, Kurumizaka H, Fukagawa T., 2017
Acetylation of histone H4 Lysine 5 and 12 is required for CENP-A deposition into centromeres, Shang WH, Hori T, Westhorpe FG, Godek KM, Toyoda A, Misu S, Monma N, Ikeo K, Carroll CW, Takami Y, Fujiyama A, Kimura H, Straight AF, Fukagawa T., 2016
Histone H4 Lys 20 monomethylation of the CENP-A nucleosome is essential for kinetochore assembly, Hori T, Shang WH, Toyoda A, Misu S, Monma N, Ikeo K, Molina O, Vargiu G, Fujiyama A, Kimura H, Earnshaw WC, Fukagawa T., 2014
Chromosome engineering allows the efficient isolation of vertebrate neocentromeres, Shang WH, Hori T, Martins NM, Toyoda A, Misu S, Monma N, Hiratani I, Maeshima K, Ikeo K, Fujiyama A, Kimura H, Earnshaw WC, Fukagawa T., 2013
The CCAN recruits CENP-A to the centromere and forms the structural core for kinetochore assembly, Hori T, Shang WH, Takeuchi K, Fukagawa T., 2013
Chickens possess centromeres with both extended tandem repeats and short non-tandem-repetitive sequences, Shang WH, Hori T, Toyoda A, Kato J, Popendorf K, Sakakibara Y, Fujiyama A, Fukagawa T., 2010

Nucleolar Histone Molecular Chaperones Biological Significance Homeostasis Molecular Mechanisms Chromosome Biology Genetics Cell Biology Epigenetics

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