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Wei-Jun Yang
Life Science
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: English, Chinese, Japanese
Extreme Environments
Stem Cells
Quiescence
Trna
Histone Methylation
Tumor Stem Cells
Tissue Stem Cells
Cell Cycle Arrest
Diapause
Artemia
Areas of Focus
- Special life processes in extreme environments and stem cell quiescence mechanisms
Work Experience
- 2002/12-Present, Zhejiang University, School of Life Sciences, Professor
- 2000/6-2002/12, University of West Florida, Department of Biology, Visiting Researcher
- 1998/5-2000/4, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Researcher
- 1997/4-1998/5, RIKEN, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 1985/8-1991/4, Tianjin Fisheries Research Institute, Assistant Engineer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1994/3–1997/4, PhD: Tokyo University
- 1992/3–1994/4, Master's: Tokyo University
- 1981/9–1985/6, Bachelor's: Xiamen Fisheries College
- Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2002
Publications
- Identification and characterization of a Masculinizer (Masc) gene involved in sex differentiation in Artemia, Dong-Rui Li, Hui-Li Ye, Jin-Shu Yang, Fan Yang, Mo-Ran Wang, Stephanie De Vos, Marnik Vuylsteke, Patrick Sorgeloos, Gilbert Van Stappen, Peter Bossier and Wei-Jun Yang, 2017
- Molecular characterization and functional analyses of a diapause hormone receptor-like gene in parthenogenetic Artemia, Hui-Li Ye, Dong-Rui Li, Jin-Shu Yang, Dian-Fu Chen, Stephanie De Vos, Marnik Vuylsteke, Patrick Sorgeloos, Gilbert Van Stappen, Peter Bossier, Hiromichi Nagasawa and Wei-Jun Yang, 2017
