Areas of Focus
- Cell autophagy and tumor development
Academic Background & Achievements
- Published multiple academic papers in high-impact international journals
- Recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Science Fund
Publications
- Autophagy Regulates Chromatin Ubiquitination in DNA Damage Response through Elimination of SQSTM1/p62, Zhao Y*, 2016
- Increased Amino Acid Uptake Supports Autophagy-Deficient Cell Survival upon Glutamine Deprivation, Zhao Y*, 2018
- Serine/threonine Kinase Unc-51 Like Kinase-1 (Ulk1) Phosphorylates the Co-chaperone Cdc37 and Thereby Disrupts the Stability of Cdc37 Client Proteins, Zhao Y*, 2017
- Cytosolic FoxO1 is essential for the induction of autophagy and tumor suppressor activity, Zhao Y*, 2010
- XBP-1u suppresses autophagy by promoting the degradation of FoxO1 in cancer cells, Zhao Y*, 2013
Awards
- 2009: First Prize in Natural Science Award for Higher Education
- 2011: Second Prize in Chinese Medical Association Science and Technology Award
- 2016: Second Prize in Beijing Science and Technology Award