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Xuechen Zhu
Basic Medical Sciences
Peking University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Embryonic Development
Oocyte Maturation
Polarity
Tissue Differentiation
Neural Induction
Molecular Mechanisms
Animal Models
Congenital Disease
Pathogenesis
Research
Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms in early embryonic development including oocyte maturation, polarity establishment, tissue differentiation, and neural induction
- Construction of animal models for congenital disease and research on pathogenesis
Work Experience
- 2023 Apr - Present - Peking University, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences - Associate Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008 Sep - 2012 Jun Bachelor: Sichuan University
- 2012 Sep - 2017 Oct PhD: Tsinghua University
- 2017 Dec - 2019 Dec Postdoctoral Researcher: Tsinghua University
- 2020 Jan - 2023 Mar Postdoctoral Researcher: Westlake University
Publications
- Near-atomic Structure of the Cytoplasmic Ring of the Xenopus laevis Nuclear Pore Complex, Zhu X*, Huang G*, Zeng C*, Zhan X*, Liang K*, Zhao Y, Wang P, Wang Q, Zhou Q, Tao Q, Liu M, Lei J, Yan C, Shi Y, 2022
- Cryo-EM structure of the nuclear ring from Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex, Huang G*, Zhan X*, Zeng C*, Zhu X*, Liang K*, Zhao Y, Wang P, Wang Q, Zhou Q, Tao Q, Liu M, Lei J, Yan C, Shi Y, 2022
- Cryo-EM structure of the Inner Ring from Xenopus laevis Nuclear Pore Complex, Huang G*, Zhan X*, Zeng C*, Liang K*, Zhu X*, Zhao Y, Wang P, Wang Q, Zhou Q, Tao Q, Liu M, Lei J, Yan C, Shi Y, 2022
- Lysosomal degradation of the maternal dorsal determinant Hwa safeguards dorsal body axis formation, Zhu X*, Wang P*, Wei J, Li Y, Zhai J, Zheng T, Tao Q, 2021
- The cytokine FAM3B/PANDER is an FGFR ligand that promotes posterior development in Xenopus, Zhang F*, Zhu X*, Wang P*, He Q, Huang H, Zheng T, Li Y, Jia H, Xu L, Zhao H, Colozza G, Tao Q, De Robertis EM, Ding Y, 2021
