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Name

Zhang Zhirong

Contact Information

zhangzr@sustech.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Southern University of Science and Technology
Faculty	Medical School
Academic Background & Achievements	09/2007 - 07/2013 PhD in Zoology, Xiamen University Published over 24 research papers with more than 2000 citations, H-index of 16
Work Experience	12/2023 - Present, Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology 09/2013 - 11/2023, Postdoctoral Researcher, French Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC)
Awards	USIAS Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017 EMBO Meeting Travel Grant, Mannheim, Germany, 2016 EFSD/CDS/Lilly Project, 2013 National Scholarship, Inner Mongolia University, 2006

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Southern University of Science and Technology

Faculty

Medical School

Academic Background & Achievements

Work Experience

12/2023 - Present, Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
09/2013 - 11/2023, Postdoctoral Researcher, French Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC)

Awards

Areas of Focus	Molecular mechanisms of innate immune response activation Molecular mechanisms of pathogen-host interactions Pathogenesis of infectious diseases
Publications	KCNN4 links PIEZO-dependent mechanotransduction to NLRP3 inflammasome activation, Ran L, Ye T, Erbs E, Ehl S, Spassky N, Sumara I, Zhang Z, Ricci R, 2023 Distinct changes in endosomal composition promote NLRP3 inflammasome activation, Zhang Z, Venditti R, Ran L, Liu Z, Vivot K, Schurmann A, Bonifacino J, de Matteis A, Ricci R, 2023

Areas of Focus

Molecular mechanisms of innate immune response activation
Molecular mechanisms of pathogen-host interactions
Pathogenesis of infectious diseases

Publications

KCNN4 links PIEZO-dependent mechanotransduction to NLRP3 inflammasome activation, Ran L, Ye T, Erbs E, Ehl S, Spassky N, Sumara I, Zhang Z, Ricci R, 2023
Distinct changes in endosomal composition promote NLRP3 inflammasome activation, Zhang Z, Venditti R, Ran L, Liu Z, Vivot K, Schurmann A, Bonifacino J, de Matteis A, Ricci R, 2023

Innate Immunity Inflammasome Nlrp3 Pathogens Host Interactions Disease Mechanisms Molecular Biology Cell Biology Genetics Biochemistry

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