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Zhihui He
Life Science
Shanghai Normal University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Photosynthesis
Cyanobacteria
Plants
Molecular Mechanisms
Efficiency
Ion Channels
Chloroplasts
Mitochondria
Regulation
Biochemistry
Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms regulating photosynthetic efficiency in cyanobacteria and plants
- Function of ion channels in chloroplasts and mitochondria
Work Experience
- 2024-Present - Shanghai Normal University - Associate Professor
- 2019-2023 - Washington University in St. Louis, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher/Project Scientist
- 2016-2019 - Pennsylvania State University, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2013-2016 - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007-2013 PhD: Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2003-2007 Bachelor: Beijing Normal University
Publications
- Structural and functional analysis of human pannexin 2 channel, He, Z., Zhao, Y., Rau, M., Fitzpatrick, J.A.J., Sah, R., Hu, H., Yuan, P., 2023
- Structure and function of the human mitochondrial MRS2 channel, He, Z., Tu, Y.C., Tsai, C.W., Mount, J., Zhang, J., Tsai, M.F., Yuan, P., 2023
- Cryo-EM structures of the ATP release channel pannexin 1, Deng, Z., He, Z., Maksaev, G., Bitter, R.M., Rau, M., Fitzpatrick, J.A.J., Yuan, P., 2020
- Reaction centers of the thermophilic microaerophile, Chloracidobacterium thermophilum (Acidobacteria) I: biochemical and biophysical characterization, He, Z., Ferlez, B.H., Kurashov, V., Tank, M., Golbeck, J.H., Bryant, D.A., 2019
- Functional characterization of the subunits N, H, J, and O of the NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complexes in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803, He, Z., Mi, H., 2016
- NdhM subunit is required for the stability and the function of NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complexes involved in CO2 uptake in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803, He, Z., Xu, M., Wu, Y., Lv. J., Fu, P., Mi, H., 2016
- NDH-1L interacts with ferredoxin via the subunit NdhS in Thermosynechococcus elongatus, He, Z., Zheng, F., Wu, Y., Li, Q., Lv, J., Fu, P., Mi, H., 2015
- Comparative analysis of the chloroplast proteomes of a wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) single seed descent line and its parents, He, Z., Li, H.W., Shen, Y., Li, Z-S., Mi, H., 2013
- NdhV subunit regulates the activity of type-1 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase under high light conditions in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Chen, X., He, Z., Xu, M., Peng, L., Mi, H., 2016
- Two-dimensional 67Zn HYSCORE spectroscopy reveals that a Zn-bacteriochlorophyll aP′dimer is the primary donor (P840) in the type-1 reaction centers of Chloracidobacterium thermophilum, Charles, P., Kalendra, V., He, Z., Khatami, M.H., Golbeck, J.H., van der Est, A., Lakshmi, K.V., Byrant, D.A., 2020
- 15N photo-CIDNP MAS NMR analysis of reaction centers of Chloracidobacterium thermophilum, Zill, J.C., He, Z., Tank, M., Ferlez, B.H., Canniffe, D.P., Lahav, Y., Bellstedt, P., Alia, A., Schapiro, I., Golbeck, J.H., Bryant, D.A., Matysik, J., 2018
- Presence of a [3Fe–4S] cluster in a PsaC variant as a functional component of the photosystem I electron transfer chain in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, Pérez, A.A., Ferlez, B.H., Applegate, A.M., Walters, K., He, Z., Shen, G., Golbeck, J.H., Bryant, D.A., 2017
Awards
- 2024: Shanghai Magnolia Youth Talent Plan
- 2016-2019: Shanghai Sailing Plan
