Areas of Focus
- Bacterial pathogenesis and resistance mechanisms
- Molecular mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria
- Antimicrobial resistance gene spread and epidemiology
Work Experience
- 2018.12-Present - China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine - Professor
- 2016.03-2018.12 - China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine - Associate Professor
- 2012.05-2016.03 - Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007.08-2012.05 PhD: Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine
- 2003.09-2006.07 Master's: China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine
- 1999.09-2003.07 Bachelor's: China Agricultural University College of Biology
- Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
Publications
- Genomic Insights into the Increased Occurrence of Campylobacteriosis Caused by Antimicrobial-Resistant Campylobacter coli, Shen Z, 2022
- Characterization of a Novel Gene, srpA, Conferring Resistance to Streptogramin A, Pleuromutilins, and Lincosamides in Streptococcus suis, Shen Z, 2022
- Distinct increase in antimicrobial resistance genes among Escherichia coli during 50 years of antimicrobial use in livestock production in China, Shen Z, 2022
- Co-transfer of mcr-8 with blaNDM-1 or tmexCD1-toprJ1 by plasmid hybridisation, Shen Z, 2022
- Genomic Shift in Population Dynamics of mcr-1-positive Escherichia coli in Human Carriage, Shen Z, 2022
- Structural diversity of the ISCR2-mediated rolling-cycle transferable unit carrying tet(X4), Shen Z, 2022
- Distribution and spread of the mobilised RND efflux pump gene cluster tmexCD-toprJ in clinical Gram-negative bacteria: a molecular epidemiological study, Shen Z, 2022
- Genomic Insight into the Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus Suis - Six Countries, 2011-2019, Shen Z, 2021
- Epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis reveals Flavobacteriaceae as potential ancestral source of tigecycline resistance gene tet(X), Shen Z, 2020
- Peptide nucleic acid restores colistin susceptibility through modulation of MCR-1 expression in Escherichia coli, Shen Z, 2020
- Emerging Carriage of NDM-5 and MCR-1 in Escherichia coli From Healthy People in Multiple Regions in China: A Cross Sectional Observational Study, Shen Z, 2018
- Heterogeneous and Flexible Transmission of mcr-1 in Hospital-Associated Escherichia coli, Shen Z, 2018
- Rapid Increase in Prevalence of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and Emergence of Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-1 in CRE in a Hospital in Henan, China, Shen Z, 2018
- Emergence of a Potent Multidrug Efflux Pump Variant That Enhances Campylobacter Resistance to Multiple Antibiotics, Shen Z, 2016
- Identification and functional analysis of two toxin-antitoxin systems in Campylobacter jejuni, Shen Z, 2016