2014 - Master's Degree: Anhui University (Joint training with the Institute of Zoology, CAS)
2018 - PhD: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology, CAS
Received national scholarship for joint training at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
2018-2021 - Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, PLA: Researcher
2021-present - Tongji University, School of Life Sciences and Technology: Professor under the 'Young 100 Talents Plan'
2016 - Included in 'China's Top Ten Scientific Progress' and 'Top Ten Advances in Life Sciences in China'
2019 - First Prize in Natural Science at the National Maternal and Child Health Science and Technology Award
Research
Paternal epigenetic inheritance RNA modifications and epigenetic regulation
Hypoxia induces alterations in tRNA modifications involved in translational control, Huanping Guo, Lin Xia, Wei Wang, Wei Xu, Xipeng Shen, Xiao Wu, Tong He, Xuelin Jiang, Yinying Xu, Pan Zhao, Dongmei Tan, Xi Zhang, Yunfang Zhang, 2023
Human circulating small non-coding RNA signature as a non-invasive biomarker in clinical diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, Lin Xia, Huanping Guo, Xiao Wu, Yinying Xu, Pan Zhao, Bingbing Yan, Yunjing Zeng, Yundi He, Dan Chen, Robert Peter Gale, Yunfang Zhang, Xi Zhang, 2023
Alteration of RNA modification signature in human sperm correlates with sperm motility, Huanping Guo, Xipeng Shen, Hua Hu, Peng Zhou, Tong He, Lin Xia, Dongmei Tan, Xi Zhang, Yunfang Zhang, 2022
Alterations of RNA Modification in Mouse Germ Cell-2 Spermatids Under Hypoxic Stress, Tong He, Huanping Guo, Lin Xia, Xipeng Shen, Yun Huang, Xiao Wu, Xuelin Jiang, Yinying Xu, Yi Tan, Yunfang Zhang, Dongmei Tan, 2022
Paternal High-Fat Diet Altered Sperm 5‘tsRNA-Gly-GCC Is Associated with Enhanced Gluconeogenesis in the Offspring, Bin Wang, Lin Xia, Dan Zhu, Hongtao Zeng, Bin Wei, Likui Lu, Weisheng Li, Yajun Shi, Jingliu Liu, Yunfang Zhang, Mao Sun, 2022
PANDORA-Seq expands the repertoire of regulatory small RNAs by overcoming RNA modifications, Junchao Shi, Yunfang Zhang, Dongmei Tan, Xudong Zhang, Menghong Yan, Ying Zhang, Marta Shahbazi, Kirsty Mackinlay, Reuben Franklin, Shichao Liu, Bemhard Kuhle, Emma R, James, Liwen Zhang, Yongcun Qu, Qiwei Zhai, Wenxin Zhao, Linlin Zhao, Changcheng Zhou, Weifeng Gu, Jernej Murn, Jingtao Guo, Douglas T. Carrell, Yingsheng Wang, Xuemei Chen, Bradley R. Cairms, Xianglei Yang, Paul Schimmel, Magdalena Zemicka-Goetz, Sihem Cheloufi, Ying Zhang, Tong Zhou, Qi Chen, 2021
Hypoxia-induced alteration of RNA modifications in the mouse testis and sperm, Tong He, Huanping Guo, Xipeng Shen, Xiao Wu, Lin Xia, Xuelin Jiang, Yinying Xu, Dan Chen, Yunfang Zhang, Dongmei Tan, Yi Tan, 2021
Sperm RNA code programmes the metabolic health of offspring, Yunfang Zhang, Junchao Shi, Minoo Rassoulzadegan, Francesca Tuorto, Qi Chen, 2019
tsRNAs: The Swiss Army Knife for Translational Regulation, Jun Chao Shi, Yunfang Zhang, Tong Zhou, Qi Chen, 2019
Molecular carriers of acquired inheritance: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, Junchao Shi, Yunfang Zhang, Qi Chen, 2016
Identification and characterization of an ancient class of small RNAs enriched in serum associating with active infection, Yunfang Zhang, Ying Zhang, Junchao Shi, He Zhang, Zhonghong Cao, Xuan Gao, Wanhua Ren, Yunna Ning, Lina Ning, Yujing Cao, Yongchang Chen, Weizhi Ji, Zi-jiang Chen, Qi Chen, Enkui Duan, 2014
Development of mouse preimplantation embryos in space, Xiaohua Lei, Yujing Cao, Baohua Ma, Yunfang Zhang, Lina Ning, Jingjing Qian, Liwen Zhang, Yongcun Qu, Tao Zhang, Dehong Li, Qi Chen, Junchao Shi, Xudong Zhang, Chiyuan Ma, Ying Zhang, Enkui Duan, 2020
Caffeine consumption during early pregnancy impairs oviductal embryo transport, embryonic development and uterine receptivity in mice, Jingjing Qian, Yunfang Zhang, Yongcun Qu, Liwen Zhang, Junchao Shi, Xudong Zhang, Shichao Liu, Kim BH, Hwang SJ, Tong Zhou, Qi Chen, Ward SM, Enkui Duan, Ying Zhang, 2018
Hormonal regulation of ovarian bursa fluid in mice and involvement of aquaporins, He Zhang, Ying Zhang, Huashan Zhao, Yunfang Zhang, Qi Chen, Hongying Peng, Li Lei Jingqiao Qiao, Junchao Shi, Zhonghong Cao, Enkui Duan, Yaping Jin, 2013