Chemical Biology of Biological Aggregates in Membraneless Organelles and the Stressed Proteome
Prof. Xin Zhang
School of Science, School of Life Sciences, Westlake Laboratory, Westlake University
Prof. Xin Zhang is the Professor of Chemistry and Cell Biology at the Westlake University, Hangzhou. Prior to joining the faculty at Westlake in 2021, Zhang was the Paul & Mildred Berg Early Career Professor and associate professor of chemistry and of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Pennsylvania State University.
Prof. Zhang’s research is focused on the chemistry of biological aggregates formed by proteins and RNAs under physiological and pathological conditions. Zhang’s independent work has received multiple honors and awards, including Priestley Prize for undergraduate teaching in chemistry, Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences USA, CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award, NSF CAREER award, NIGMS MIRA, Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, Scialog Fellowship, Sloan Research Fellowship, the Lloyd and Dottie Huck Early Career Award, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface.
Date and Time: 1st Mar. 2023
14:00-15:30 Academic Consultation
15:30-16:30 Room A203-1, ZJE building
Host: Prof. Chaochen Wang
