Chen Zhang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Education: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Ph.D.)
czhang40@bwh.harvard.edu

Kim SJ, Lee KM, Park SH, Yang T, Sone I, Rai F, Hoshino R, Yun M, Zhang C, Kim JI, Lee S, Suh GS, Niwa R, Park ZY, and Kim YJ. A sexually transmitted sugar orchestrates reproductive responses to nutritional stress. Nature Communications 2024, 15; 8477.

Yan K, Zhang C, Kang J, Montenegro P, Shen J. Cortical neurodegeneration caused by Psen1 mutations is independent of Aβ. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2024, 121 (34): e2409343121.

Kang J*, Zhang C*, Wang Y, Peng J, Berger B, Perrimon N, Shen J. Lipophorin receptors genetically modulate neurodegeneration caused by reduction of Psn expression in the aging Drosophila brain. Genetics 2024, 226 (1): iyad202. *Co-first author.

Kim YJ, Zhang C. Neuronal mechanisms that regulate vitellogenesis in the fruit fly. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 2022, 61 (1), 109-11.

Zhang C, Kim AJ, Rivera Pérez C, Noriega FG and Kim YJ. The insect somatostatin pathway gates vitellogenesis progression during reproductive maturation and the post-mating response. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 969.

Daubnerová I, Roller L, Satake H, Zhang C, Kim YJ and Žitňan D. Identification and function of ETH receptor networks in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Scientific Reports 2021, 11 (1):11693.

Zhang C, Daubnerova I, Jang YH, Kondo S, Žitnan D and Kim YJ. The neuropeptide allatostatin C from clock-associated DN1p neurons generates the circadian rhythm for oogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2021, 118 (4):e2016878118.

Lee HJ, Choi HW, Zhang C, Park ZY, and Kim YJ. A pair of oviduct-born pickpocket neurons important for egg-laying in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecules and Cells 2016, 39 (7):573-579.

Lee KM, Daubnerová I, Isaac RE, Zhang C, Choi SK, Chung JK, Kim. YJ. A neuronal pathway that controls sperm ejection and storage in female Drosophila. Current Biology 2015, 25 (6):790-797.