Yang Zhenye
Professor
School of Life Sciences
University of Science and Technology of China
China
Biography
YANG Zhenye received his PhD in biological sciences from Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in 2005, a recepient of CAS President Special Award. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow and research scientist at the Wadsworth Center in New York and National Cancer Institute, from 2005 to 2012. He was selected into "Thousand Young Talent Program" of in 2012 and came to work in School of Life Sciences, University of Science & Technology of China. He has been doing research on tumor cell biology for over ten years.
Research Interest
1. Function of cell division regulators in tumor progression 2. Mechanism of anti-mitotic therapeutics and combination therapy 3. Roles of inflammation in anti-mitotic and target chemotherapy
Publications
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Yang Z., Loncarek J., Khodjakov A. and Rieder C. 2008. Extra centrosomes and/or chromosomes prolong mitosis in human cells. Nat .Cell Biol. 10: 748-751.
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Yang Z., Kenny A., Brito D. and Rieder C. 2009. Cells satisfy the mitotic checkpoint in Taxol, and do so faster in concentrations that stabilize syntelic attachments. J Cell Biol.186: 675-684.
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Wan Y, Yang Z, Guo J, Zhang Q, Zeng L, Song W, Xiao Y and Zhu X. 2012. Misfolded Gbeta2 is recruited to cytoplasmic dynein by Nudel for efficient clearance. Cell Res. doi: 10.1038/cr.2012.47
