E-mail: zhangjl22(AT)m.fudan
Research Direction: Structural Basis of RAN translation; Protein Design Based on Machine Learning
Brief Biography:
Education:
September 2023 – August 2024
Yale University (Joint Training and Exchange Program)
September 2022 – Present
Fudan University
September 2018 – June 2022
Huazhong Agricultural University
B.Sc. in Seed Science and Engineering
Selected Publications
(1) Shen X#, Zhang J#, Sun P, Zhong H, He R, Wang S, Guo X, Yang, H. Mechanistic insight into Manganese Transport by SLC30A10, Nature Communications, 2025, 16:8581
(2) Zhang J#, Shen X#*, Wu Y#, Lu Q, Gordiyenko Y, Li L, Guo Z, Wang X, Zhong H, Li X*, Wang T*, Yang H*. Repeat-expanded C9orf72 mRNA engages the human ribosome to initiate non-AUG translation. LTS preprint, 2026
(3) Shen X#, He R#, Zhong H, Sun P, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Yang H*. (2025). Oxa1L buffers mitochondrial vulnerability by coupling translation to membrane insertion. bioRxiv 2025.12.22.696118
(4) Ding X, Yu L, Chen L, Li Y, Zhang J, Sheng H, Ren Z, Li Y, Yu X, Jin S, Cao J. Recent Progress and Future Prospect of CRISPR/Cas-Derived Transcription Activation (CRISPRa) System in Plants. Cells. 2022 Sep 28;11(19):3045. doi: 10.3390/cells11193045.
Awards & Honors
Academic Scholarship for PhD Students, Institute of Brain Science and Translational Medicine, Fudan University (2026)
Dean's Special Scholarship, Institute of Brain Science and Translational Medicine, Fudan University (2026)
Academic Scholarship for PhD Students, Institute of Brain Science and Translational Medicine, Fudan University (2025)
Outstanding PhD Candidate Scholarship, Institute of Brain Science and Translational Medicine, Fudan University (2024)
Academic Scholarship for Master Students, Institute of Brain Science and Translational Medicine, Fudan University (2024)
Excellent Academic Scholarship for Master Students, Institute of Brain Science and Translational Medicine, Fudan University (2023)
Academic Scholarship for Master Students, Institute of Brain Science and Translational Medicine, Fudan University (2023)
Excellent Academic Scholarship for Master Students, Institute of Brain Science and Translational Medicine, Fudan University (2022)
Merit Student, Huazhong Agricultural University (2020)
First-Class Academic Excellence Scholarship, Huazhong Agricultural University (2019)