Position: Associate Professor

School/Academic Group: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Email: zhengyu.zhang@whu.edu.cn

Education：

2009 – 2013 Fudan University, B.S. in Biological Sciences

2013 – 2017 University of East Anglia (UEA, UK), Ph.D.

Working Experience：

2018 – Present Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Specially Appointed Researcher, Associate Professor

Research Interests:

Structural and Functional Studies of Proteins Involved in Microbial Membrane System Synthesis and Maintenance

Structural and Functional Studies of Proteins Related to Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Natural Products

Publications：

1.Gu Y*, Li H*, Dong H*, Zeng Y*, Zhang Z*, Paterson NG*, Stansfeld PJ*, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Wang W, Dong C. Structural basis of outer membrane protein insertion by the BAM complex. Nature. 2016 Mar 3; 531(7592): 64-9.

2.Dong H*, Zhang Z*, Tang X*, Paterson NG, Dong C. Structural and functional insights into the unusual lipopolysaccharide ABC transporter LptB2FG. Nature Commnucations. (2017 Aug 9;8(1):222.

3.Dong H*, Zhang Z*, Tang X*, Huang S, Li H, Peng B, Dong C. Structural insights into cardiolipin transfer from the Inner membrane to the outer membrane by PbgA in Gram-negative bacteria. Scientific Reports. 2016 Aug 4; 6: 30815.