Dr. Sheng Zhao

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University of California, Berkeley
Lance Kriegsfeld Lab, Neurobiology Research Laboratory
Department of Psychology
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
Assistant SpecialistAppointed: 2007
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Mailing Address

Lance Kriegsfeld Lab
Neurobiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
3210 Tolman Hall, University of California
Berkeley, California 94720
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (510) 643-9899
Fax: (510) 643-9899
shengzhao@berkeley.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2002.
B.S., Sichuan University, Biochemistry, 1997.
National Certification, Sichuan University, Software Engineer, 1995.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Development, Animal Models, Biochemistry, Biological Modeling, Brain Development, Cell Biology, Cognitive or Behavioral Models, Cognitive Science, Computational Biology, Computer Modeling, Computer Simulation or Modeling, Developmental Biology, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Genetics, Developmental Neurobiology, Developmental Psychology, Disease Model, Genetic Models, Human Development, Mathematical Modeling, Mathematical Modeling (Medical), Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Physiological or Development Process, Psychology, Signal Transduction, Transgenic Animals, Transgenics, Vision.

Additional Terms:

BioX, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Development, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Vision.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Chinese, Mandarin: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

New York Academy of Sciences
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Society for Neuroscience

Honors and Awards

2002-2002, Diao Scholarship for the Ph.D. Graduate, Diao Company, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai), Biochemistry/Cell Biology
2002-2002, Unilever Research & Development Fund Award, Unilever, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai), Biochemistry/Cell Biology
1996-1996, First Prize in the National Competition of Mathematics Modeling within Sichuan Province, National Education Department, Sichuan University, Mathematics

Previous Positions

2006-2007, Post-doctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley, Lance Kriegsfeld Lab, Neurobiology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
2004-2006, Post-doctoral fellow, Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences, Biological Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, Russell D. Fernald's Lab
2003-2004, Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences, Psychology, Program in Neuroscience, Russell D. Fernald's Lab
1997-2002, Graduate Student, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cellular Signal Transduction, Dr. Jianguo Song's Lab

Patents

Real-time PCR Miner (License, patent pending), Patent Number: S04-261 (Stanford license reference number), 2005, Institution, United States.

Publications

  • Zhao S, Kriegsfeld LJ (Jan 2009) Daily Changes in GT1-7 Cell Sensitivity to GnRH Secretagogues That Trigger Ovulation., Neuroendocrinology Abstract
  • Gibson EM, Humber SA, Jain S, Williams WP, Zhao S, Bentley GE, Tsutsui K, Kriegsfeld LJ (Oct 2008) Alterations in RFamide-related peptide expression are coordinated with the preovulatory luteinizing hormone surge., Endocrinology, 149 (10), 4958-69 Abstract
  • Korzan WJ, Robison RR, Zhao S, Fernald RD (Sep 2008) Color change as a potential behavioral strategy., Hormones and behavior, 54 (3), 463-70 Abstract
  • Zhao S, Korzan WJ, Chen CC, Fernald RD (Jan 2008) Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B and G inhibits the transcription of gonadotropin-releasing-hormone 1., Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 37 (1), 69-84 Abstract
  • Grone BP, Sheng Zhao, Chen CC, Fernald RD (Dec 2007) Localization and diurnal expression of melanopsin, vertebrate ancient opsin, and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide mRNA in a teleost retina., Journal of biological rhythms, 22 (6), 558-61 Abstract
  • Brill J, Lee M, Zhao S, Fernald RD, Huguenard JR (Jun 2006) Chronic valproic acid treatment triggers increased neuropeptide y expression and signaling in rat nucleus reticularis thalami., The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 26 (25), 6813-22 Abstract
  • Zhao S, Fernald RD (Oct 2005) Comprehensive algorithm for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction., Journal of computational biology : a journal of computational molecular cell biology, 12 (8), 1047-64 Abstract
  • Zhao S, Yang YN, Song JG (April 2004) Ceramide induces caspase-dependent and -independent apoptosis in A-431, Journal of Cellular Physiology, 199 (1), 47-56 Abstract
  • Yang Y, Zhao S, Song J (February 2004) Caspase-dependent apoptosis and -independent poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 36 (2), 223-34 Abstract
  • Chen HH, Zhao S, Song JG (May 2003) TGF-beta1 suppresses apoptosis via differential regulation of MAP kinases, Cell Death and Differentiation, 10 (5), 516-27 Abstract
  • Zhao S, Du XY, Chen JS, Zhou YC, Song JG (October 2002) Secretory phospholipase A(2) inhibits epidermal growth factor-induced, Experimental Cell Research, 279 (2), 354-64 Abstract
  • Zhao S, Du XY, Chai MQ, Chen JS, Zhou YC, Song JG (April 2002) Secretory phospholipase A(2) induces apoptosis via a mechanism involving, Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta, 1581 (3), 75-88 Abstract
  • Chai MQ, Chen JS, Zhao S, Song JG (Sep 2001) Propranolol increases phosphatidic acid level via activation of phospholipase D., Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 22 (9), 777-84 Abstract
  • Liao JH, Chen JS, Chai MQ, Zhao S, Song JG (June 2001) The involvement of p38 MAPK in transforming growth factor beta1-induced, Cell Research, 11 (2), 89-94 Abstract
  • Chen JS, Chai MQ, Chen HH, Zhao S, Song JG (November 2000) Regulation of phospholipase D activity and ceramide production in, Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta, 1488 (3), 219-32 Abstract
  • Zhou BH, Chen JS, Chai MQ, Zhao S, Liang J, Chen HH, Song JG (June 2000) Activation of phospholipase D activity in transforming growth, Cell Research, 10 (2), 139-49 Abstract

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