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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
20688
World Ranking
5898
National Ranking
2789

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jin Zhang is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine.

Their work focuses on several subfields, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Physiology
  • Cell Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Jin Zhang's research topics cover areas such as:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence Research
  • Cellular Transport and Secretion

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues including:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Plant Disease

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Impairs Endothelial Function via Downregulation of ACE 2, 2021, Circulation Research
  • Liquid-liquid phase separation drives cellular function and dysfunction in cancer, 2022, Nature reviews. Cancer
  • Phase Separation of a PKA Regulatory Subunit Controls cAMP Compartmentation and Oncogenic Signaling, 2020, Cell
  • Liquid-liquid phase separation: Orchestrating cell signaling through time and space, 2021, Molecular Cell
  • An ultrasensitive biosensor for high-resolution kinase activity imaging in awake mice, 2020, Nature Chemical Biology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Sohum Mehta
  • Brian Tenner
  • Yanghao Zhong
  • Xin Zhou
  • Jinfan Zhang

Jin Zhang has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in both 2007 and 2014.

Best Publications

  • Creating new fluorescent probes for cell biology.

    Jin Zhang;Robert E. Campbell;Alice Y. Ting;Alice Y. Ting;Roger Y. Tsien

  • Genetically encoded reporters of protein kinase A activity reveal impact of substrate tethering

    Jin Zhang;Yuliang Ma;Susan S. Taylor;Roger Y. Tsien

  • Nitric Oxide in the Nervous System

    J. Zhang;S. H. Snyder

  • A genetically encoded fluorescent reporter reveals oscillatory phosphorylation by protein kinase C

    Jonathan D Violin;Jin Jin Zhang;Roger Y. Tsien;Alexandra C Newton

  • The Growing and Glowing Toolbox of Fluorescent and Photoactive Proteins.

    Erik A. Rodriguez;Robert E. Campbell;John Y. Lin;Michael Z. Lin

  • Fluorescent indicators of cAMP and Epac activation reveal differential dynamics of cAMP signaling within discrete subcellular compartments.

    Lisa M. DiPilato;Xiaodong Cheng;Jin Zhang

  • SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Impairs Endothelial Function via Downregulation of ACE 2.

    Yuyang Lei;Jiao Zhang;Jiao Zhang;Cara R. Schiavon;Ming He

  • Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensors Illuminate the Spatiotemporal Regulation of Signaling Networks.

    Eric C. Greenwald;Sohum Mehta;Jin Zhang

  • Insulin disrupts β-adrenergic signalling to protein kinase A in adipocytes

    Jin Zhang;Jin Zhang;Christopher J. Hupfeld;Susan S. Taylor;Jerrold M. Olefsky

  • Genetically-encodable Fluorescent Biosensors for Tracking Signaling Dynamics in Living Cells

    Robert H. Newman;Matthew D. Fosbrink;Jin Zhang

  • Subcellular dynamics of protein kinase A activity visualized by FRET-based reporters.

    Michael D. Allen;Jin Zhang

  • A phosphorylation-dependent intramolecular interaction regulates the membrane association and activity of the tumor suppressor PTEN

    Meghdad Rahdar;Takanari Inoue;Tobias Meyer;Jin Zhang

  • β2-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling and Desensitization Elucidated by Quantitative Modeling of Real Time cAMP Dynamics

    Jonathan D. Violin;Lisa M. DiPilato;Necmettin Yildirim;Timothy C. Elston

  • Spatio-temporal dynamics of protein kinase B/Akt signaling revealed by a genetically encoded fluorescent reporter

    Maya T. Kunkel;Qiang Ni;Roger Y. Tsien;Jin Zhang

  • Phase Separation of a PKA Regulatory Subunit Controls cAMP Compartmentation and Oncogenic Signaling.

    Jason Z. Zhang;Tsan Wen Lu;Lucas M. Stolerman;Brian Tenner

  • A genetically encoded near-infrared fluorescent calcium ion indicator

    Yong Qian;Kiryl D Piatkevich;Benedict Mc Larney;Ahmed S Abdelfattah

  • Widely accessible method for superresolution fluorescence imaging of living systems

    Peter Dedecker;Gary C. H. Mo;Thomas Dertinger;Jin Zhang

  • PI3K/Akt signaling requires spatial compartmentalization in plasma membrane microdomains

    Xinxin Gao;Pamela R. Lowry;Xin Zhou;Charlene Depry

  • Visualization of PKA activity in plasma membrane microdomains

    Charlene Depry;Michael D. Allen;Michael D. Allen;Jin Zhang

  • ERRATUM: CREATING NEW FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR CELL BIOLOGY

    Jin Zhang;Robert E. Campbell;Alice Y. Ting;Alice Y. Ting;Roger Y. Tsien

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongfan Liu
Zhongfan Liu Peking University
Andre Levchenko
Andre Levchenko Yale University
Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Y. Tsien University of California, San Diego
Liming Xie
Liming Xie National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
JoAnn Trejo
JoAnn Trejo University of California, San Diego
Philip A. Cole
Philip A. Cole Brigham and Women's Hospital
Zhaowei Liu
Zhaowei Liu University of California, San Diego
Yingying Zhang
Yingying Zhang Tsinghua University

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