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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
103
Citations
52420
World Ranking
1290
National Ranking
26

Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
53221
World Ranking
7215
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kang Zhang is affiliated with Macau University of Science and Technology in China and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, plant science, food science, animal science and zoology, and immunology.

The scientist's work focuses on core topics such as genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant molecular biology research, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant disease resistance and genetics, plant gene expression analysis, plant virus research studies, and gut microbiota and health.

Recent significant publications by Kang Zhang include:

  • The genome evolution and low-phosphorus adaptation in white lupin, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Improved Brassica oleracea JZS assembly reveals significant changing of LTR-RT dynamics in different morphotypes, 2020, Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Large-scale gene expression alterations introduced by structural variation drive morphotype diversification in Brassica oleracea, 2024, Nature Genetics
  • Refining Cancer Management Using Integrated Liquid Biopsy, 2020, Theranostics
  • Construction of a high-density mutant population of Chinese cabbage facilitates the genetic dissection of agronomic traits, 2022, Molecular Plant

Kang Zhang collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Feng Cheng, Jianxi Li, Jingyan Zhang, Lingkui Zhang, and Shumin Chen, reflecting a broad collaborative network.

Key publication venues where Kang Zhang has contributed multiple works include:

  • The Plant Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Molecular Plant
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Kang Zhang's research integrates diverse aspects of molecular biology and plant science, contributing to both fundamental and applied scientific knowledge, particularly in genomics and gene expression allied to plant biology.

Among the recognitions received, Kang Zhang was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Identifying Medical Diagnoses and Treatable Diseases by Image-Based Deep Learning

    Daniel S. Kermany;Daniel S. Kermany;Michael Goldbaum;Wenjia Cai;Carolina C.S. Valentim

  • Genome-wide Methylation Profiles Reveal Quantitative Views of Human Aging Rates

    Gregory Hannum;Justin Guinney;Ling Zhao;Ling Zhao;Li Zhang

  • Nanoparticle biointerfacing by platelet membrane cloaking

    Che Ming J. Hu;Ronnie H. Fang;Kuei Chun Wang;Brian T. Luk

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • The practical implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in medicine.

    Jianxing He;Sally L. Baxter;Sally L. Baxter;Jie Xu;Jiming Xu

  • In vivo genome editing via CRISPR/Cas9 mediated homology-independent targeted integration

    Keiichiro Suzuki;Yuji Tsunekawa;Reyna Hernández-Benítez;Reyna Hernández-Benítez;Jun Wu;Jun Wu

  • Seven-year outcomes in ranibizumab-treated patients in ANCHOR, MARINA, and HORIZON: a multicenter cohort study (SEVEN-UP).

    Soraya Rofagha;Robert B. Bhisitkul;David S. Boyer;SriniVas R. Sadda

  • Sequence- and target-independent angiogenesis suppression by siRNA via TLR3

    Mark E. Kleinman;Kiyoshi Yamada;Atsunobu Takeda;Vasu Chandrasekaran

  • Vascular development in the retina and inner ear: Control by Norrin and frizzled-4, a high-affinity ligand-receptor pair

    Qiang Xu;Yanshu Wang;Alain Dabdoub;Philip M Smallwood

  • A Variant of the HTRA1 Gene Increases Susceptibility to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Zhenglin Yang;Nicola J. Camp;Hui Sun;Zongzhong Tong

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Sustained axon regeneration induced by co-deletion of PTEN and SOCS3

    Fang Sun;Kevin K. Park;Stephane Belin;Dongqing Wang

  • 3D printing of functional biomaterials for tissue engineering.

    Wei Zhu;Xuanyi Ma;Maling Gou;Deqing Mei

  • Drusen complement components C3a and C5a promote choroidal neovascularization

    Miho Nozaki;Brian J. Raisler;Eiji Sakurai;J. Vidya Sarma

  • Reprogramming of Human Primary Somatic Cells by OCT4 and Chemical Compounds

    Saiyong Zhu;Wenlin Li;Hongyan Zhou;Wanguo Wei

  • Circulating tumour DNA methylation markers for diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

    Rui Hua Xu;Wei Wei;Wei Wei;Michal Krawczyk;Wenqiu Wang

  • Direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts to neural progenitors

    Janghwan Kim;Jem A. Efe;Saiyong Zhu;Maria Talantova

  • Evaluation and accurate diagnoses of pediatric diseases using artificial intelligence

    Huiying Liang;Brian Y. Tsui;Hao Ni;Carolina C. S. Valentim

  • Direct Conversion of Fibroblasts to Neurons by Reprogramming PTB-Regulated microRNA Circuits

    Yuanchao Xue;Kunfu Ouyang;Jie Huang;Yu Zhou;Yu Zhou

  • Labeled Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Chest X-Ray Images for Classification

    Daniel Kermany;Kang Zhang;Michael Goldbaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenglin Yang
Zhenglin Yang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Donald J. Zack
Donald J. Zack Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert N. Weinreb
Robert N. Weinreb University of California, San Diego
Liangfang Zhang
Liangfang Zhang University of California, San Diego
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami
Douglas Vollrath
Douglas Vollrath Stanford University
Srinivas R. Sadda
Srinivas R. Sadda University of California, Los Angeles
Anthony T. Moore
Anthony T. Moore University of California, San Francisco
Michael A. Hauser
Michael A. Hauser Duke University
Shaochen Chen
Shaochen Chen University of California, San Diego

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