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Weiwen Zhang

Weiwen Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
11515
World Ranking
12634
National Ranking
398

Overview

Weiwen Zhang is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses a wide array of subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Ecology; Immunology; and Economics and Econometrics.

The primary topics covered by Weiwen Zhang's work include:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Weiwen Zhang has published numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • "Effect of the carbon emissions trading policy on the co-benefits of carbon emissions reduction and air pollution control," 2022, Energy Policy
  • "An immune cell atlas reveals the dynamics of human macrophage specification during prenatal development," 2023, Cell
  • "Construction and analysis of an artificial consortium based on the fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 to produce the platform chemical 3-hydroxypropionic acid from CO2," 2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • "Engineering consortia by polymeric microbial swarmbots," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "CMV high-risk status and posttransplant outcomes in kidney transplant recipients treated with belatacept," 2020, American Journal of Transplantation

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, with the most common being:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Cities
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Collaboration is an important aspect of Weiwen Zhang's research, working often with several co-authors including:

  • Lei Chen (57 co-authored papers)
  • Tao Sun (34 co-authored papers)
  • Fangzhong Wang (16 co-authored papers)
  • Xinyu Song (15 co-authored papers)
  • Zhaoyingzi Dong (8 co-authored papers)

Best Publications

  • Integrating multiple 'omics' analysis for microbial biology: application and methodologies.

    Weiwen Zhang;Feng Li;Lei Nie

  • Metabolic flexibility of sulfate-reducing bacteria.

    Caroline M. Plugge;Weiwen Zhang;Johannes C. M. Scholten;Alfons J. M. Stams

  • Performance evaluation of a low-temperature solar Rankine cycle system utilizing R245fa

    X.D. Wang;L. Zhao;J.L. Wang;W.Z. Zhang

  • Correlation of mRNA Expression and Protein Abundance Affected by Multiple Sequence Features Related to Translational Efficiency in Desulfovibrio vulgaris: A Quantitative Analysis

    Lei Nie;Gang Wu;Weiwen Zhang

  • Integrative analysis of transcriptomic and proteomic data: challenges, solutions and applications.

    Lei Nie;Gang Wu;David E Culley;Johannes C M Scholten

  • WGCNA Application to Proteomic and Metabolomic Data Analysis.

    G. Pei;L. Chen;W. Zhang

  • Application of synthetic biology in cyanobacteria and algae.

    Bo Wang;Jiangxin Wang;Weiwen Zhang;Deirdre R. Meldrum

  • Correlation between mRNA and protein abundance in Desulfovibrio vulgaris: A multiple regression to identify sources of variations

    Lei Nie;Gang Wu;Weiwen Zhang

  • Crystal Structure of OxyB, a Cytochrome P450 Implicated in an Oxidative Phenol Coupling Reaction during Vancomycin Biosynthesis

    Katja Zerbe;Olena Pylypenko;Francesca Vitali;Weiwen Zhang

  • Engineering cyanobacteria for photosynthetic production of 3-hydroxybutyrate directly from CO2.

    Bo Wang;Shawn Pugh;David R. Nielsen;Weiwen Zhang

  • Quantitative iTRAQ LC–MS/MS Proteomics Reveals Metabolic Responses to Biofuel Ethanol in Cyanobacterial Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Jianjun Qiao;Jianjun Qiao;Jiangxin Wang;Jiangxin Wang;Lei Chen;Lei Chen;Xiaoxu Tian;Xiaoxu Tian

  • Chemicals to enhance microalgal growth and accumulation of high-value bioproducts.

    Xinheng Yu;Lei Chen;Weiwen Zhang

  • Reconstruction of xylose utilization pathway and regulons in Firmicutes

    Yang Gu;Yi Ding;Cong Ren;Zhe Sun

  • Predicted highly expressed genes in the genomes of Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces avermitilis and the implications for their metabolism

    Gang Wu;David E. Culley;Weiwen Zhang

  • Quantitative proteomics reveals dynamic responses of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to next-generation biofuel butanol.

    Xiaoxu Tian;Lei Chen;Lei Chen;Jiangxin Wang;Jiangxin Wang;Jianjun Qiao;Jianjun Qiao

  • Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analysis of an artificial microbial community for two-step production of vitamin C.

    Qian Ma;Jian Zhou;Weiwen Zhang;Xinxin Meng

  • Biosynthesis of platform chemical 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) directly from CO2 in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Yunpeng Wang;Tao Sun;Xingyan Gao;Mengliang Shi

  • Metabolomic and network analysis of astaxanthin-producing Haematococcus pluvialis under various stress conditions.

    Yingxue Su;Jiangxin Wang;Mengliang Shi;Xiangfeng Niu

  • Identification of two-component system AfsQ1/Q2 regulon and its cross-regulation with GlnR in Streptomyces coelicolor.

    Rui Wang;Yvonne Mast;Jin Wang;Weiwen Zhang

  • Distribution and evolution of multiple-step phosphorelay in prokaryotes: lateral domain recruitment involved in the formation of hybrid-type histidine kinases.

    Weiwen Zhang;Liang Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Gang Wu
Gang Wu St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sheng Yang
Sheng Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ying-Jin Yuan
Ying-Jin Yuan Tianjin University
Caroline M. Plugge
Caroline M. Plugge Wageningen University & Research
Guoping Zhao
Guoping Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
George C. Runger
George C. Runger Arizona State University
Johan H. J. Leveau
Johan H. J. Leveau University of California, Davis
Marina A. Gritsenko
Marina A. Gritsenko Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David G. Camp
David G. Camp Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dmitry A. Rodionov
Dmitry A. Rodionov Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

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