Meet the Principal Investigator
Zhao Zhang, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Zhang obtained his B.S. in biotechnology from Shandong University in 2008. He received his Ph.D. in developmental biology in 2014 from the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the direction of Dr. Yun Zhao. He then joined the lab of Dr. Bruce Beutler at UT Southwestern for his post-doctoral training.
In 2020, Dr. Zhang became an Assistant Professor in the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at UT Southwestern with support from an NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00).
Current Lab Members
Yiao Jiang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
I received my Ph.D. degree from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2022 and joined the Zhang Lab after graduation. My work focused on the molecular mechanisms of several new genes in the development of obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases.
Xinyue Zhang
Undergraduate Student Assistant
I am an undergraduate student from Xiamen University and am currently an exchange student at the Zhang Lab through the Beutler Institute program. My research focuses on uncovering the molecular mechanisms of novel genes implicated in obesity in mice.
