Vector Biology Group 

CN
​Heng Zhang

Education

2010-2016 National University of Singapore, PhD

2006-2010 Sun Yat-sen University, BS

 

Work Experience

2023-present Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Research Associate

2016-2022 Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Research Fellow

2011-2016 Temasek Life Sciences LaboratoryJunior Research Fellow

Publications (*co-first author)

• Zhang H*, Trueman LE*, Hou X*, Chew DX, Deng L, Liew J, Chia T, Xi Z, Tan CH and Cai Y. (2023). Different mechanisms of X-ray irradiation-induced male and female sterility in Aedes aegypti. BMC Biology, 21(1):274.

• Bu S*, Lau SSY*, Yong WL*, Zhang H*, Bashirullah A and Yu F. (2023). Polycomb group genes are required for neuronal pruning in Drosophila. BMC Biology, 21(1):33.

• Zhang H, Goh FG, Ng LC, Chen CH and Cai Y. (2023). Aedes aegypti exhibits a distinctive mode of late ovarian development. BMC Biology, 21(1):11.

• Ng SH*, Zhang H*, Goh FG*, Ng LC, Ji L and Cai Y. (2021). Induced hatching of quiescent Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) eggs by labile glutathione-stabilizable compounds from yeast extract. J Med Entomol, 58(2), 956-960.

• Chew LY*, Zhang H*, He J and Yu F. (2021). The Nrf2-Keap1 pathway is activated by steroid hormone signaling to govern neuronal remodeling. Cell Reports, 36(5), 109466.

• Zhang H*, Wang Y*, Wong JJ, Lim KL, Liou YC, Wang H and Yu F. (2014). Endocytic pathways downregulate the L1-type cell adhesion molecule neuroglian to promote dendrite pruning in Drosophila. Developmental Cell, 30(4), 463-478.