Women Speakers Database
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Name
Wenwen Zeng -
Email
wenwenzeng@tsinghua.edu.cn -
Country/Region
China -
Institute
Tsinghua University -
Career Stage
New Faculty -
Website
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Research Interests
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Profile
Education
August 2003 – May 2009: Ph.D., Genetics and Development in Biomedical Sciences
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
September 1998 – July 2002: B.Sc., Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Tsinghua University, Beijing
Professional Experience
October 2014 – present, Principal Investigator
Institute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing
June 2011 – September 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow
Howard Hughes Medical Institute & The Rockefeller University, New York
December 2009 – May 2011, Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Discovery Immunology, Genentech Inc., San Francisco
Selective Publications
1. Hu Z, Deng N, Liu K, Zeng W. DLK mediates the neuronal intrinsic immune response and regulates glial reaction and neuropathic pain. Experimental Neurology. 2019 Dec; 322:113056.
2. Hu Z, Zeng W. Splenic leukocytes get the nerves up for myelopoiesis. Immunity. 2018 Jul; 49(1): 1-3. (preview)
3. Cao Y*, Wang H*, Wang Q, Han X, Zeng W. Three-dimensional volume fluorescence-imaging of vascular plasticity in adipose tissues. Molecular Metabolism. 2018 Aug; 14:71-81. (* first-authors contributed equally)
4. Wang Q*, Zhang S*, Liu T*, Wang H, Liu K, Wang Q, Zeng W. Sarm1/Myd88-5 regulates neuronal intrinsic immune response to traumatic axonal injuries. Cell Reports. 2018 Apr; 23(3): 716-724. (* first-authors contributed equally)
5. Cao Y, Wang H, Zeng W. Whole-tissue 3D imaging reveals intra-adipose sympathetic plasticity regulated by NGF-TrkA signal in cold-induced beiging. Protein & Cell. 2018 Jun; 9(6): 527-539.
6. Jiang H*, Ding X*, Cao Y, Wang H, Zeng W. Dense intra-adipose sympathetic arborizations are essential for cold-induced beiging of mouse white adipose tissues. Cell Metabolism. 2017 Oct; 26(4): 686-692.e3. (* first-authors contributed equally)