Zhang, Sheng (Faculty Profile)

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Sheng Zhang	Associated Profiles
Associate Professor, Center for Metabolic & Degenerative Disease, UT Health Science Center at Houston

Sarofim Research Building, Room No.: 430H
sheng.zhang@uth.tmc.edu 713-500-3493 Web Link
Drosophila, Autophagy, Huntington Disease, Nerve Tissue Proteins

Professional Preparation
Research and Expertise
Affiliations
Appointments

Professional Preparation

Degree	Major	Institution	Year
PhD		Yale University School of Medicine	2001
MS		Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry
BS		Beijing University

Research and Expertise

Research Interests

With a rapidly growing aging population, society is facing a mounting challenge from aging-related neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. Our laboratory is interested in two questions that are important for these brain disorders: (1) what is the normal function of disease-causative genes?; (2) what regulates the formation of aggregates? We are using Drosophila, commonly known as the fruit fly and one of the best-studied genetic organisms, as a model system to address these questions. Currently our study focuses on Huntington's (HD) and Parkinson's diseases.

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Affiliations

Research Consortia

GCC Cluster for Cellular and Molecular Biophysics

Appointments

Title	Department / School	Institution
Associate Professor	Metabolic & Degenerative Disease	UT Health Science Center at Houston

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