Weimin Zhang
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Dr. Zhang Weimin
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Dr. Weimin Zhang is a full professor at School of Life Sciences in Sun Yat-sen University. Dr. Zhang serves as the Secretary-General of the Chinese Society of Comparative Endocrinology. He has also served as the council member for the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology (AOSEC), and the Chinese Zoological Society. Dr. Zhang earned his PhD in the field of Zoology from Sun Yat-sen University in 1992. He was a visiting scientist at the Biochemistry Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from December 1993 to April 1994, and a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Connecticut from February 1996 to February 1999.
Dr. Zhang's research interests are focused on the endocrinological regulation of growth and reproduction in fish. His study on growth hormone (GH) secretion revealed for the first time the episodic secretory pattern of GH in fish, which was cited by the textbook《The Physiology of Fishes》(Evans, D. H. (editor)，CRC Press，1998). His study on the regulation and functions of aromatases in ricefield eels revealed that the epigenetic modifications including DNA methylation and histone deacetylation down-regulates the expression of cyp19a1a and blocks its response to gonadotropins in gonads during sex change. Cyp19a1b in Lh cells of the pituitary catalyzes the conversion of androgens to estrogens, which enhances greatly the expression of lhb during ovarian maturation. He was awarded the second and the first place prizes (the third accomplisher) of the Ministry of National Education Award of Progress of Science and Technology of China in 1997 and 2006, respectively.
Dr. Zhang's research interests are focused on the endocrinological regulation of growth and reproduction in fish. His study on growth hormone (GH) secretion revealed for the first time the episodic secretory pattern of GH in fish, which was cited by the textbook《The Physiology of Fishes》(Evans, D. H. (editor)，CRC Press，1998). His study on the regulation and functions of aromatases in ricefield eels revealed that the epigenetic modifications including DNA methylation and histone deacetylation down-regulates the expression of cyp19a1a and blocks its response to gonadotropins in gonads during sex change. Cyp19a1b in Lh cells of the pituitary catalyzes the conversion of androgens to estrogens, which enhances greatly the expression of lhb during ovarian maturation. He was awarded the second and the first place prizes (the third accomplisher) of the Ministry of National Education Award of Progress of Science and Technology of China in 1997 and 2006, respectively.