Yubo Zhang, Ph.D 
The Thousand Talents Plan, Youth, China 
Principle Investigator 
Agricultural Genomics Institute at ShenZhen 
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 
China

Education

PhD, in hydrobiology, Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. (2004-2007).

M.S., in Molecular Biology and Animal Breeding, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. (2001-2004).

B.S., in Animal husbandry, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. (1996-2000).

Selected publication

Yubo Zhang, Chee Hong Wong, Ramon Birnbaum, Guoliang Li, Rebecca Favaro, Chew Yee Nyan, Eunice Tai, Joanne Lim Hui Ping, Huay Mei Poh, Fabianus Hendriyan Mulawadi, Silvia Nicolis, Nadav Ahituv, Yijun Ruan and Chia-Lin Wei. Dynamic chromatin connectivity maps reveal lineage specific regulation. Nature. 2013, 504, 306-310.

Lusy Handoko, Han Xu, Guoliang Li, Chew Yee Ngan, Elaine Chew, Marie Schnapp, Charlie Wah Heng Lee, Chaopeng Ye, Joanne Lim Hui Ping, Fabianus Mulawadi, Eleanor Wong, Jianpeng Sheng, Yubo Zhang, Thompson Poh, Chee Seng Chan, Galih Kunarso, Atif Shahab, Guillaume Bourque, Valere Cacheux-Rataboul, Wing-Kin Sung, Yijun Ruan & Chia-Lin Wei. CTCF-mediated functional chromatin interactome in pluripotent cells. Nature Genetics. 2011, 43, 630-638.

Ting Ni, Wenjing Yang, Miao Han, Yubo Zhang, Ting Shen1, Hongbo Nie, Zhihui Zhou, Yalei Dai, Yanqin Yang, Poching Liu, Kairong Cui, Zhouhao Zeng, Yi Tian, Bin Zhou, Gang Wei, Keji Zhao, Weiqun Peng, Jun Zhu. Global intron retention mediated gene regulation during CD4+ T cell activation. Nucleic Acids Research. 2016, 19;44(14):6817-29.

Kong S, Li L, Zhu W, Xin L, Ruan J, Zhang Y, Yang S, Li K. Genetic characteristics of polycistronic system‑mediated randomly‑inserted multi‑transgenes in miniature pigs and mice. Mol Med Rep. 2018;17(1):37-50.

Tang Z, Wu Y, Yang Y, Yang YT, Wang Z, Yuan J, Yang Y, Hua C, Fan X, Niu G, Zhang Y, Lu ZJ, Li K. Comprehensive analysis of long non-coding RNAs highlights their spatio-temporal expression patterns and evolutional conservation in Sus scrofa. Sci Rep. 2017, 7:43166

Sakurai T, Sakurai A, Chen Y, Vaisman BL, Amar MJ, Pryor M, Thacker SG, Zhang X, Wang X, Zhang Y, Zhu J, Yang ZH, Freeman LA, Remaley AT. Dietary α-cyclodextrin reduces atherosclerosis and modifies gut flora in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2017, doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201600804.

Zhang Yu-Bo, Guan Xiao-Ni, He Shun-Ping. Phylogenetic Relationships of the genus Takifugu (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) Tested by mtDNA D-loop Region Sequence Variations. Actc Hydrobiologica  Sinica. 2009, 33(4): 656-663. (In Chinese)

Xiang Li, Yubo Zhang, Zhonglin Tang, Mei Yu, Bang Liu, Bin Fan, Shanping Xu, Zhongzhen Peng , Shu-hong Zhao and Mengjin Zhu. Comparative Estimation on Three-Way Heterosis in Pigs Reveals Genetic Bias of the Widely Used Empirical Formula. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances. 2009, 8 (6): 1212-1218.

Zhang Yubo, He Shunping. Investigations into the Perplexing interrelationship of the Genus Takifugu Abe, 1949 (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Chinese Science Bulletin. 2008, 53 (2):233-244.

Zhang Yubo, He Shunping. Sequence Variation of Cytochrome b and 12S rRNA gene and Phylogeny of Takifugu Abe Genus. Chinese Science Bulletin. 2007, 52 (21): 2507-2516. (In Chinese)