Dr. Zhihui LiDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Biography
Zhihui Li currently is postdoctoral fellowship in Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy. Where he is currently working on transcriptional regulation of SLC13A5 in human liver. He has Ph.D. degree in Animal Genetics Breeding and Reproduction Science form Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, P. R. China. He is thorough understanding and solid hands-on experience with Animal Genetics Breeding and Reproduction Science, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Cancer. He once worked in Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China (Postdoctoral Fellowship), and Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, China (Associate Professor). He is well experienced in biology research.
He speaks Chinese and English. And he is a proactive and social person.
Research Interest
Molecular Genetics, Obesity, Molecular marker- assisted selection (MAS), Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL), Mechanism of Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome, Identification and Characterization of the AMP-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) Activator, Drug Discovery, Signal Transduction,The Mechanism of Apoptosis Induced by NS1 of Influenza Virus in Cell, Protein-Protein Interactions, Protein Localization, Signal Transduction,Effects of dihydrotestosterone and androgen receptor on differentiation and proliferation of adipocytes,Transcriptional regulation of SLC13A5 in human liver.