The laboratory research on the mechanism of aging, using nematodes, mice, etc., mainly focus on the reproductive system and nervous system
Education Background
2000-2004 Bachelor of Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2005-2010 Doctor of Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
Positions Held
2004-2005 Assistant, Health science center, Shanghai institute of life sciences, Chinese academy of sciences.
2010-2016 New York University School of Medicine，Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
2017-present Professor, Tongji University School of Medicine
The laboratory research on the mechanism of aging, using nematodes, mice, etc., mainly focus on the reproductive system and nervous system: including the mechanism of aging, reproductive senescence (oocyte quality control, etc.) and study on pathogenesis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Awards:
The winner of New York State Stem Cell Science Training Grant(2015-2016)
University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Award (2009-2010)
Qin, Z., Barthel L.K. and Raymond P.A. (2009) Genetic evidence for shared mechanisms of epimorphic regeneration in zebrafish. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106:9310-9315.
http://www.pnas.org/content/106/23/9310.long
Qin, Z., Kidd A.R., Thomas J.L., Poss K.D., Hyde D.R., Raymond P.A. and Thummel R. (2011) FGF signaling regulates rod photoreceptor cell maintenance and regeneration in zebrafish. Exp Eye Res. 93:726-734.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001448351100265X?via%3Dihub
Qin, Z. and Raymond P.A. (2012) Microarray-based gene profiling analysis of Müller glia-derived retinal stem cells in light-damaged retinas from adult zebrafish. Methods Mol Biol. 884:255-261.
https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007%2F978-1-61779-848-1_18
Lenkowski J.R., Qin, Z., Sifuentes C.J., Thummel R., Soto C.M., Moens C.B. and Raymond P.A. (2013) Retinal regeneration in adult zebrafish requires regulation of TGFβ signaling. Glia. 61:1687-1697.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/glia.22549/abstract;jsessionid=7ED3E0409539253C524647B05F9228AB.f02t01
Qin, Z. and Hubbard E.J. (2015) Non-autonomous DAF-16/FOXO activity antagonizes age-related loss of C. elegans germline stem/progenitor cells. Nat Commun. 11:6:7107.
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8107
Atwell K., Qin, Z., Gavaghan D., Kugler H., Hubbard E.J. and Osborne J.M. (2015) Mechano-logical model of C. elegans germ line suggests feedback on the cell cycle. Development. 142:3902-3911.
http://dev.biologists.org/content/142/22/3902.long
Xu P., Wang Y., Qin, Z., Qiu L., Zhang M., Huang Y. and Zheng J.C. (2017) Combined medication of antiretroviral drugs tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, emtricitabine, and raltegravir reduces neural progenitor cell proliferation in vivo and in vitro. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. (Epub ahead of print)
