Dan Zhang

Zhang Dan received her Bachelor degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (P.R. China) in 2006 and Ph.D. degree from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2013. She joined Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) as a Junior Research Fellow in 2007 and was promoted to Research Fellow in 2013. After one year of postdoctoral training, she started her independent group as a Young Investigator in TLL from July 2014.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) National University of Singapore (2007 — 2013)
• Bachelor's degree Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2002 — 2006)

Companies

• Adjunct Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2019)
• Principal Investigator Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (2019)
• Young Investigator Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (2014 — 2019)
• Research Fellow Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (2013 — 2014)
• Junior Research Fellow Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (2007 — 2013)

Skills

• Molecular Biology
• Biochemistry
• Cell Culture

Other

Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy

Selected Publications

• Ng AYE.#, Ng AQE.# and Zhang D. 2018. ER-PM contacts restrict exocytic sites for polarized morphogenesis. Current Biology 28: 146-153.e6.
• Zhang D., Bidone T. and Vavylonis D. 2016. ER-PM contacts define actomyosin kinetics for proper contractile ring assembly. Current Biology 26: 647-653.
• Zhang D.* and Oliferenko S. 2014. Tts1, the fission yeast homolog of TMEM33 family, functions in NE remodeling during mitosis. Molecular Biology of the Cell 25: 2970-2983. (Highlighted article in “Highlights from MBoC”)
• Vjestica A., Zhang D., Liu JH and Oliferenko S. 2013. Hsp70-Hsp40 chaperone complex functions in controlling polarized growth by repressing Hsf1-Driven heat stress-associated transcription. PLoS Genetics 9: e1003886.
• Zhang D. and Oliferenko S. 2013. Remodeling the nuclear membrane in mitosis. Current Opinions in Cell Biology 25:142-8. (Invited review)
• Zhang D.#, Vjestica A.# and Oliferenko S. 2012. Plasma membrane tethering of the cortical ER necessitates its finely reticulated architecture. Current Biology 22: 2048–2052.
• Yam C., He Y., Zhang D., Chiam K. and Oliferenko S. 2011. Divergent strategies for controlling the nuclear membrane satisfy geometric constraints during nuclear division. Current Biology 21: 1314-1319.
• Zhang D., Vjestica A. and Oliferenko S. 2010. The cortical ER network limits the permissive zone for actomyosin ring assembly. Current Biology 20: 1029-1034. (Highlighted by “Dispatches” in Current Biology 20: R484-6, 2010)