2003.09 - 2007.07 College of life sciences, Northwest A&F University, B. S.

2007.09 - 2010.07 College of life sciences, Lanzhou University, M.S.

2010.09 - 2016.07 Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD

2016.07 - 2019 Assistant Professor, Institute of Biophysics, CAS

1. Initiation and elongation of protein translation

2. tRNA translocation

1. Gao, Y., Bai, X.,Zhang, D.J.,Han, C., Yuan, J., Liu, W., Cao, X., Chen, Z., Shangguan, F., Zhu, Z., et al. (2016). Mammalian elongation factor 4 regulates mitochondrial translation essential for spermatogenesis.Nature structural & molecular biology23(5): 441-449..

2.Zhang, D.J.,Yan, K., Liu, G., Song, G., Luo, J., Shi, Y., Cheng, E., Wu, S., Jiang, T., Lou, J., et al. (2016). EF4 disengages the peptidyl-tRNA CCA end and facilitates back-translocation on the 70S ribosome.Nature structural & molecular biology23, 125-131.

3.Zhang, D.J.,Yan, K., Zhang, Y., Liu, G., Cao, X., Song, G., Xie, Q., Gao, N., and Qin, Y. (2015). New insights into the enzymatic role of EF-G in ribosome recycling.Nucleic acids research43, 10525-10533.

4. Zhang, Y., Mandava, C.S., Cao, W., Li, X.,Zhang, D.J.,Li, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Qin, Y., Mi, K., et al. (2015). HflX is a ribosome-splitting factor rescuing stalled ribosomes under stress conditions.Nature structural & molecular biology22, 906-913.

5. Liu, G., Song, G., Zhang, D.,Zhang, D.J.,Li, Z., Lyu, Z., Dong, J., Achenbach, J., Gong, W., Zhao, X.S., et al. (2014). EF-G catalyzes tRNA translocation by disrupting interactions between decoding center and codon-anticodon duplex.Nature structural & molecular biology21, 817-824.

6.Zhang, D.J.,and Qin, Y. (2013). The paradox of elongation factor 4: highly conserved, yet of no physiological significance?The Biochemical journal452, 173-181.

7. Wang, L., Yang, F.,Zhang, D.J.,Chen, Z., Xu, R.M., Nierhaus, K.H., Gong, W., and Qin, Y. (2012). A conserved proline switch on the ribosome facilitates the recruitment and binding of trGTPases.Nature structural & molecular biology19, 403-410.

8. Tang, X.L., Yue, F., Yan, X.F.,Zhang, D.J.,Xin, Y., Wang, C., and Chen, Q. (2012). Effects of gestation temperature on offspring sex and maternal reproduction in a viviparous lizard (Eremias multiocellata) living at high altitude.Journal of Thermal Biology37, 438-444.

9. Tang, X.L., Yue, F.,Zhang, D.J.,Yan, X.F., Xin, Y., Wang, C., and Chen, Q. (2012). The effect of operational sex ratio on sex allocation and neonate phenotype in a viviparous lizard Eremias multiocellata.Amphibia-Reptilia33, 485-493.

10. Xin, Y., Tang, X., Yue, F.,Zhang, D.J.,Yan, X., Wang, C., and Chen, Q. (2012). Isolation and sequence analysis of sox genes from lizard Eremias multiocellata.Genetika48, 89-96.

11. Yue, F., Tang, X.L.,Zhang, D.J.,Yan, X.F., Xin, Y., and Chen, Q. (2012). Body temperature and standard metabolic rate of the female viviparous lizard Eremias multiocellata during reproduction.Canadian Journal of Zoology90, 79-84.

12. Yan, X.F., Tang, X.L., Yue, F.,Zhang, D.J.,Xin, Y., Wang, C., and Chen, Q. (2011). Influence of ambient temperature on maternal thermoregulation and neonate phenotypes in a viviparous lizard, Eremias multiocellata, during the gestation period.Journal of Thermal Biology36, 187-192.

13.Zhang, D.J.,Tang, X.L., Yue, F., Chen, Z., Li, R.D., and Chen, Q. (2010). Effect of gestation temperature on sexual and morphological phenotypes of offspring in a viviparous lizard, Eremias multiocellata.Journal of Thermal Biology35, 129-133.

(From DeJiu Zhang, March 2, 2019)