Yi Zhang (biochemist)

Yi Zhang
Born
Zhang Yi

Chongqing, China
EducationB.Sc. and master's degree in biophysics from China Agricultural University
Ph.D. in molecular biophysics from Florida State University
Known forEpigenetics
Embryogenesis
Somatic cell nuclear transfer
Stem cell
Scientific career
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Academic advisorsDanny Reinberg
Websitewww.zhanglab.tch.harvard.edu

Yi Zhang (Chinese: 张毅; pinyin: Zhāng Yì) is a Chinese-American biochemist who specializes in the fields of epigenetics, chromatin, and developmental reprogramming. He is a Fred Rosen Professor of Pediatrics and professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School,[1] a senior investigator of Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital,[2] and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[3] He is also an associate member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute,[4] as well as the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.[5] He is best known for his discovery of several classes of epigenetic enzymes and the identification of epigenetic barriers of SCNT cloning.

  1. ^ "Yi Zhang". Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  2. ^ "Yi Zhang, PhD". Boston Children's Hospital. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  3. ^ "Yi Zhang". HHMI. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  4. ^ "Yi Zhang, PhD". hsci.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  5. ^ "Our faculty: Associate and affiliate members". Broad Institute. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

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