工作經歷
1980-1984年,獲得四川大學學士學位,分析化學專業
1984-1987年,獲得北京大學碩士學位,生物有機化學專業
1988-1994年,獲得瑞士蘇黎世聯邦理工大學(ETH, Zurich)博士學位,化學生物學專業。
1994-1998年,哈佛大學醫學院遺傳系博士後,從師於2009年諾貝爾醫學獎得主邵斯達克教授(Professor Jack Szostak)
1998年, 被聘入紐約城市大學布魯克倫學院為助理教授
2004年, 升為副教授,並被聘入喬治亞州立大學化學系
2009年, 升為喬治亞州立大學終身正教授,獲大學傑出教授獎,並為美國喬治亞州癌症研究傑出研究員
2014–今,四川大學生命科學學院正教授
學術兼職
2007 – 2010 中美化學及化學生物學教授協會(CAPA)第一任主席
2007 –今 美國癌症研究協會成員
2006 –今 美國晶體學協會成員
2002-2004 美國青年化學家協會(YACS)主席
1997-1998 美國華人生物化學家協會(ABC)主席
1994-今 美國化學學會成員
研究方向
目前他的主要研究興趣包括:硒核酸以及碲核酸創新性研究,包括生物化學合成,核糖核酸衍生化和核酸及核酸-蛋白複合物晶體結構及功能研究,以核酸和核酸-蛋白複合物結構測定為基礎的新藥研發,核酸適配體和核酶的篩選及功能研究,疾病的核酸檢測診斷,核酸基因測序,高保真鹼基識別與RNA晶片,核酸抗腫瘤藥物研究。
獲得獎勵
2010 –今 中國科學化學編委會成員
2008-2013喬治亞州癌症研究傑出科學家獎(GCC)
2008喬治亞州立大學傑出教授獎
2008喬治亞州立大學教授成就獎
2008 CAPA傑出教授獎
教學經驗
1.核酸的化學和生物合成,抗癌藥物的發現,核酸-蛋白大分子結構,機理研究和核酸檢測
2.化學和藥物治療
3.高級化學生物學和生物有機化學
4.高級有機合成和機理
部分申請和已獲得的專利:
1. Zhen Huang, Title: “RNA MICROCHIP DETECTION USING NANOPARTICLE-ASSISTED SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION”, 2014, PCT, filed.
2. Zhen Huang, Title: “METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INTERFERENCE WITH DNA POLYMERASE AND DNA SYNTHESIS”, 2013, US provisional application, filed.
3. Zhen Huang, Title: “NANOPARTICLE-ASSISTED RAPID RNA DETECTION ON RNA MICROARRAY”, 2013, US provisional application, filed.
4. Zhen Huang, Title: “Facile SELENIUM CONTAINING NUCLEOSIDES AS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS”, 2013, PCT, filed.
5. Zhen Huang, Title: “Facile Synthesis of Natural and Unnatural Nucleoside 5’-Triphosphates”, 2013, Chinese Patent pending.
6. Zhen Huang, Title: “Synthesis of Selenium-Derivatized Nucleosides, Nucleotides, Phosphoramidites, Triphosphates and Nucleic Acids”, 2013, US Patent, 8,354,524.
7. Zhen Huang, Title: “RNA Selective Detection and Quantitation Using Chip and Plate”, 2012, European Patent 1668158.
8. Zhen Huang, Title: “Synthesis of Selenium-Derivatized Nucleosides, Nucleotides, Phosphoramidites, Triphosphates and Nucleic Acids”, 2011, US Patent 12/562,960.
9. Zhen Huang, Title: “Synthesis of Selenium-Derivatized Nucleosides, Nucleotides, Phosphoramidites, Triphosphates and Nucleic Acids”, 2011, US Patent Application (divisional), 13/172,559.
10. Zhen Huang, Title: “Facile Synthesis of Natural and Unnatural Nucleoside 5’-Triphosphates”, 2010, U.S. Provisional Application No.: 61/375,992.
11. Zhen Huang and Jia Sheng, Title: “Improved Method and Process for Synthesis of 2’,3’-Didehyro-2’,3’-dideoxynucleosides (d4Ns)”, 2010, U.S. Patent Application No. 12/933,619 (National Phase Filing of PCT/US09/37823).
12. Zhen Huang, Title: “Facile Synthesis of Natural and Unnatural Nucleoside 5’-Triphosphates”, 2010, US provisional patent, 61/375,560.
13. Zhen Huang, Title: “RNA Detection and Quantitation”, 2010, Oct. 20, European Patent, WO 2005/019469.
14. Zhen Huang, Title: “Ultraviolet and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Methods for the Evaluation of Sunscreen Efficacy”, 2010, US provisional patent, 61/382,154.
15. Zhen Huang, Jia Sheng, Title: “Novel Compounds and Synthesis of Tellurium-derivatized Oligonucleotides for Structural and Functional Studies”, 2010, PCT/US10/36639.
16. Zhen Huang, Abdalla Hassan, Jia Sheng and Wen Zhang, Title: “Novel Compound and Derivatizaton of DNAs and RNAs on the Nucleobases of Pyrimidines for Function, Structure and Therapeutics”, 2010, PCT/US10/35631.
17. Zhen Huang, Title: “Synthesis of Selenium-Derivatized Nucleosides, Nucleotides, Phosphoramidites, Triphosphates and Nucleic Acids”, 2010, US Patent, US7,982,030.
18. Zhen Huang, Title: “Synthesis of Selenium-Derivatized Nucleosides, Nucleotides, Phosphoramidites, Triphosphates and Nucleic Acids”, 2009, US Patent, US 7,592,446.
19. . Zhen Huang, Abdalla Hassan and Wen Zhang, Title: “Derivatization of DNAs and RNAs at 5-positions of pyrimidines for function, structure, and therapeutics”, 2009, US Provisional Patent Application, 60/180,028.
20. Zhen Huang, Jia Sheng and Abdalla Hassan, Title: “Novel Compounds and Derivatization of DNAs and RNAs at the 2' and 5-positions of pyrimidines with tellurium functionalities for function, structure, imaging, diagnosis, and therapeutics”, 2009, US Provisional Patent Application, 61/182,580.
21. Zhen Huang and Sarah Spencer, Title: “RNA Microchip for Rapid, Direct and Specific Detection of RNAs”, 2009, US Provisional Patent Application, 61/252,940
22. Zhen Huang and Jia Sheng, Title: “Improved Method and Process for Synthesis of 2’,3’-Didehyro-2’,3’-dideoxynucleosides (d4Ns)”, 2009, PCT Patent Application, International application No. PCT/US2009/037823.
23. Zhen Huang, Title: “Se-containing nucleosides, synthesis methods, and anti-cancer activity”, 2008, US Provisional Patent Application, 61/083,815.
代表性論文:
24. Liqin Zhang, Zunyi Yang, Kwame Sefah, Kevin M. Bradley, Shuichi Hoshika, Myong-Jung Kim, Hyo-Joong Kim, Guizhi Zhu, Sena Cansiz, I-Ting Teng, Carole Champanhac, Christopher McLendon, Chen Liu, Wen Zhang, Dietlind L. Gerloff 3, Zhen Huang, Weihong Tan and Steven A. Benner, “Crystal Structure, Evolution, and Function of Six-Nucleotide DNA. Exploring its Large Sequence Space” , Journal of American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 6734−6737.
25. Rob Abdur, Oksana O. Gerlits, Jianhua Gan, Jiansheng Jiang, Jozef Salon, Andrey Y. Kovalevsky, Alexander Chumanevich, Irene T. Weber, Zhen Huang*, “Novel Complex MAD Phasing and RNase H Structural Insights by Selenium Oligonucleotides”, Acta Crystallographica Section D, 2014, D70, 354-361.
26. Jia Sheng, Jianhua Gan, Alexie Soars, Jozef Salon and Zhen Huang*, “Structural Insights of Non-canonical U·U Pair and Hoogsteen Interaction Probed with Se Atom”, 2013, Nucleic Acids Research, 41, 10476-10487.
27. Jia Sheng, Jianhua Gan and Zhen Huang*, “Structure-Based DNA-Targeting Strategies with Small Molecule Ligands for Drug Discovery”, Medicinal Research Reviews, 2013, 33, 1119-1173.
28. Huiyan Sun, Sibo Jiang, Julianne Caton-Williams, Hehua Liu, and Zhen Huang*, “2-Selenouridine Triphosphate Synthesis and Se-RNA Transcription”, RNA, 2013, 19, 1309-1314 .
29. Jia Sheng, Wen Zhang, Abdalla E. A. Hassan, Jianhua Gan, Alexei Soares, Song Geng, Yi Ren, Zhen Huang*, "Hydrogen Bond Formation between the Naturally Modified Nucleobase and Phosphate Backbone", Nucleic Acids Research, 2012, 40, 8111-8118.
30. Huiyan Sun, Jia Sheng, Abdalla E. A. Hassan, Sibo Jiang, Jianhua Gan and Zhen Huang*, “Novel RNA Base Pair with Higher Specificity using Single Selenium Atom”, Nucleic Acids Res., 2012, 40, 5171-5179.
31. Wen Zhang, Jia Sheng, Abdalla E. Hassan, and Zhen Huang*, "Synthesis of Novel 2’-Deoxy-5-(Methylselenyl)Cytidine and Se-DNAs for Structure and Function Studies", Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2012, 7, 476-479.
32. Jia Sheng, Abdalla E. A. Hassan, Wen Zhang, Jianfeng Zhou, Bingqian Xu, Alexei S. Soares and Zhen Huang*, "Synthesis, Structure and Imaging of Oligodeoxyribonucleotides with Tellurium-nucleobase Derivatization", Nucleic Acids Research, 2011, 39, 3962-3971.
33. Wen Zhang and Zhen Huang*, "Synthesis of the 5’-Se-Thymidine Phosphoramidite and Convenient Labeling of DNA Oligonucleotide", Organic Letter, 2011, 13, 2000-2003.
34. Julianne Caton-Williams, Lina Lin,Mathew Smith, and Zhen Huang*, "Convenient Synthesis of Nucleoside 5’-Triphosphates for RNA Transcription", Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 8142-8144.
35. Lina Lin, Julianne Caton-Williams, Manindar Kaur, Andres M. Patino, Jia Sheng, Jaya Punetha, and Zhen Huang*, "Facile Synthesis of Nucleoside 5’-(alpha-P-seleno)-triphosphates and Phosphoroselenoate RNA Transcription", RNA, 2011, 1932-1938.
36. Lina Lin, Jia Sheng, and Zhen Huang*, "Nucleic Acid X-ray Crystallography via Direct Selenium Derivatization", Chemical Society Reviews (invited and peer reviewed), 2011, 40, 4591-4602.
37. Khin Lay Maw, Julianne Caton-Williams, Jozef Salon, Zhen Huang*, "Simple UV and HPLC Methods for the Evaluation of Sunscreen Efficacy", Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2011, 65, 328-335. ##
38. Abdalla E. A. Hassan, Jia Sheng, Wen Zhang, and Zhen Huang*, "High Fidelity of Base Paring by 2-Selenothymidine in DNA", Journal of American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 2120-2121. ##
39. Jia Sheng, Abdalla Hassan, Zhen Huang*, "Synthesis of the First Tellurium-Derivatized Oligonucleotides for Structural and Functional Studies", Chemistry - A European Journal, 2009, 15, 10210-10216. ##
40. Julianne Caton-Williams and Zhen Huang*, "Synthesis of Colored 4-Selenothymidine Triphosphate and its DNA Polymerase Incorporation into DNAs for Visualization, Structure and Function Studies", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 1723-1725. ##
41. Jozef Salon, Jiansheng Jiang, Jia Sheng, Oksana O. Gerlits, Zhen Huang*, "Derivatization of DNAs with Selenium at 6-Position of Guanine for Function and Crystal Structure Studies", Nucleic Acids Research, 2008, 36, 7009-7018. ##
42. Jozef Salon, Jia Sheng, Jiansheng Jiang, Guexiong Chen, Julianne Caton-Williams, Zhen Huang*, “Oxygen Replacement with Selenium at the Thymidine 4-position for the Se-Base-Paring and Crystal Structure Studies”, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 4862-4863. ##
43. Jiansheng Jiang, Jia Sheng, Nicolas Carrasco, and Zhen Huang*, “Selenium Derivatization of Nucleic Acids for Crystallography”, Nucleic Acids Research, 2007, 35, 477-485. ##
44. Jozef Salon, Guexiong Chen, Yoani Portilla, Markus W. Germann, and Zhen Huang*, “Synthesis of a Novel 2’-Se-uridine Phosphoramidite and Its Incorporation into Oligonucleotides for Structure Study”, Organic Letters, 2005, 7, 5645-5648. ##
45. Nicolas Carrasco and Zhen Huang*, “Enzymatic Synthesis of Phosphoroselenoate DNA using Thymidine 5’-(a-P-Seleno)-triphosphate and DNA Polymerase for X-ray Crystallography using MAD”, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 448-449. #
46. Nicolas Carrasco, Yuri Buzin, Elizabeth Tyson, Elizer Halpert, and Zhen Huang*, “ Selenium Derivatization and Crystallization of DNA and RNA Oligonucleotides for X-ray Crystallography Using Multiple Anomalous Dispersion”, Nucleic Acids Research, 2004, 32, 1638-1646. #
47. Zhen Huang* and Jack W. Szostak, “Evolution of Aptamers with a New Specificity and New Secondary Structures from an ATP Aptamer”, RNA, 2003, 9 , 1456-1463 . #
48. Quan Du, Nicolas Carrasco, Marianna Teplova, Christopher J. Wilds, Martin Egli, and Zhen Huang*, “Internal Derivatization of Oligonucleotides with Selenium for X-ray Crystallography Using MAD”, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 24-25. #
49. Nicolas Carrasco, Dov Ginsburg, Quan Du, and Zhen Huang*, “Synthesis of Selenium-Derivatized Nucleosides and Oligonucleotides for X-ray Crystallography”, Nucleosides, Nucleotides, & Nucleic Acids, 2001, 20, 1723-1734.