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Zhe Li
Ph.D. Student, The Johns Hopkins University, 2010
E-Mail: lizhe@spermlab.org

Education and training

Fall 2010-present Ph.D. student, the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
        (BCMB)  Graduate Program, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2006.09-2010.07 B.S. College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University
2009.09-2010.06 The Powers Lab, UC Davis, USA. PI: Ted Powers
        • Collaborative project on the TOR signaling pathway during ceramide synthesis in
          budding yeast.
2008.07-2008.08 The Verhey Lab, the University of Michigan, USA.
            PI: Kristen J. Verhey
        • Collaborative project on the motility of certain truncations of the motor
           protein, KIF1A.
2007.09-2009.09 The Sperm Lab, Zhejiang University. PI: Wan-Xi Yang
        • Independent project on the morphology changes of acrosomal screw during
          acrosome reaction in Octopus tankahkeei.
        • Collaborative project of immunocytochemical studies on acroframosome
           (AFS) during spermiogenesis of Caridean shrimp.
        • Review on the spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis in mammals and crustaceans.

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Zhe Li, Chen-Yi Pan, Bei-Hong Zheng, Xiang Liang, Wan-Xi Yang. 2010.
        Immunocytochemical studies of the acroframosome during spermiogenesis of
        the caridean shrimp Macrobrachium nipponense (Crustacea, Natantia).
        Invertebr Reprod Dev. 54(3): 121–131
Zhe Li, Jun-Quan Zhu, Wan-Xi Yang. 2009. Acrosome reaction in Octopus
        tankahkeei
induced by calcium ionophore A23187 and a possible role of
        the acrosomal screw. Micron. 41(1):39-46
Jennetta W. Hammond, Dawen Cai, T. Lynne Blasius, Zhe Li, Yuyang Jiang,
        Gloria T. Jih, Edgar Meyhofer, Kristen J. Verhey. 2009. Mammalian
        Kinesin-3 motors are dimeric in vivo and move by processive motility
        upon release of autoinhibition. PLoS Biol 7(3): e72.

Prizes and Honors

Outstanding academic performance of Global Study Program, UC Davis 2009-2010
Excellent Graduate, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, 2010
The Exchange Scholarship, 2010
The Third Prize of Excellent Academic Scholarship, 2007-2008
The First Prize of “Return Visit to Alma Mater” Social Practice Activity, 2007
The Third Price of English Listening Contest of Zhejiang University, 2006
Activity Achievement Scholarship of Zhejiang University, 2006-2007

Score Sheet of Major Courses:

Curriculum

Score/Credit hour

GPA
(5 as full)

Inorganic Chemistry

85/4.0

4.0

Experiment of Inorganic Chemistry

outstanding/2.0

4.5

Zoology and Zoological Experiment

88/4.0

4.3

Biochemistry

96/4.0

5.0

Experiment of Biochemistry

94/2.0

4.9

Microbiology and Microbial Experiment

94/4.0

4.9

Cell Biology and Experiment

93/4.0

4.8

Ecology and Experiment

90/4.0

4.5

Genetics and Experiment

89/4.0

4.4

Evolutional Biology

91/2.0

4.6

Virology

95/2.0

5.0

Medical Molecular Biology

90/1.5

4.5

Molecular Biology

92/3.0

4.7

Paleobiology

93/1.5

4.8

Cell Engineering

91/1.5

4.6

Gene Engineering

93/1.5

4.8

Immunology

87/2.0

4.2

Probability Theory

95/1.5

5.0

Mathematical Statistics

96/1.5

5.0

Activities
1. Admitted by Zhejiang University Choir in September, 2006 and volunteered to participate in the following performances as a member of the choir, and served as the chief alto.
    1.1. New Year Chorus Concert in Zhejiang University 1/4/2007
    1.2. Performance to welcome new students in Zhejiang University 3/1/2007
    1.3. Performance to celebrate the foundation of Zhejiang University for 110 years 5/21/2007
    1.4. West Lake Chorus Competition, the first prize, 11/2/2008
    1.5. Performance in The First New Year Chorus Concert of Zhejiang Province, 12/28/2008
    1.6. National Art Festival, Choir Competition, the golden prize, 2/9/2009
2. A volunteer of “Return Visit to Alma Mater” Social Practice Activity, 2/2007
3. Served in the Students Union of the College of Life Science in Zhejiang University,
    9/2006-7/2007

Journal club and group meeting records:
April 24, 2009  Data report: Study on acrosomal reaction in Octopus tankahkeei(2).
Mar. 6, 2009.  "PTP1B dephosphorylates NSF and elicits SNARE complex disassembly during human sperm exocytosis." JBC Paper in Press, published on February 10, 2009 as Manuscript M807614200.
Nov. 21,2008  "Drosophila melanogaster kl-3 and kl-5 Y-loops harbor triple-stranded nucleic acids" Journal of Cell Science 2008, 121, 1605-1612
August 29, 2008  Introduction of Summer visiting study in
Dr. Kristen J. Verhey's lab, the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Michigan.
June 13, 2008  Journal presentation:
"Evidence for an intermediate type of spermatozoon: ultrastructural studies of spermiogenesis in the cuttlefish Rossia macrosoma (Cephalopoda, Decabrachia)", published on Zoomorphology (1992) 112 : 207-215.
May. 7, 2008 Research Proposal and Schedule: Study on acrosomal reaction in Octopus tankahkeei (1).
April. 18, 2008 "Evolution of Octopod Sperm II: Comparison of Acrosomal Morphogenesis in Eledone and Octopus", Molecular Reproduction and Development, 62:363–367 (2002)
Mar. 21, 2008
  "Spermatozoa of two Eledone species (Cephalopoda, Octopoda)", Tissue & Cell, 1996 28 (5) 613-620.

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The Johns Hopkins University
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