Dr. Jinwei Zhang
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Senior  Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Bldg 50, Rm 4503
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md 20892
301-402-4703 (voice)
301-480-0597 (fax)
jinwei.zhang@nih.gov

Dr. Jinwei Zhang biography
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Jinwei Zhang, Ph.D
(last updated: 02/24/2023)

Current Position

10/2022 – present
  Senior Investigator & Section Chief
Section on Structural Biology of Noncoding RNAs and Ribonucleoproteins
Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases / NIH
Bethesda, MD
Former Positions

09/2015 – 10/2022
  Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases / NIH
Bethesda, MD
2011 – 2015
  Research Fellow
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
2009 – 2011
  Research Associate
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Education

    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
    Ph.D in Biomolecular Chemistry, 2009;  Advisor: Dr. Robert Landick

    Peking University, Beijing, China
    B.S in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2002                          

Scientific and Medical Societies


     Member,The RNA Society.
     Member, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
Member, American Chemical Society

Leadership Roles & Activities (2015- present)

     I.     Hosting and Sponsorship:

2022. Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Katerina Grafanaki, M.D, Ph.D, University of Patras, Greece (Co-sponsor with Dr. Glenn Merlino, NCI)
2022. RNA Research Scholar Exchange Awardee, Elizabeth Tidwell, University of Michigan RNA Center For RNA Biomedicine
2019. Fulbright Scholar, Prof. Constantinos Stathopoulos, University of Patras, Greece.
2019. Fulbright Scholar, Ilias Skeparnias, M.S., University of Patras, Greece.

     II.     Grant and Promotion Review:

2023. Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria.
2022. National Science Foundation (NSF), USA.
2022. Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria.
2022. Tenure Evaluation Reviewer, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, China.
2021. Czech Science Foundation (GACR), Czech Republic.
2020. Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.), Greece.
2019. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada.
2019. National Science Centre Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), Poland.
2019. Israel Science Foundation / Singapore National Research Foundation, Israel/Singapore.
2019. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada.
2018. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada.

     III.     Meeting Organization and Chairing:
  • Co-organizer, the 30th tRNA Conference, Athens, Greece, 09/2026 (scheduled)
  • Session Chair, 2023 RiboClub Annual Meeting, Sherbrooke, Canada, 09/2023 (scheduled)
  • Organizing Committee Member and Session Chair, The 12nd International Symposium on Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases (AARS2019), Hangzhou, China, 11/2019.
     IV.     Invited/Selected Oral Presentations (2023 - present):
  • Discussion leader, 2023 RiboClub Annual Meeting, Sherbrooke, Canada, 09/2023 (scheduled)
  • Keynote speaker, 14th Annual Northwestern Biophysics Symposium, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL., 09/2023 (scheduled).
  • Invited speaker, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD. 09/2023 (scheduled).
  • Invited speaker, the 28th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, Singapore, 05/2023 (scheduled).
  • Invited speaker, 2023 RNA Biology Symposium at the National Cancer Institute, 04/2023 (scheduled).
  • Invited speaker, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 04/2023 (scheduled).
  • Guest lecturer, BISI632 (CBMG688F)-Gene Expression, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 02/2023 (scheduled).
Honor, Awards, and Recognitions (2014 - present)

  • 2023.     RNA Society Early-Career Award
  • 2023.     Outstanding Publication Award, Life Sciences, University of Patras, Greece
  • 2022.     Outstanding Publication Award, Life Sciences, University of Patras, Greece
  • 2020.     NIH DDIR (Deputy Director of Intramural Research)’s Challenge Award
  • 2019.     NIH DDIR's Challenge Award
  • 2017.     NIH DDIR Innovation Award
  • 2016.     Distinguished Scientist Award, NIH Chinese Students and Scholars Association
  • 2014.     NHLBI Director’s Award
  • 2014.     NHLBI Career Transition Award (K22)
  • 2014.     RNA Society/Scaringe Young Scientist Award
  • 2014.     Orloff Science Award, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • 2014.     Fellows Award for Research Excellence, National Institutes of Health
Journal Editing & Manuscript Reviews (2015 - present)

Associate Editor:
RNA Networks and Biology Section, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022-present
Guest Editor:
Special Issue — RNA Structure and Dynamics by Integrative Methods, 2021-2022, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Special Issue — Nucleic Acids Crystallography, 2017, Crystals (MDPI)
Editorial Board Membership:
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (Elsevier)
Crystals (MDPI)
Frontiers in Bioscience (BRI)
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (Frontiers Media)
Protein Expression and Purification (Elsevier)
Ad Hoc Reviewer (since 2015):
Analytical Methods
Methods
ACS Omega
Molecular Biology Reports
ASM Press Book - Regulating with RNA
Molecular Microbiology
BMC Structural Biology
Molecular Therapy
Biochemistry
Nature Chemical Biology
Cell Chemical Biology
Nature Communications
Chemical Biology & Drug Design
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Crystals
Nucleic Acids Research
eLife
PLOS ONE
Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite
Protein Expression and Purification
Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
RNA
Frontiers in Microbiology
Theranostics
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Viruses
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Virus Research
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Science Translational Medicine
Journal of Biological Chemistry
STAR Protocols
Journal of Structural Biology
WIREs RNA
Life
Complete Bibliography:

ORCID ID # 0000-0002-2114-173X

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2114-173X

NCBI:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/jinwei.zhang.2/bibliography/public/

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=6_d0E5gAAAAJ