Dr. Xian Zeng currently works as a ResearchAssociate Professor in the Department of Biological Medicines, Fudan UniversitySchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai, China. He does research in understanding thecomplexity of cancers and revealing therapeutic opportunities via integratingmachine learning (AI), bioinformatics, and experimental approaches. Hisresearch interests include bioinformatics, computational biology, deep learning,and cancer immunotherapy.
Bioinformatics;artificial intelligence; cancer immunotherapy; biological drugs
Education
2014.08-2019.02 National University of Singapore, Singapore, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics and Drug Design Group, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science
Advisor: Professor Chen Yu Zong
2011.09-2014.06 Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Master
Department of Microbiology & Biochemical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy
Advisor: Professor Ju Dianwen
2007.09-2011.06 School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China, Bachelor.
Professional Experiences
2019.10-Now Research Associate Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Department of Biological Medicines, School of Pharmacy.
2019.04-2019.09 Research Associate, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science.
Teaching Activities
Teaching Assistant (National University of Singapore)
Module: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Year-2 undergraduate course, Jan-Apr 2015/2016/2017)
Module: Advanced Bioinformatics (Graduate course, Jan-Apr 2017)
Grants & Projects
Fudan University Research Initial Funding, 500,000 RMB, 2019.10-2022.20
Awards & Honors
2014-2018 President's Graduate Fellowship, NUS, Singapore
2015 Distinguished Dissertation for the Master’s Degree in Shanghai City, China
2014 Outstanding Graduates of Universities in Shanghai City, China
2014 National Scholarship for Graduate, MOE, China
2013 Fudan University Academic Scholarship, Fudan University, China
2012 Fudan University Academic Scholarship, Fudan University, China
Selected Publications（latest 5 yrs，<20 papers）
1. Zeng X, Zhang P, Wang YL, Qin C, Chen SY, He W, Tao L, Tan Y, Gao D, Wang BH, Chen Z, Chen WP, Jiang YY, Chen YZ. CMAUP: a database of collective molecular activities of useful plants. Nucleic Acids Research 2019; 47(D1): D1118-D1127.
2. Zeng X, Zhang P, He W, Qin C, Chen SY, Tao L, Wang YL, Tan Y, Gao D, Wang BH, Chen Z, Chen WP, Jiang YY, Chen YZ. NPASS: Natural product activity and species source database for natural product research, discovery and tool development. Nucleic Acids Research 2018; 46(D1): D1217-D1222.
3. Zeng X*, Tao L*, Zhang P, Qin C, Chen SY, He W, Tan Y, Liu HX, Yang SY, Chen Z, Jiang YY, Chen YZ. HEROD: a human ethnic and regional specific omics database. Bioinformatics 2017; 33(20):3276-82.
4. Zeng X*, Zhao H*, Li YB*, Fan JJ, Sun Y, Wang SF, Wang ZY, Song P, Ju DW. Targeting hedgehog signaling pathway and autophagy overcomes drug-resistance of BCR-ABL positive chronic myeloid leukemia. Autophagy 2015; 11(2): 355-72.
This paper was recommended by the “Faculty of 1000″, details at http://f1000.com/prime/725364758.
5. Zeng X, Ju DW. Hedgehog signaling pathway and autophagy in cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018; 19(8): 2279.
