Theme Cardiometabolic Disease
Target audience Researchers & Clinicians
Language English

General

You are all invited to Dr. Hanrui Zhang’s seminar on Friday, 7th of March, 1-2pm titled: "Macrophage Biology and Functional Genomics in Cardiometabolic Disease”. Dr H. Zhang (Columbia University) is an expert in studying macrophage regulation and function in cardio-metabolic disease. In her seminar, she will present her recentwork on functional genomics and CRISPR screening projects as a means to uncover regulation of macrophage function.

Recent publications:

Wu X *, Wang Z, Croce KR, Li F, Cui J, D’Agati VD, Soni R, Khalid S, Saleheen D, Tabas I, Yamamoto A,Zhang H*,Macrophage WDFY3, a protector against autoimmunity.bioRxiv2024.08.17.608411. PMID: 39229152.

Li F *, Flynn E, Shi J, Wu X, Wang Z, Xue C, Cheng H, Meng Y, Cui J, Zhu Y, Rozenblyum A, Chun J, Hernandez-Ono A, Razani B, Westerterp M, Bauer RC, Suh Y, Hao K, Lappalainen T,Zhang H*.Decoding the Variant-to-Function Relationship for LIPA, a Risk Locus for CAD. BioRxiv/2022/516293.

Shi J,# Wu X,# Wang Z, Li F, Meng Y, Moore RM, Cui J, Xue C, Croce KR, Yurdagul Jr A, Doench JG, Li W, Zarbalis KS, Tabas I, Yamamoto A,Zhang H*,A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Identifies WDFY3 as a Regulator of Macrophage Efferocytosis.Nature Communications. 2022 Dec 24;13(1):7929. PMID: 36566259.

Date and Location

Time From 13:00 to 14:00
Start date Friday, March 7, 2025
Location K1-251, locatie AMC, Amsterdam UMC

Costs and registration

None

Contact

For questions, please contact n.zelcer@amsterdamumc.nl (Noam Zelcer)