Qingzhi Zhang comes from China. She graduated from Henan Normal University and got a Master degree from Dalian University of Technology, China. After working in Henan Normal University as a lecturer for several years, she moved to UK for a PhD degree with Prof. Derek Woollins. Since then she has been working as a postdoctoral research fellow in St Andrews apart from one year in industry.
She finished several projects with the late Dr. Nigel Botting on 13C-labelling of flavonoids. Now she is working with Prof. David O’Hagan on 18F-labelling of peptides, nanoparticles, affibody and small molecules.
She enjoys reading, walk, jogging, badminton and good laughter with friends.
My Publications
Molecular mechanism of activation of human musk receptors OR5AN1 and OR1A1 by (R)-muscone and diverse other musk-smelling compounds
Lucky Ahmed, Yuetian Zhang, Eric Block, Michael Buehl, Michael J. Corr, Rodrigo A. Cormanich, Sivaji Gundala, Hiroaki Matsunami, David O’Hagan, Mehmet Ozbil, Yi Pan, Sivakumar Sekharan, Nicholas Ten, Mingan Wang, Mingyan Yang, Qingzhi Zhang, Ruina Zhang, Victor S. Batista and Hanyi Zhuang
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2018, 17, E3950-E3958
10.1073/pnas.1713026115
Signatures of anthocyanin metabolites identified in humans inhibit biomarkers of vascular inflammation in cultured human endothelial cells.
Emily F. Warner, Michael J. Smith, Qingzhi Zhang, K. Saki Raheem, David O’Hagan, Maria A. O’Connell and Colin D. Kay
Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 2017, 61, 1600053.
10.1002/mnfr.201700053
Last-step enzymatic [18F]-fluorination of cysteine-tethered RGD peptides using modified Barbas linkers.
Qingzhi Zhang, Sergio Dall’Angelo, Ian N. Fleming, Lutz F. Schweiger, Matteo Zanda, David O’Hagan
Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 10998–11004
10.1002/chem.201601361
Common Phenolic Metabolites of Flavonoids, but Not Their Unmetabolized Precursors, Reduce the Secretion of Vascular Cellular Adhesion Molecules by Human Endothelial Cells.
Emily F. Warner, Qingzhi Zhang, K. Saki Rahwm, David O’Hagan, Maria A. O’Connell and Colin D. Kay
J. Nutr., 2016, 146, 3, 465–473
10.3945/jn.115.217943
Flavonoid metabolites reduce tumor necrosis factor-α secretion to a greater extent than their precursor compounds in human THP-1 monocytes.
Jessica L. di Gesso, Jason S. Kerr, Qingzhi Zhang, Saki Raheem, Sai Krishna Yalamanchili, David O'Hagan, Colin D. Kay and Maria A. O'Connell
Mol. Nutr. Food Res., 2015, 59, 1143–1154
10.1002/mnfr.201400799