性 别

男

学历学位

研究生学历、博士学位

职 称

教授

导师类别

博士生导师

专业领域

动物营养与饲料科学、肉品科学

研究方向

发育生物学、营养基因组学和畜产品质量控制

教育与工作经历

2009年09月-2013年07月，山东农业大学，食品科学， 学士

2013年09月-2016年05月，南京农业大学，肉品科学，硕士

2016年08月-2021年05月，华盛顿州立大学，动物科学，博士

2021年5月-2022年12月，华盛顿州立大学，分子生物学，博士后

2023年2月至今，在南京农业大学动物科技学院任教

联系方式

liang.zhao@njau.edu.cn

奖励及荣誉

Fred W. Frazier Memorial Scholarship, WSU

Sun-Myung and Youngchoon Kim Scholarship, WSU

Edward and Mrs. Sally Veenhuizen Scholarship, WSU

Richard R. and Constance M. Albrecht Scholarship, WSU

参加学术团体及任职情况

美国生理协会、繁殖协会会员

承担科研项目

1. 国家级高层次青年人才项目，主持，在研

2. 南京农业大学高层次人才启动基金，主持，在研

论文论著：

欢迎对发育生物学、营养基因组学和肉品品质控制等方向感兴趣的本科生、硕士/博士研究生和博士后（青年研究员）等加入！

近五年发表的代表性论文：

1. Zhao L, Liu X, Gomez NA, Gao Y, Son JS, Chae SA, Zhu MJ and Du M. Stage-specific nutritional management and developmental programming to optimize meat production. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology. 2023;14(1):2.

2. Liu X^#, Zhao L^#, Gao Y, Chen Y, Tian Q, Son JS, Chae SA, de Avila JM, Zhu MJ, Du M. AMP‐activated protein kinase inhibition in fibro‐adipogenic progenitors impairs muscle regeneration and increases fibrosis. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. 2023;14(1):479-92. (共同一作)

3. Zhao L, Shi M, Winuthayanon S, MacLean JA, Hayashi K. Niclosamide targets the dynamic progression of macrophages for the resolution of endometriosis in a mouse model. Communications Biology. 2022; 5(1):1225.

4. Zhao L, Law NC, Gomez NA, Son J, Gao Y, Liu X, de Avila JM, Zhu MJ, Du M. Obesity impairs embryonic myogenesis by enhancing BMP signaling within the dermomyotome. Advanced Science. 2021;8(22):2102157.

5. Zhao L, Son JS, Wang B, Tian Q, Chen Y, Liu X, de Avila JM, Zhu MJ, Du M. Retinoic acid signalling in fibro/adipogenic progenitors robustly enhances muscle regeneration. EBioMedicine. 2020; 60:103020.

6. Zhao L, Wang B, Gomez NA, de Avila JM, Zhu MJ, Du M. Even a low dose of tamoxifen profoundly induces adipose tissue browning in female mice. International Journal of Obesity. 2020; 44(1):226-234.

7. Zhao L, Huang Y, Du M. Farm animals for studying muscle development and metabolism: dual purposes for animal production and human health. Animal Frontiers. 2019; 9(3):21-27.

8. Zhao L, Zou T, Gomez NA, Wang B, Zhu MJ, Du M. Raspberry alleviates obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance in skeletal muscle through activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) α1. Nutrition & Diabetes. 2018; 8:1-8.

9. Zhao L, Xing T, Huang J, Qiao Y, Chen Y, Huang M. Involvement of μ/m‐calpain in the proteolysis and meat quality changes during postmortem storage of chicken breast muscle. Animal Science Journal. 2018;89(2):423-431.

10. Gao Y, Zhao L, Son JS, Liu X, Chen Y, Deavila JM, Zhu MJ, Murdoch GK, Du M. Maternal exercise before and during pregnancy facilitates embryonic myogenesis by enhancing thyroid hormone signaling. Thyroid. 2022;32(5):581-93.

11. Son JS, Zhao L, Chen Y, Chen K, Chae SA, de Avila JM, Wang H, Zhu MJ, Jiang Z, Du M. Maternal exercise via exerkine apelin enhances brown adipogenesis and prevents metabolic dysfunction in offspring mice. Science Advances. 2020; 6(16): eaaz0359.

12. Liu X, Zhao L, Chen Y, Gao Y, Tian Q, Son JS, Chae SA, de Avila JM, Zhu MJ, Du M. Obesity induces adipose fibrosis and collagen cross-linking through suppressing AMPK and enhancing lysyl oxidase expression. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease. 2022;1868(9):166454.

13. Son JS, Chae SA, Zhao L, Wang H, de Avila JM, Zhu MJ, Jiang Z, Du M. Maternal exercise intergenerationally drives muscle-based thermogenesis via activation of apelin-AMPK signaling. EBioMedicine. 2022;76:103842.

14. Liu XD, Chen YT, Zhao L, Tian Q, deAvila JM, Zhu MJ, Du M. Dietary succinate supplementation to maternal mice improves fetal brown adipose tissue development and thermogenesis of female offspring. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 2022; 100:108908.

15. Huang J, Zhao L, Yang J, Zhang B, Xu X, Chen K, Huang M. The effect of μ/m‐Calpain on protein degradation of chicken breast meat. Journal of Food Science. 2019; 84(5):1054-9.

16. Son JS, Liu X, Tian Q, Zhao L, Chen Y, Hu Y, Chae SA, de Avila JM, Zhu MJ, Du M. Exercise prevents the adverse effects of maternal obesity on placental vascularization and fetal growth. The Journal of physiology. 2019; 597(13):3333-47.

17. Shi M., Langholt E.M., Butler L.C., Harvey M.E., Wheeler E.C., Zhao L., MacLean J.A., Oh Y., Sabrowsky E., Yu S. and Watson S.. Vapor cannabis exposure generationally affects male reproductive functions in mice. Toxicological Sciences.2022; 185(2):128-142.

18. Liu XD, Moffitt-Hemmer NR, Deavila JM, Li AN, Tian QT, Bravo-Iniguez A, Chen YT, Zhao L, Zhu MJ, Neibergs JS, Busboom JR. Wagyu–Angus cross improves meat tenderness compared to Angus cattle but unaffected by mild protein restriction during late gestation. Animal. 2021;15(2):100144.