About Yuanqiang Zhang’s work
From September 1997 to March 1998, Yuanqiang Zhang held a Croucher Visitorship at the University of Hong Kong. At the time, Zhang was based at Fourth Military Medical University.
Biography
Zhang Yuanqiang graduated from the Department of Military Medicine of the Fourth Military Medical University in 1974. Zhang served as Professor and Director of Histology and Embryology of the Fourth Military Medical University, Professor of the Teaching and Research Department of Human Anatomy and Histology and Embryology of the Basic Department, Vice Chairman of the Histology and Embryology Professional Committee of the Chinese Anatomical Society, and Vice Chairman of the Science Popularization Professional Committee. Zhang's research interest is in histology and embryology. In recent years, a series of important achievements have been made in the field of reproductive biology, especially in the study of germ cell origin, differentiation and regulation, several new genes related to the regulation of germ cell development have been discovered, such as MTA, NDRG and DDR, etc., the discovery of these new genes is of great significance for revealing the molecular mechanism of germ cell differentiation and human infertility, family planning and saving endangered species.