Dongsheng Zhang, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Associate Professor
College of Fisheries and Life Science
Shanghai Ocean University
999 Hucheng Huan Road, Pudong New District
Shanghai 201306, China
email:dszhang@shou.edu.cn

Education

MS, August 2008 to May 2012, University of Illinois, Major in Bioinformatics
PHD, September 2002 to August 2008, University of Illinois, Major in Cell and Developmental Biology
MS, September 1998 to July 2001, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Major in Zoology
BS, September 1994 to July 1998, Shanghai Normal University, Major in Biological Education

Research Directions

Molecular Evolution and Ecology, Bird Diversity Conservation.

Teaching

Unergraduate courses: Practical Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, andBird Ecology and Appreciation.

Publications

  1. 1. Xu Ruhui, Zhang Weiping, Zhang Dongsheng. "Investigation of Bird Diversity in Nanhui Dongtan Wetland through Citizen Science", Wetland Science and Management, 2022, Volume 18, Issue 3, pages 16-20.

  2. 2. Zhang Xiaolei, Deng Yu, Kai Pflug, Zhang Dongsheng. "Discovery of the Japanese White-eye in the East China Region", Sichuan Zoology, 2021, Volume 40, Issue 1, pages 115-116.

  3. 3. Hu Tianwei, Wang Shihang, Zhang Dongsheng. "Adaptive Evolution of Mitochondrial Genome in Red-blooded and White-blooded Antarctic Fishes", Genomics and Applied Biology, 2022, Volume 40, Combined Issue 11-12, pages 3448-3457.

  4. 4. Lu Yao, Xing Hu, Zhang D. "Evidence for Relaxed Selection of Mitogenome in Rapid-flow Cyprinids", Genes & Genomics, July 2019, Volume 41, Issue 7, pages 863-869. doi: 10.1007/s13258-019-00817-7. Epub 2019 April 23.

  5. 5. Zhang, D., Hu, P., Liu, T., Wang, J., Jiang, S., Xu, Q., & Chen, L. (2018). "GC Bias Leads to Increased Small Amino Acids and Random Coils of Proteins in Cold-water Fishes", BMC Genomics, 19(1), 1–10.

  6. 6. Zhang, D., Yu, M., Hu, P., Peng, S., Liu, Y., Li, W., Wang, C., He, S., Zhai, W., Xu, Q., Chen, L. (2017). "Genetic Adaptation of the Schizothoracine Fishes to the Phased Uplifting of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau", G3 (Bethesda), April 3, 2017, Volume 7, Issue 4, pages 1267-1276. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.038406. (Co-first author)

  7. 7. Yu, M., Zhang, D., Hu, P., Peng, S., Li, W., He, S., Zhai, W., Xu, Q., Chen, L. (2017). "Divergent Adaptation to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Implicated from Transcriptome Study of Gymnocypris dobula and Schizothorax nukiangensis", Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 71, pages 97-105. (Co-first author)

  8. 8. Liu, Y., Chen, L., Zhang, D. (Corresponding author). "Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Antarctic Crocodile Icefish, Chionodraco hamatus (Perciformes: Channichthyidae)", Mitochondrial DNA, March 2016, Volume 23, Issue 5.

  9. 9. Liu, Y., Yang, M., Zhou, T., Xing, H., Chen, L., Zhang, D. (2016). "Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Antarctic Cod Icefish, Pagothenia borchgrevink (Perciformes: Nototheniidae)", Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1, 432-433.

  10. 10. Xu, Q., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., Jiang, H., Peng, S., Liu, Y., Zhao, K., Wang, C., Chen, L. (2016). "Analysis of the Erythropoietin of a Tibetan Plateau Schizothoracine Fish (Gymnocypris dobula) Reveals Enhanced Cytoprotection Function in Hypoxic Environments", BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1):11-11.

  11. 11. Xu, Q., Cai, C., Hu, X., Liu, Y., Guo, Y., Hu, P., Chen, Z., Peng, S., Zhang, D., Jiang, S., et al. (2015). "Evolutionary Suppression of Erythropoiesis via the Modulation of TGF-β Signalling in an Antarctic Icefish", Molecular Ecology, 24(18):4664-4678.

  12. 12. Zhang, D., Zhou, W., Yin, C., Chen, W., Ozawa, R., Ang, L. H., Anandan, L., Aigaki, T., Hing, H. (2006). "Misexpression Screen for Genes Altering the Olfactory Map in Drosophila", Genesis, 44(4):189-201.

  13. 13. Lin, G. F., Ma, Q. W., Zhang, D. S., Zha, Y. L., Lou, K. J., Shen, J. H. (2003). "Polymorphism of Alpha-Estrogen Receptor and Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Genes in Dementia Patients in Shanghai Suburb", Acta Pharmacol Sin, 24(7):651-656.