Ning Zhang

The paper identifies pre-hematopoietic stem cells and their niche using spatial transcriptomics in the AGM region, revealing spatial signaling patterns and cellular interactions that support HSC development.

This study shows that Cth1 is essential for gametogenesis and fertility in zebrafish, with loss of function causing infertility and gamete abnormalities.

The paper shows that increasing translation initiation rates accelerates nucleation of aggregating proteins at polysomes, suggesting cotranslational nucleation influences proteome evolution.

The paper shows that amputation position affects tissue proliferation during regeneration by activating position-specific cell states that modulate ECM remodeling.

The paper identifies cis-regulatory changes in cavefish that contribute to metabolic adaptation by analyzing epigenetic differences between surface and cave populations.