Personal Profile

2025.11-Present Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Metabolism & Intergrative Biology, Fudan University, China

2020.08-2025.10 PhD of Biomedical Sciences, University of Macau (Macau, China)

2016.09-2019.07 Master’s degree, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai, China)

2012.09-2016.07 Bachelor’s degree, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai, China)

Research Interests

Multi-Tissue Coordination in Maintaining Organismal Homeostasis

Honors and Awards

1. Best Poster Award, 11th Macau Symposium on Biomedical Sciences (MSBS2025), Faculty of Health Sciences, 2025

2. Best Poster Award, 8th symposium on biomedical science for students, Postdoctoral Fellows and research assistants, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2024

3. Second Prize of Presentation Award, 8th symposium on biomedical science for students, postdoctoral fellows and research assistants, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2024

Selected Publications

1. Gao Z, Lei W I, Lee LTO*. The role of neuropeptide-stimulated cAMP-EPACs signalling in cancer cells. Molecules 2022, 27, (1), 311.

2. Gao Z, Sun W, Wang J, Zhao C, Zuo K*. GhbHLH18 negatively regulates fiber strength and length by enhancing lignin biosynthesis in cotton fibers. Plant Science 2019, 286, 7-16.