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Dr Zhu Yuyan

Assistant Professor

PolyU Scholars Hub

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Research Overview

We are studying the role of functional food components/nutrients in ameliorating lipid metabolism disorders, such as obesity and its associated metabolic syndromes, with the focus on adipose tissue.

Education and Academic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science, Zhejiang University
Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University

Academic and Professional Experience

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Future Foods.
Review Editor on the Editorial Board of RNA (specialty section of Frontiers in Genetics and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences)
Member of Biophysical Society of China
Scientific consultant, EFIL Bioscience Incorporation

Research Interests

Achievements

Young Investigator Award (1st place in poster Presentation), 20th diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors - East Meets West Symposium (2018)
The Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University, USA (2015-2016)
Purdue Research Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Purdue University, USA (2014)
National Scholarship, Minister of Education, China (2007)

Kee-Hong Kim, Yuyan Zhu. "Compositions and methods for regulating body weight and metabolic syndromes" (filled on 2017), Pub. No. WO2018093966, United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Xiaohan Cao, Yan Li, Yunlong Zi#, and Yuyan Zhu# (2023) “The Shift of Percent Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022) in Singapore, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong SAR” Front. Public Health 11:1085451. (# corresponding author)
Ho Ting Shiu*, Xiaohan Pan*, Qing Liu, KeKao Long, Kenneth King Yip Cheng, Ben Chi-Bun Ko, James Kar-Hei Fang, Yuyan Zhu# (2022) “Dietary exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics impairs fasting-induced lipolysis in adipose tissue from high-fat diet fed mice“. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 440, 2022, 129698, ISSN 0304-3894. (# corresponding author)
Li Su, Quan Xiong, Yuyan Zhu#, and Yunlong Zi# (2022) “A Liquid-Solid Contact Electrification based All-Optical Liquid Flow Sensor for Microfluidic Analysis in Biomedical Applications“. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2207096. (# corresponding author)
Y. Zhu#, Sora Q. Kim, Yuan Zhang, Qing Liu, Kee-Hong Kim# (2021) “Pharmacological inhibition of acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase alleviates obesity and insulin resistance in diet-induced obese mice by regulating food intake”. Metabolism, 123, 154861. 2021. (# corresponding author)
HR Steele, Y Xing, Y Zhu, HB Hilley, K Lawson, Y Nho, T Niehoff, L Han# (2021) “MrgprC11+ sensory neurons mediate glabrous skin itch”. PNAS, 118 (15) e2022874118.
X Xia, Q Liu, Y. Zhu#, Y Zi# (2020) "Recent Advances of Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based Applications in Biomedical Systems". EcoMat, 2020; 2:e12049. (# corresponding author)
Zhu, Y., Chen, C.Y., Li, J., Chen, J.-X., Jang, M., Kim, K.-H. (2018) "In vitro exploration of ACAT contributions to lipid droplet formation during adipogenesis". Journal of Lipid Research, 59(5):820-829.
Kim, C.Y.*, Zhu, Y.*, Buhman, K.K., Kim, K.-H. (2015) "Dietary selenate attenuates adiposity and improves insulin sensitivity in high-fat diet-induced obese mice". Journal of Functional Foods, 17:33-42. (* co-first author)