美国专利代理人
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美国专利代理人
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张勇博士毕业于清华大学生物科学与技术系，获生化与分子生物学博士学位。2004年赴美国新泽西医科大学做博士后，从事癌症与糖尿病药物筛选的研究。2008年作为研究专家受聘于新泽西医科大学药理系。目前已在国内外重要研究刊物上发表文章多篇。
2013年考取美国专利注册代理人资格，正式成为美国专利申请代理人。先后在新泽西医科大学科技成果转化办公室和新泽西州立大学（罗格斯大学）知识产权办公室实习进修，从事生物医药相关领域的知识产权保护和转化工作。具体负责专利申请的可行性评估，专利申请策略制定，专利申请、维持与放弃的策略制定、专利评价与评估、专利产品定位、专利资产运营、专利权保护与转让等。精于生物制药、生物工程、生物化学、医疗器械、诊断与治疗技术、动物模型等高新技术领域的专利代理、技术转让、侵权分析。
专业证书
美国专利商标局注册专利代理人
专业协会
美国知识产权法律协会成员 （American Intellectual Property Law Association）
纽约科学院成员（New York Academy of Science）

2012年9月~2013年7月 新泽西医科大学科技成果转化办公室    知识产权顾问
2008年7月~ 2013年4月  新泽西医科大学药理系    研究专家
2004年2月~ 2008年7月 新泽西医科大学药理系    博士后
获得奖励
突出研究成果奖（2010） ，新泽西医科大学药理系
突出癌症研究成果奖（2009），新泽西癌症研究所与新泽西癌症研究会
突出研究成果奖（2008），新泽西医科大学药理系
青年研究者奖（2006），新泽西医科大学药理系
青年研究者奖（2005），新泽西医科大学药理系

1. Yong Zhang et al. Autophagy and adipose tissue biology. Pharmacological Research (2012) 66: 505-512 (特邀综述)
2. Scott Goldman, Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagic degradation of mitochondria in white adipose tissue differentiation. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling (2011) 14(10): 1971-1978 (特邀综述)
3. Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy and adipogenesis: implications in obesity and type II diabetes. Autophagy (2010) 6(1): 179-181. (共同第一作者)
4. Scott Goldman, Robert Taylor R, Yong Zhang, et al.  Autophagy and the degradation of mitochondria. Mitochondrion (2010) 10(4): 309-315
5. Yong Zhang et al. Adipose-specific deletion of autophagy-related gene 7 (atg7) in mice reveals a role in adipogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. (2009) 106(47):19860-1986. (封面文章)
6. Yong Zhang et al. Targeted deletion of autophagy-related 5 (atg5) impairs adipogenesis in a cellular model and in mice. Autophagy (2009) 5(8): 1118-1130. (共同第一作者)
7. Yong Zhang, et al. The role of autophagy in mitochondria maintenance: characterization of mitochondrial functions in autophagy-deficient S. cerevisiae strains. Autophagy (2007) 3(4): 337- 346
8. Haiyan Zhang, Claude E. Monken, Yong Zhang, et al. Cellular autophagy machinery is not required for vaccinia virus replication and maturation. Autophagy (2006) 2(2): 91-95.
9. Li Ling, Liping Xie, Yong Zhang, et al. Cloning and analysis of the gene fragment of β-actin from Pinctada fucata. Marine Science (2006) 30(8): 64-70 (中文)
10. Yong Zhang, et al. Molecular cloning and expression of a pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) homologue of mammalian putative tumor suppressor QM. Marine Biotechnology  (2004) 6(1): 8- 16
11. Suo Li, Liping Xie, Cen Zhang, Yong Zhang, et al.  Cloning and expression of a pivotal calcium metabolism regulator: calmodulin involved in shell formation from pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2004) 138: 235-243.
12. Yong Zhang, et al. Extraction and purification of water soluble matrix protein from nacre and its effect on CaCO3 crystallization. Marine Science (2004) 28(1): 33-42 (中文)
13. Yong Zhang, et al. A novel matrix protein participating in the nacre framework formation of pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2003) 135: 565-573.
14. Yong Zhang, et al. A novel ferritin subunit from pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) that is involved in shell formation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2003) 135: 43- 54.
15. Tiemin Jiang, Yong Zhang, et al. Isolating and analyzing the gene fragments of 26S proteasome from Pinctada f ucata. Marine Science (2003) 27(4) 28-34 (中文)
16. Lei Chen, Qiaoli Feng, Huiling Ji, Yong Zhang, et al. Immunohistochemical studies of GnRH and its receptor in gonad and digestive tract in Pinctada f ucata. J Fourth Mil Med Univ. (2003) 24: 2081-2083 (中文)
17. Hongzhong Wang, Yong Zhang et al. Effects of genistein and daidzein on the cell growth, cell cycle, and differentiation of human and murine melanoma cells. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, (2002) 13: 421-426.
18. Yong Zhang, et al. Effects of genistein and daidzein on the proliferation, invasion, and migration and adhesion of melanoma cells. Tsinghua Science and Technology (2002) 7(4): 398-403.
19. Xuya Yu, Liping Xie, Yong Zhang, et al. Multiple suppressive effects of a protein from Caesalpinia minax on murine melanoma cells. Tsinghua Science and Technology (2002) 7(6): 641-644.
20. Yong Zhang, Qiang Liu. The progress in artificial control system for gene expression. Chinese Science Bulletin (2000) 45(10): 865-870.

1. Yong Zhang, et al. The role of autophagy in adipogenesis. The 2nd National Postdoc Appreciation Day Symposium (New Jersey, 2010)
2. Yong Zhang, et al. Targeted deletion of atg7 reveals a role of autophagy in adipogenesis and leads to resistance to obesity and diabetes. The 2010 Keystone Symposia Meeting - Adipose Tissue Biology (Keystone, Colorado, 2010) p83
3. Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy defect impairs white adipogenesis in a cellular model and in mice. The 2009 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey (Piscataway, New Jersey, 2009) p40
4. Haiyan Zhang, Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy defect increases chromosome instability under metabolic stress. The 2007 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey (Piscataway, New Jersey, 2007) p41
5. Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy is required for mitochondria degradation and optimal mitochondrial function in S. cerevisiae. The 2006 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey (Princeton, New Jersey, 2006) p43
6. Yong Zhang, et al. Autophagy is required for normal mitochondrial turnover and Functions. 2005 Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research (Anaheim, California, 2005) p2699