Dong Ya Zhu

CURRICULUM VITAE



Dong Ya Zhu，MD，Ph.D

Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

Health Sciences Centre

3330 Hospital Drive, N.W,

Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1

Tel: 1-403-282-6719(H), 1-403-220-2123(O)

E-mail: dzhu@ucalgary.ca

Fax: 1-403-283-2700



EDUCATION

2001: China Pharmaceutical University, Ph.D

1985: Third Military Medical University, MS

1982: Bengbu Medical College, M.D
           

APPOINTMENTS:

Present:       rofessor, Nanjing Medical University

2001-2003        ostdoctoral Fellow

Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

1991-2001      Associate professor, Professor
                   Department of Pharmacology
                  China Pharmaceutical University
                  Nanjing, China

1985-1990 Assistant Professor
                  Department of Pharmacology
                  Nanjing Military Institute of Medical Science
                  Nanjing, China
                 

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Nitric oxide-mediated down-regulation of GABAA receptor function following cerebral ischemic injury (2002~2005), Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada



Membership and Award

2002- Society for Neuroscience, USA

2002: Partnership Award in Health Research, CIHR/Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canada



RESEARCH GRANTS

1.      Drug research for iNOS inhibitors (1998~2000), grant from the National New Drug Research Foundation of China.

2.      Molecular mechanism of antiplatelet agent P91024 (1998~2000), grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

3.      Screening of peptides inhibiting iNOS activity through phage peptide library display and computer aids drug design of iNOS inhibitors (1996~1999), grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.



SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1.      Zhu Dong-Ya, Liu SH, Sun HS, and Lu Y. Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase after focal cerebral ischmeia stimulates neurogenesis in the adult rodent dentate gyrus. Journal of Neurosciences 2003; 23(1): 223-9

2.      Liu SH, Wang J, Zhu Dong-Ya, Fu YP, Lu Y. Generation of functional inhibitory neurons in the adult rat hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience 2003; 23(3): 732-6

3.      Zhu Dong-Ya, Liu SH, Sun HS, and Lu Y. Activation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase after focal cerebral ischemia inhibites neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of adult animals through down-regulating iNOS expression. Nature Neuroscience 2003 (in press)。

4.      Wang J, Zhu DY, Liu SH, Fu YP, Wang Jerry, and Lu Y. Activation of cdk5 after focal cerebral ischemia induces CA1 pyramidal cell death by direct phosphorylation of NMDA receptors. 2003 (投稿中)

5.      Zhu Dong-ya, Deng Qiang, Yao Hong-Hong, et al. Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in the ischemic core and penumbra after transient focal cerebral ischemia in mice. Life Science 2002; 71(17): 1985-1996

6.      Zhu Dong-Ya, Li Rui, Liu Guo-Qing, Tumor necrosis factor alpha enhances the cytotoxicity induced by nitric oxide in cultured cerebral endothelial. Life Science 2000; 66(14): 1325-1335

7.      Zhu Dong-Ya, Li Rui, Liu Guo-Qing, Hua Wei-Yi, Nimodipine inhibits calcium-independent nitric oxide synthase activity in transient focal cerebral ischemic rats and cultured mouse astroglial cells. Life Science 1999, 65(15): PL221-231