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Zilong WEN

Professor · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

https://researchid.co/zilong
@ust.hk
105Scopus Publications
16166Google Scholar Citations
53Google Scholar h-index
87Google Scholar i10-index

Biography

Professor Wen received his Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology from the Rockefeller University in 1997 and postdoctoral training with Professor Irving Weissman at Stanford University. He was a Principle Investigator at the Institute of Molecular Agrobiolgy and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore, until 2007. He subsequently moved to Hong Kong and joined the Department of Biochemistry at the Hong Kong University Science and Technology as an Associate Professor. He is currently a Professor of Division of Life Science at the Hong Kong University Science and Technology.

Education

PhD The Rockefeller University

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Fibroblast-directed melanocyte recruitment via Cxcl12–Cxcr4 axis promotes post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and skin barrier protection in zebrafish
    Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2026
  2. Swimming Through Dendritic Cell Biology: Insights From Fish Models
    Immunological Reviews, 2025
  3. Dendritic cells in developing and adult zebrafish arise from different origins and display distinct flt3 dependencies
    Development Cambridge, 2025
  4. Macrophages in tissue repair and regeneration: insights from zebrafish
    Cell Regeneration, 2024
  5. Fli1 acts in parallel with Pu.1 to control macrophage and neutrophil fate in zebrafish
    Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2024

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