Biography:
Dr. Zhirong Zhang is a senior scientist at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Strasbourg, France. He obtained his PhD degree under the mentorship of Prof. Jiahuai HAN, who pioneers the MAPK signaling and programmed cell death pathway, at Xiamen University in Xiamen, China. After PhD, he joined the laboratory of Romeo RICCI at IGBMC for post-doctoral training. His current research interest focuses on the understanding of molecular mechanism underlying the activation NLRP3 inflammasome in vitro and in vivo, which has been widely implicated in many human inflammatory diseases, including infectious diseases (COVID-19 infection).
Title : Distinct changes in endosomal composition promote NLRP3 inflammasome activation