Dr. Yongjie Zhu
Associate professor, Master tutor, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2026-current, Associate Professor at College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University
2024-2026, Postdoctor, Veterinary Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
2021-2024, Ph.D. student, Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
2018-2021, Master student, Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
2014-2018, Undergraduate student, Animal Science, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China
RESEARCH FOCUS
Research and Application of Bioactive Peptides
Nutritional Regulation and Intestinal Health of Piglets
PROJECTS
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2025MD784077), Host.
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program ofChina Postdoctoral Science Foundation (GZB20250821), Host.
Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Foundation of Heilongjiang Province, Host.
Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Science Foundation (LBH-Z24095), Host.
National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFD1300701), Major participant.
Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (YQ2022C015), Major participant.
PUBLICATIONS
Yongjie Zhu, Wanying Xu, Wenwen Chen, Bowen Li, Guoyu Li, Haoran Deng, Licong Zhang, Changxuan Shao*, Anshan Shan*. Self-assembling peptide with dual function of cell penetration and antibacterial as a nano weapon to combat intracellular bacteria. Science Advances, 2025, 51(5): eads3844.
Yongjie Zhu, Bowen Li, Wanying Xu, Yuanmengxue Wang, Guoyu Li, Chongpeng Bi, Anshan Shan*, Changxuan Shao*. Association of idealized amphiphiles and protease inhibitors: conferring antimicrobial peptides with stable antibacterial activity under physiological conditions to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria. Drug Resistance Updates, 2025, 79: 101183.
Yongjie Zhu, Muhammad Usman Akhtar, Bowen Li, Shuli Chou, Changxuan Shao, Jiawei Li, Anshan Shan*. The design of cell-selective tryptophan and arginine-rich antimicrobial peptides by introducing hydrophilic uncharged residues. Acta Biomaterialia, 2022, 153: 557-572.
Yongjie Zhu, Changxuan Shao, Guoyu Li, Zhenheng Lai, Peng Tan, Qiao Jian, Baojing Cheng, Anshan Shan*. Rational avoidance of protease cleavage sites and symmetrical end-tagging significantly enhances the stability and therapeutic potential of antimicrobial peptides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 63(17): 9421-9435.
Changxuan Shao#, Yongjie Zhu#, Qiao Jian, Zhenheng Lai, Peng Tan, Guoyu Li, Anshan Shan*. Cross-strand interaction, central bending and sequence pattern act as biomodulators of simplified β-hairpin antimicrobial amphiphiles. Small, 2021, 17(7): 2003899.
Changxuan Shao#, Yongjie Zhu#, Zhenheng Lai, Peng Tan, Anshan Shan*. Antimicrobial peptides with protease stability: progress and perspective. Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2019, 11(16): 2047-2050.
CONTACT INFORMATION
College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
E-mail: zhuyongjie1995@163.com
