Z Yan Wang

Assistant Professor

Not accepting new graduate students

Fields of Interest

Biography

neuroethology; neuroendocrinology; evolutionary and social dimensions of aging using cephalopods and bees; octopus behavior and neurobiology; social insect senescence and decline

Selected Research

Prefoldin 6 is required for normal microtubule dynamics and organization in Arabidopsis., Paredez Alexander R, Gu Ying, Deng Zhiping, DeBolt Seth, Wang Zhi-Yong, and Somerville Chris, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008 Nov 18, Volume 105, Issue 46, p.18064-9 (2008)
Autumn 2025
- BIOL 581 C: Topics in Physiology
Spring 2025
- BIOL 581 E: Topics in Physiology
Winter 2025
- BIOL 581 C: Topics in Physiology
Autumn 2024
- BIOL 581 C: Topics in Physiology
Spring 2024
- BIOL 554 A: Racism in Neuroscience
- BIOL 581 E: Topics in Physiology
Winter 2024
- BIOL 408 A: Neuroethology
- BIOL 581 C: Topics in Physiology
Autumn 2023
- BIOL 581 C: Topics in Physiology
Spring 2023
- BIOL 581 E: Topics in Physiology
Winter 2023
- BIOL 581 C: Topics in Physiology
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Related News

New research led by Z Yan Wang finds changes in cholesterol production leads to octopus death (May 17, 2022)

Yan Wang quoted in The Scientist on postdoc struggles in the pandemic (January 4, 2022)

Yan Wang named Allen Institute Next Generation Leader and National Postdoctoral Association IMPACT Fellow (November 17, 2021)

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