معرفی
Heng Zhao is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. His research focuses on bacterial cell wall synthesis, antibiotic resistance mechanisms, and mechanosensitive ion channels. He has published extensively in high-impact journals such as Molecular Microbiology and eLife.
Research interests include bacterial membrane stress responses, sigma factor regulation, and the interplay between metabolism and cell wall integrity. His work on mechanosensitive channels like PIEZO1/2 bridges microbiology with cell biology and biophysics.
Selected recent studies explore vagal interoceptive systems (2024), sigma factor anti-termination mechanisms (2019), and antibiotic sensitivity pathways (2017-2019). His 2020 paper in eLife identified novel regulatory pathways for peptidoglycan synthesis.
Award-winning research has been highlighted in Yale News, including a 2025 article about typhoid fever's neurological mechanisms. Collaborates across disciplines to integrate microbiology with mechanobiology and systems immunology.
