Faculty Profiles - LIU Zhen | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Zhen LIU
劉振

Doctor of Natural Science in Biophysics
Peking University, 2015

Assistant Professor
Division of Life Science

(852) 3469 2553
zhenliu@ust.hk
Room 5522
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ORCID

0000-0001-6462-8575

Scopus ID

57215841488

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Cell biology
Super-resolution microscopy
Disease mechanisms
Centrosome and cilia

Publications

All Years 10 2024 1 2023 0 2022 2 2021 0 2020 4 2019 0 2018 3

2024 1

Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy for Cilia Investigation and Ciliopathy Diagnosis

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress=激光与光电子学进展, v. 61, (6), March 2024, article number 0618016
Liu, Zhen; Wu, Yang
Article

2022 2

Hereditary Mucin Deficiency Caused by Biallelic Loss of Function of MUC5B

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, v. 205, (7), 1 April 2022, p. 761-768
Costain, Gregory; Liu, Zhen; Mennella, Vito; Radicioni, Giorgia; Goczi, Adrienn N; Albulescu, Alexandra; Walker, Susan; Ngan, Bo; Manson, David; Vali, Reza; Khan, Meraj; Palaniyar, Nades; Hill, David B.; Hall, David A.; Marshall, Christian R.; Knowles, Michael; Zariwala, Maimoona A.; Kesimer, Mehmet; Dell, Sharon D.
Article

Nanometer-Scale Molecular Mapping by Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

Fluorescent Microscopy / Heit B. (eds). New York : Humana, 2022, p. 305-326, Book series: Methods in Molecular Biology, v. 2440
Mennella, Vito; Liu, Zhen
Book chapter

2020 4

A quantitative super-resolution imaging toolbox for diagnosis of motile ciliopathies

Science Translational Medicine, v. 12, (535), March 2020, article number eaay0071
Liu, Zhen; Nguyen, Quynh P.H.; Guan, Qingxu; Albulescu, Alexandra; Erdman, Lauren; Mahdaviyeh, Yasaman; Kang, Jasmine; Ouyang, Hong; Hegele, Richard G.; Moraes, Theo; Goldenberg, Anna; Dell, Sharon D.; Mennella, Vito
Article

Comparative Super-Resolution Mapping of Basal Feet Reveals a Modular but Distinct Architecture in Primary and Motile Cilia

Developmental Cell, v. 55, (2), October 2020, p. 209-223.e7
Nguyen, Quynh P.H.; Liu, Zhen; Albulescu, Alexandra; Ouyang, Hong; Zlock, Lorna; Coyaud, Etienne; Laurent, Estelle; Finkbeiner, Walter; Moraes, Theo J.; Raught, Brian; Mennella, Vito
Article

Super-Resolution Microscopy and FIB-SEM Imaging Reveal Parental Centriole-Derived, Hybrid Cilium in Mammalian Multiciliated Cells

Developmental Cell, v. 55, (2), October 2020, p. 224-236.e6
Liu, Zhen; Nguyen, Quynh P.H.; Nanjundappa, Rashmi; Delgehyr, Nathalie; Megherbi, Alexandre; Doherty, Regan; Thompson, James; Jackson, Claire; Albulescu, Alexandra; Heng, Yew M.; Lucas, Jane S.; Dell, Sharon D.; Meunier, Alice; Czymmek, Kirk; Mahjoub, Moe R.; Mennella, Vito
Article

Hereditary Mucin Deficiency Caused by Biallelic Loss-of-Function of MUC5B Defines a Novel Category of Lung Disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2020 / American Thoracic Society. New York, USA : American Thoracic Society, 2020, v. 201, C49. Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis, PCD, and Cough
Liu, Zhen; Costain, Gregory; Goczi, Adrienn; Albulescu, Alexandra; Walker, Susan; Ngan, Bo; Hall, David, A.; Marshall, Christian R.; Mennella, Vito; Kesimer, Mehmet; Knowles, Michael; Zariwala, Maimoona A.; Dell, Sharon D.
Conference paper

2015 1

Live-cell and super-resolution imaging reveal that the distribution of wall-associated protein A is correlated with the cell chain integrity of Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Oral Microbiology, v. 30, (5), October 2015, p. 376-383
Li, Yongliang; Liu, Zhen; Zhang, Yifei; Su, Qian Peter; Xue, Boxin; Shao, Shipeng; Zhu, Yun; Xu, Xiao; Wei, Shicheng; Sun, Yujie
Article

2014 2

Super-resolution imaging and tracking of protein–protein interactions in sub-diffraction cellular space

Nature Communications, v. 5, July 2014, article number 4443
Liu, Zhen; Xing, Dong; Su, Qian Peter; Zhu, Yun; Zhang, Jiamei; Kong, Xinyu; Wang, Sheng; Sun, Hao; Tao, Yile; Sun, Yujie
Article

超高分辨率熒光顯微成像: 2014年諾貝爾化學獎解析

科學通報=Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 59, (34), 2014, p. 3342-3343
蘇乾; 劉振; 薛博鑫; 孫育杰
Article

Article 1

Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy for Cilia Investigation and Ciliopathy Diagnosis

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress=激光与光电子学进展, v. 61, (6), March 2024, article number 0618016
Liu, Zhen; Wu, Yang

Article 1

Hereditary Mucin Deficiency Caused by Biallelic Loss of Function of MUC5B

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, v. 205, (7), 1 April 2022, p. 761-768
Costain, Gregory; Liu, Zhen; Mennella, Vito; Radicioni, Giorgia; Goczi, Adrienn N; Albulescu, Alexandra; Walker, Susan; Ngan, Bo; Manson, David; Vali, Reza; Khan, Meraj; Palaniyar, Nades; Hill, David B.; Hall, David A.; Marshall, Christian R.; Knowles, Michael; Zariwala, Maimoona A.; Kesimer, Mehmet; Dell, Sharon D.

Book chapter 1

Nanometer-Scale Molecular Mapping by Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

Fluorescent Microscopy / Heit B. (eds). New York : Humana, 2022, p. 305-326, Book series: Methods in Molecular Biology, v. 2440
Mennella, Vito; Liu, Zhen

Article 3

A quantitative super-resolution imaging toolbox for diagnosis of motile ciliopathies

Science Translational Medicine, v. 12, (535), March 2020, article number eaay0071
Liu, Zhen; Nguyen, Quynh P.H.; Guan, Qingxu; Albulescu, Alexandra; Erdman, Lauren; Mahdaviyeh, Yasaman; Kang, Jasmine; Ouyang, Hong; Hegele, Richard G.; Moraes, Theo; Goldenberg, Anna; Dell, Sharon D.; Mennella, Vito

Comparative Super-Resolution Mapping of Basal Feet Reveals a Modular but Distinct Architecture in Primary and Motile Cilia

Developmental Cell, v. 55, (2), October 2020, p. 209-223.e7
Nguyen, Quynh P.H.; Liu, Zhen; Albulescu, Alexandra; Ouyang, Hong; Zlock, Lorna; Coyaud, Etienne; Laurent, Estelle; Finkbeiner, Walter; Moraes, Theo J.; Raught, Brian; Mennella, Vito

Super-Resolution Microscopy and FIB-SEM Imaging Reveal Parental Centriole-Derived, Hybrid Cilium in Mammalian Multiciliated Cells

Developmental Cell, v. 55, (2), October 2020, p. 224-236.e6
Liu, Zhen; Nguyen, Quynh P.H.; Nanjundappa, Rashmi; Delgehyr, Nathalie; Megherbi, Alexandre; Doherty, Regan; Thompson, James; Jackson, Claire; Albulescu, Alexandra; Heng, Yew M.; Lucas, Jane S.; Dell, Sharon D.; Meunier, Alice; Czymmek, Kirk; Mahjoub, Moe R.; Mennella, Vito

Conference paper 1

Hereditary Mucin Deficiency Caused by Biallelic Loss-of-Function of MUC5B Defines a Novel Category of Lung Disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2020 / American Thoracic Society. New York, USA : American Thoracic Society, 2020, v. 201, C49. Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis, PCD, and Cough
Liu, Zhen; Costain, Gregory; Goczi, Adrienn; Albulescu, Alexandra; Walker, Susan; Ngan, Bo; Hall, David, A.; Marshall, Christian R.; Mennella, Vito; Kesimer, Mehmet; Knowles, Michael; Zariwala, Maimoona A.; Dell, Sharon D.

Article 1

Live-cell and super-resolution imaging reveal that the distribution of wall-associated protein A is correlated with the cell chain integrity of Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Oral Microbiology, v. 30, (5), October 2015, p. 376-383
Li, Yongliang; Liu, Zhen; Zhang, Yifei; Su, Qian Peter; Xue, Boxin; Shao, Shipeng; Zhu, Yun; Xu, Xiao; Wei, Shicheng; Sun, Yujie

Article 2

Super-resolution imaging and tracking of protein–protein interactions in sub-diffraction cellular space

Nature Communications, v. 5, July 2014, article number 4443
Liu, Zhen; Xing, Dong; Su, Qian Peter; Zhu, Yun; Zhang, Jiamei; Kong, Xinyu; Wang, Sheng; Sun, Hao; Tao, Yile; Sun, Yujie

超高分辨率熒光顯微成像: 2014年諾貝爾化學獎解析

科學通報=Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 59, (34), 2014, p. 3342-3343
蘇乾; 劉振; 薛博鑫; 孫育杰

2015 1

Live-cell and super-resolution imaging reveal that the distribution of wall-associated protein A is correlated with the cell chain integrity of Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Oral Microbiology, v. 30, (5), October 2015, p. 376-383
Li, Yongliang; Liu, Zhen; Zhang, Yifei; Su, Qian Peter; Xue, Boxin; Shao, Shipeng; Zhu, Yun; Xu, Xiao; Wei, Shicheng; Sun, Yujie
Article

2014 2

Super-resolution imaging and tracking of protein–protein interactions in sub-diffraction cellular space

Nature Communications, v. 5, July 2014, article number 4443
Liu, Zhen; Xing, Dong; Su, Qian Peter; Zhu, Yun; Zhang, Jiamei; Kong, Xinyu; Wang, Sheng; Sun, Hao; Tao, Yile; Sun, Yujie
Article

超高分辨率熒光顯微成像: 2014年諾貝爾化學獎解析

科學通報=Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 59, (34), 2014, p. 3342-3343
蘇乾; 劉振; 薛博鑫; 孫育杰
Article

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 5 2023-24 Summer 2 2023-24 Spring 9 2023-24 Winter 0 2023-24 Fall 4 2022-23 Summer 0

LIFS5070	Workshops in Biosciences
LIFS6170	Special Topics in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
LIFS6410G	Seminar Enrichment Course
UROP1100N	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1
UROP2100N	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 2

UROP1100M	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1
UROP2100M	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 2

LIFS4630	Advanced Topics in Biotechnology
LIFS4960	Biological Science Capstone Project
LIFS4961	Biochemistry and Cell Biology Capstone Project
LIFS4963	Biotechnology Capstone Project
LIFS4981	Biochemistry and Cell Biology Project Research II
LIFS6111T	Life Science Postgraduate Student Seminar
LIFS6117G	Current Topics in Cell Biology
SCIE1500	Guided Study on Research I
UROP1100L	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1

LIFS4961	Biochemistry and Cell Biology Capstone Project
LIFS4971	Biochemistry and Cell Biology Project Research I
LIFS5070	Workshops in Biosciences
LIFS6170	Special Topics in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

ZHAO, Yanshuang
Life Science
DAI, Zixuan
Life Science
WU, Yang
Life Science
WANG, Qian
Life Science

Master of Philosophy

CAO, Jiaying
Life Science
LIANG, Binrun
Life Science

Graduated RPGs

Master of Philosophy

FENG, Hanchao
Life Science( Completed in 2024 )

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 2

No Projects.
MTMR11 defect causes motile ciliopathy

MTMR11缺陷導致運動纖毛病變 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LIU Zhen (Lead)
2024 -
A mechanistic study of RPGR defect caused airway and eye diseases

RPGR缺陷導致的呼吸道和眼部疾病的機制研究 Leading

RGC - Early Career Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
LIU Zhen (Lead)
2022 -

Research Interest

Publications

2024 1

2022 2

2020 4

2015 1

2014 2

Article 1

Article 1

Book chapter 1

Article 3

Conference paper 1

Article 1

Article 2

2015 1

2014 2

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

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