Journal of Biomolecular Research & Therapeutics

Mao Peizhong

Mao Peizhong
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Oregon Health & Science University, USA

Biography

Education and Experience: 2012 - Present Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, OHSU 2010 - Present Staff Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC), OHSU 2008 - 2009 Research Associate, Division of Neuroscience, ONPRC, OHSU (Oregon) 2005 - 2008 Senior Research Associate, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine (Oregon) 2003 - 2005 Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine (Oregon) 2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Maryland) 2000 - 2001 Postdoctoral fellow, McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences/ Montana State University (Montana) 1995 - 1999 Ph.D., major in molecular biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University (Japan) 1993 - 1995 Visiting Researcher, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Department of Physiology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine (Japan) 1990 - 1993 Instructor, Tianjin Municipal Research Institute for Family Planning, Tianjin Medical University (China) 1988 - 1990 Research Assistant/Residency, Tianjin Municipal Research Institute for Family Planning, Tianjin Medical University (China) 1985 - 1988 Master Degree, Physiology/Endocrinology (Integrated Program of Western and Chinese Medicine), Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medical College (China) 1980 - 1985 M.D. (equal), Hebei Medical University (China).

Research Interest

Neurotransmitters including CART, protein-protein interaction (especially yeast two-hybrid system), small molecule-protein interaction (yeast three-hybrid system, including drug-GPCR interactions), oxidative stress and mitochondria, neurodegenerative diseases, herbal medicine/traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).