个人简历

1979－1983，西南农业大学 本科生\r
1987－1990，英国诺丁汉大学 博士研究生\r
1990－1996，中国农业大学博士后、副教授\r
1996－1998，美国佐治亚医学院访问学者\r
1998至今，清华大学教授

研究领域

"研究领域为脊椎动物胚胎早期发育的分子机制。主要以斑马鱼和小鼠为模式动物，研究胚胎卵裂期和早期囊胚的细胞命运决定机制、胚层诱导和分化的调控机制、背-腹轴和头-尾轴的形成机制等，重点关注卵源因子在这些发育过程中的作用。"

近期论文

Jin, H., Han, Y., Wang, H., Li, J.X.H., Shen, W., Zhang, L., Chen, L., Jia, S., Yuan, P., Chen, H., and Meng, A.* (2022). The second polar body contributes to the fate asymmetry in the mouse embryo. Nat Sci Rev, nwac003.\r
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Chen, L., Xu, W., Liu, K., Jiang, Z., Han, Y., Jin, H., Zhang, L., Shen, W., Jia, S., Sun, Q., Meng, A.* (2021). 5' Half of specific tRNAs feeds back to promote corresponding tRNA gene transcription in vertebrate embryos. Sci Adv 7, eabh0494.\r
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Zhang, L., Chen, L., Chen, J., Shen, W., and Meng, A.* (2020). Mini-III RNase-based dual-color system for in vivo mRNA tracking. Development 147, dev190728.\r
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Jiang, D., Jiang, Z., Lu, D., Wang, X., Liang, H., Zhang, J., Meng, Y., Li, Y., Wu, D., Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Deng, H., Wu, Q., Xiong, J., Meng, A.* and Yu, L.* (2019). Migrasomes provide regional cues for organ morphogenesis during zebrafish gastrulation. Nat Cell Biol 21, 966-977.\r
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Gong, B., Li, Z., Xiao, W., Li, G., Ding, S., Meng, A.* and Jia, S*. (2019). Sec14l3 potentiates VEGFR2 signaling to regulate zebrafish vasculogenesis. Nat Commun 10, 1606.\r
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Yan, L., Chen, J., Zhu, X., Sun, J., Wu, X., Shen, W., Zhang, W., Tao, Q.*, and Meng, A.* (2018). Maternal Huluwa dictates the embryonic body axis through beta-catenin in vertebrates. Science 362, eaat1045.\r
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Zhang, B., Wu, X., Zhang, W., Shen, W., Sun, Q., Liu, K., Zhang, Y., Wang, Q., Li, Y., Meng, A.* and Xie, W.* (2018). Widespread Enhancer Dememorization and Promoter Priming during Parental-to-Zygotic Transition. Mol Cell 72, 673-686 e676.\r
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Sun, J., Yan, L., Shen, W., and Meng, A.* (2018). Maternal Ybx1 safeguards zebrafish oocyte maturation and maternal-to-zygotic transition by repressing global translation. Development 145, dev166587.\r
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Gao, Q., Zhang, J., Wang, X., Liu, Y., He, R., Liu, X., Wang, F., Feng, J., Yang, D., Wang, Z.*, Meng, A.* and Yan, X.* (2017). The signalling receptor MCAM coordinates apical-basal polarity and planar cell polarity during morphogenesis. Nat Commun 8, 15279.\r
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Gong, B., Shen, W., Xiao, W., Meng, Y., Meng, A.* and Jia, S.* (2017). The Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins Sec14l3/SEC14L2 act as GTPase proteins to mediate Wnt/Ca(2+) signaling. Elife 6, e26362.\r
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Liu, Z., Ning, G., Xu, R., Cao, Y., Meng, A.* and Wang, Q.* (2016). Fscn1 is required for the trafficking of TGF-beta family type I receptors during endoderm formation. Nat Commun 7, 12603.\r
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Zhang, J., Jiang, Z., Liu, X. and Meng, A.* (2016). Eph/ephrin signaling maintains the boundary of dorsal forerunner cell cluster during morphogenesis of the zebrafish embryonic left-right organizer. Development 143, 2603-2615.\r
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Xue, Y., Zheng, X., Huang, L., Xu, P., Ma, Y., Min, Z., Tao, Q., Tao, Y.*, and Meng, A*. (2014) Organizer-derived Bmp2 is required for the formation of a correct Bmp activity gradient during embryonic development. Nat Commun 5, 3766.\r
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Xu, P., Zhu, G., Wang, Y., Sun, J., Liu, X., Chen, Y. G., and Meng, A*. (2014) Maternal Eomesodermin regulates zygotic nodal gene expression for mesendoderm induction in zebrafish embryos. J Mol Cell Biol 6, 272-285.\r
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Liu, X., Xiong, C., Jia, S., Zhang, Y., Chen, Y. G., Wang, Q., and Meng, A*. (2013) Araf kinase antagonizes Nodal-Smad2 activity in mesendoderm development by directly phosphorylating the Smad2 linker region. Nat Commun 4, 1728.