Wei Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Email

wei.zhang@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, US

Education

Postdoctoral Training at Peking University: 12/2022 - Beijing, China; Chemical Biology

Postdoctoral Training at Baylor College of Medicine: 07/2025 - Houston, United States; Neuroscience

PhD from Autonomous University of Madrid; Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council: 11/2019 - Madrid, Spain; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Molecular Bioscience

Professional Statement

I am interested in elucidating the regulatory mechanisms of the axon initial segment under both physiological and pathological conditions by integrating approaches from cellular and molecular neuroscience with chemical biology methodologies.
I am a research assistant professor in Matthew Neil Rasband' laboratory, and perform all of my research in collaboration with Dr. Rasband.

Websites

ORCID

Selected Publications

Zhang, W#., Palfini, V. L#., Wu, Y., Ding, X., Melton, A. J., Gao, Y., Ogawa, Y., & Rasband, M. N.. " A hierarchy of PDZ domain scaffolding proteins clusters the Kv1 K+ channel protein complex at the axon initial segment " Sci Adv. 2025 ;
Pubmed PMID: 40408471.
Zhang, W., Ciorraga, M., Mendez, P., Retana, D., Boumedine-Guignon, N., Achón, B., Russier, M., Debanne, D., & Garrido, J. J.. " Formin Activity and mDia1 Contribute to Maintain Axon Initial Segment Composition and Structure " Mol Neurobiol. 2021 ;
Pubmed PMID: 34458961.
Zhang, W., Fu, Y., Peng, L., Ogawa, Y., Ding, X., Rasband, A., Zhou, X., Shelly, M., Rasband, M. N*., & Zou, P*. " Immunoproximity biotinylation reveals the axon initial segment proteome " Nat Commun. 2023 ;
Pubmed PMID: 38081810.
Zhang, W., Bonadiman, A., Ciorraga, M., Benitez, M. J., & Garrido, J. J.. " P2Y1 Purinergic Receptor Modulate Axon Initial Segment Initial Development " Front Cell Neurosci. 2019 ;
Pubmed PMID: 31068791.