Curriculum Vitae, Zheng-Wei Yang (North Sichuan Medical College, June 2011)

Curriculum Vitae

Name Zheng-Wei Yang

Date & Place of Birth1963; Bishan, Chongqing, China

Current Appointment & AddressDirector & Professor (1998-present)

Morphometric Research Laboratory

North Sichuan Medical College

234 Fujiang Road

Nanchong city, Sichuan province, 637007

China

Tel:+86 817 222 6611

Fax:+86 817 222 5475

Webpage (for introduction of stereology, in Chinese)

http://www.nsmc.edu.cn/forum/stereology/

Education & Work Experience

 1979-1983: Bachelor of Medicine, Luzhou Medical College, Sichuan

 1983-1985: Surgeon, the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College

 1985-present: Teacher & Researcher, Department of Histology and Embryology / Morphometric Research Laboratory, North Sichuan Medical College

 1987.12-1988.12: Visiting Scholar, Department of Anatomy, Monash University, Australia

 1995.04-1997.04: Rockefeller Research Fellow, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Australia

 1999-2001, 2004-2010: (Concurrently) Director, Editorial Office, Journal of North Sichuan Medical College

 2001-2004: (Concurrently) Head, Department of Foreign Languages Teaching and Research, North Sichuan Medical College

Book (chapter in Chinese)

 Yang ZW. Practical Biomedical Stereology. Sichuan Society of Anatomy, 1991, pp 1-150. (Lecturing materials.)

 Yang ZW. Some quantitative methods for testicular histological structures and their use. In: Clinical Reproduction and Endocrinology: Female and Male. Ed. Ge QS. Beijing: Scientific and Technical Documents Publishing House. 2001, pp 1010-1022.

 Yang ZW. Stereological quantitative study of cell numbers. In: Contemporary Practical Experimental Techniques for Cell and Molecular Biology. Ed. Cai WQ. Beijing: People’s Military Medical Publisher. 2003, pp 285-296.

 Yang ZW. Morphometry. In: Contemporary Histology. Ed. Cheng LZ. Shanghai: Shanghai Scientific and Technical Documents Publishing House. 3rd edi. 2003, pp 34-39.

Papers published in international peer-reviewed academic journals in English

  1. Nigel Glen Wreford, Yang Zhengwei. The use of volume weighted mean volume in the estimation of Sertoli cell nuclear volume and numbers in the developing rat testis. Acta Stereologica 1989; 8: 351-353.
  2. Yang Zhengwei, Nigel G. Wreford, David M. de Kretser. A quantitative study of spermatogenesis in the developing rat testis. Biology of Reproduction 1990; 43(4): 629-635.
  3. Yang Zhengwei, Robert I. McLachlan, William J. Bremner, Nigel G. Wreford. Quantitative (stereological) study of normal spermatogenesis in the adult monkey (Macaca fascicularis). Journal of Andrology 1997; 18(6): 681-687.
  4. Yang Zhengwei, Nigel G. Wreford, William J. Bremner, Alvin M. Matsumoto, Bradley A. Anawalt, Robert I. McLachlan. Immature spermatids are not prevalent in semen from men who are receiving androgen-based contraceptive regimens. Fertility and Sterility 1998; 69(1): 89-95.
  5. Y. Zhengwei, N. G. Wreford, S. Schlatt, G. F. Weinbauer, E. Nieschlag, R. I. McLachlan. Acute and specific impairment of spermatogonial development by GnRH antagonist-induced gonadotrophin withdrawal in the adult macaque (Macaca fascicularis). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 1998; 112(1): 139-147.
  6. Yang Zhengwei, Nigel G. Wreford, Peter Royce, David M. de Kretser, Robert I. McLachlan. Stereological evaluation of human spermatogenesis after suppression by testosterone treatment: heterogeneous pattern of spermatogenic impairment. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1998; 83(4): 1284-1291.
  7. Yang Zhengwei, Liu Guoquan, Nigel G. Wreford. A new distance method for the quantitative analysis of point patterns in space. Acta Stereologica 1998; 17(2): 265-272.
  8. Stefan Schlatt, Yang Zhengwei, Terri Meehan, David M. de Kretser, Kate Lakoski Loveland. Application of morphometric techniques to postnatal rat testes in organ culture: insights into testis growth. Cell and Tissue Research 1999; 298(2): 335-343.
  9. Xiao-Hong Wen, Zheng-Wei Yang. Quantitative (stereological) study on the spermatozoal storage capacity of epididymis in rats and monkeys. Asian Journal of Andrology 2000; 2(1): 73-77.
  10. Zhengwei Yang, Rendong Zhang, Xiaohong Wen, Anpei Huang. Caveat on the error analysis for stereological estimates. Image Analysis and Stereology 2000; 19 (1): 9-13.
  11. Xiao-Hong Wen, Xing-Hai Wang, Jian-Sun Tong, Zheng-Wei Yang, Gui-Yuan Zhang. Reversible effect of testosterone undecanoate injection on spermatogenesis in rats. Asian Journal of Andrology 2000; 2(3): 207-211.
  12. Z.-W Yang, S.-H Yang, L. Chen, J. Qu, J. Zhu, Z. Tang. Comparison of blood counts in venous, fingertip and arterial blood and their measurement variation. Clinical and Laboratory Haematology 2001; 23(3): 155-159.
  13. Anpei Huang, Rendong Zhang, Zhengwei Yang. Quantitative (stereological) study of placental structures in women with pregnancy iron-deficiency anemia. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 2001; 97(1): 59-64.
  14. Zheng-Wei Yang, Yan-Hong Qin, Shu-Rong Su. Use of star volume to measure the size of the alveolar space in the asthmatic guinea pig lung. Respirology 2002; 7(2): 117-121.
  15. R. D. Zhang, X. H. Wen, L. S. Kong, X. Z. Deng, B. Peng, A. P. Huang, Y. Wan and Z. W. Yang. A quantitative (stereological) study of the effects of experimental unilateral cryptorchidism and subsequent orchiopexy on spermatogenesis in adult rabbit testis. Reproduction 2002; 124(1): 95-105.
  16. B. Peng, R.D. Zhang, X.S Dai, X.Z. Deng, Y. Wan, Z.W. Yang. Quantitative (stereological) study of the effects of vasectomy on spermatogenesis in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Reproduction 2002; 124(6): 847-856.
  17. Zheng-Wei Yang, Gui-Wu Wei. Comparison of point-, line- and boundary-sampled intercepts inside a circle or sphere. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 2003; 17(2): 319-330.
  18. R.D. Zhang, B. Peng, X.Z. Deng, Y. Wan, Z.W. Yang. A stereological study of the effects of experimental inguinal cryptorchidism and subsequent orchiopexy on spermatogenesis in adult monkeys. International Journal of Andrology 2003; 26(3): 180-186.
  19. Li-Yan Li, Jian-Hui Guo, Zheng-Wei Yang. A quantitative stereological study of the area of cortical surface in the monkey, pig and cat cerebrum. European Journal of Morphology 2003; 41(3/4): 127-129.
  20. Xiao-Hong Wen, Xin-Min Xiao, Peng Huang, Xian-Yong Xie, Zheng-Wei Yang. Histological study of vas deferens following intravasal laser irradiation. Asian Journal of Andrology 2003; 5(4): 287-294.
  21. Z.M. Lei, S. Mishra, P. Ponnuru, X. Li, Z.W. Yang, Ch.V. Rao. Testicular phenotype in luteinizing hormone receptor knockout animals and the effect of testosterone replacement therapy. Biology of Reproduction 2004; 71(5): 1605-1613.
  22. Ling-Shu Kong, An-Pei Huang, Xian-Zhong Deng, Zheng-Wei Yang. Quantitative (stereological) study of the effects of vasectomy on spermatogenesis in rabbits. Journal of Anatomy 2004; 205(2): 147-156.
  23. Zheng-Wei Yang, Yang Guo, Li Lin, Xing-Hai Wang, Jian-Sun Tong, Gui-Yuan Zhang. Quantitative (stereological) study of incomplete spermatogenic suppression induced by injection of testosterone undecanoate in rats. Asian Journal of Andrology 2004; 6(4): 291-297.
  24. J. Kang, X.-S. Dai, T.-B. YU, B. Wen, Z.-W. Yang. Glycogen accumulation in renal tubules, a key morphological change in the diabetic rat kidney. Acta Diabetologica 2005; 42(2): 110-116.
  25. Z.-W. Yang, J.-A. Li, M.-H. Yang, Y.-S. Feng, Z. Tang, X.-S. Dai, H.-Y. Wang, Q.-Q. Yin, Y. Gao, J. Li, X.-L. He, Y. Zhang, Q. An. Comparison of blood counts in splenic, renal and mesenteric arterial and venous blood in post-pubertal rabbits. Research in Veterinary Science 2005; 79(2): 149-154.
  26. Zheng-Wei Yang, Ling-Shu Kong, Yang Guo, Jin-Qi Yin, Nathaniel Mills. Histological changes of the testis and epididymis in adult rats as a result of Leydig cell destruction after ethane dimethane sulfonate treatment: a morphometric study. Asian Journal of Andrology 2006; 8(3): 289-299.
  27. Zhengwei Yang, Jeffrey C. Schank. Women do not synchronize their menstrual cycles. Human Nature: An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective 2006; 17(4): 433-447.
  28. Huibing Tan, Jianwen He, Songyan Wang, Kazuho Hirata, Zhengwei Yang, Akio Kuraoka, Masaru Kawabuchi. Age-related NADPH-diaphorase positive bodies in the lumbosacral spinal cord of aged rats. Archives of Histology and Cytology 2006; 69(5): 297-310.
  29. Bin Peng, Ya-Ping Wang, Yi Shang, Yang Guo, Zheng-Wei Yang. Effect of vasectomy via inguinal canal on spermatogenesis in rabbits. Asian Journal of Andrology 2008; 10(3): 486-493.
  30. X-F. Gao, J. Li, Z-W. Yang, Y-P. Li. Rifapentine vs. rifampicin for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2009; 13(7): 810-819.
  31. Hong-Gui Zhou, Zheng-Wei Yang, Students Group. Prevalence of dysmenorrhea in female students in a Chinese university: a prospective study. Health 2010; 2(4): 311-314.
  32. Bin Peng, Jing-Yan Lin, Yi Shang, Zheng-Wei Yang, Ya-Ping Wang. Plasticity in the synaptic number associated with neuropathic pain in the rat spinal dorsal horn: A stereological study. Neuroscience Letters 2010; 486(1): 24-28.
  33. Lin Chen, Wei Lu, Zhengwei Yang, Shu Yang, Chen Li, Xiaoyan Shi, Yong Tang. Age-Related Changes of the Oligodendrocytes in Rat Subcortical White Matter. Anatomical Record (Hoboken). 2011; 294(3): 487-493.
  34. B. Peng, Y. Mao, X.-F. Tang, Y. Shang, C.-Y. Shen, Y. Guo, Y. Xiang, Z.-W. Yang. Comparison of spermatogenic damage induced at 6 months after ligation of the vas deferens at proximal and distal locations in the rabbit. Andrologia 2011; 43(2): 129-138.
  35. Jing-Yan Lin, Bin Peng, Zheng-Wei Yang, Su Min. Number of synapses increased in the rat spinal dorsal horn after sciatic nerve transection: A stereological study. Brain Research Bulletin 2011; 84(6): 430-433.

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