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Qibin Zhang

Omic Biological Applications
Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: K8-98
Richland, WA 99352
509/371-6221
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Biography

Dr. Qibin Zhang is a scientist in the Biological Separations & Mass Spectrometry Group within the Biological Sciences Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Dr. Zhang's research focuses on the development of robust, integrated mass spectrometry-based approaches for quantitative measurements of proteins, their post translational modifications, metabolites and lipids for a systems biological level understanding of complex biological systems and human diseases.

Research Interests

• Proteomics
• Metabolomics
• Diabetes

Education and Credentials

• Ph.D. Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA
• B.Sc. Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China

PNNL Publications

2013

• Zhang Q, TL Fillmore, AA Schepmoes, TRW Clauss, MA Gritsenko, PW Mueller, M Rewers, MA Atkinson, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2013. "Serum proteomics reveals systemic dysregulation of innate immunity in type 1 diabetes." The Journal of Experimental Medicine 210(1):191-203.  doi:10.1084/jem.20111843

2012

• Gao X, Q Zhang, D Meng, G Isaac, R Zhao, TL Fillmore, RK Chu, J Zhou, K Tang, Z Hu, RJ Moore, RD Smith, MG Katze, and TO Metz. 2012. "A reversed-phase capillary ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) method for comprehensive top-down/bottom-up lipid profiling." Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 402(9):2923-2933. 
• Hu Z, YM Kim, MB Sowa, RJ Robinson, X Gao, TO Metz, WF Morgan, and Q Zhang. 2012. "Metabolomic Response of Human Skin Tissue to Low Dose Ionizing Radiation." Molecular Biosystems 8(7):1979-1986.  doi:10.1039/C2MB25061F

2011

• Kim YM, TO Metz, Z Hu, SD Wiedner, JS Kim, RD Smith, WF Morgan, and Q Zhang. 2011. "Formation of dehydroalanine from mimosine and cysteine: artifacts in gas chromatography/mass spectrometry based metabolomics ." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 25:2561-2564.  doi:10.1002/rcm.5134
• Gonzales RM, Q Zhang, RC Zangar, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2011. "Development of a Fibrinogen-Specific Sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Microarray Assay for Distinguishing Between Blood Plasma and Serum Samples." Analytical Biochemistry 414(1):99-102.  doi:10.1016/j.ab.2011.02.039
• Zhang Q, ME Monroe, AA Schepmoes, TRW Clauss, MA Gritsenko, D Meng, VA Petyuk, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2011. "Comprehensive Identification of Glycated Peptides and Their Glycation Motifs in Plasma and Erythrocytes of Control and Diabetic Subjects." Journal of Proteome Research 10(7):3076-3088. 

2010

• Sorensen CM, J Ding, Q Zhang, T Alquier, R Zhao, PW Mueller, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2010. "Perturbations in the Lipid Profile of Individuals with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Lipidomics Analysis of a Diabetes Antibody Standardization Program Sample Subset." Clinical Biochemistry 43(12):948-956. 
• Diamond DL, AJ Syder, JM Jacobs, CM Sorensen, KA Walters, S Proll, JE McDermott, MA Gritsenko, Q Zhang, R Zhao, TO Metz, DG Camp, II, KM Waters, RD Smith, CM Rice, and MG Katze. 2010. "Temporal Proteome and Lipidome Profiles Reveal HCV-Associated Reprogramming of Hepatocellular Metabolism and Bioenergetics ." PLoS Pathogens 6(1):Art. No. e1000719.  doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000719

2009

• Zhang Q, JZ Hu, DN Rommereim, MK Murphy, RP Phipps, DL Huso, and JF Dicello. 2009. "Application of High-Resolution H-1 MAS NMR Spectroscopy to the Analysis of Intact Bones from Mice Exposed to Gamma Radiation." Radiation Research 172(5):607-616.  doi:10.1667/RR1715.1
• Schepmoes AA, Q Zhang, BO Petritis, W Qian, and RD Smith. 2009. "N-Terminal Enrichment: Developing a Protocol to Detect Specific Proteolytic Fragments." Journal of Biomolecular Techniques:JBT 20(5):263-265. 
• Yang F, S Wu, DL Stenoien, R Zhao, ME Monroe, MA Gritsenko, SO Purvine, AD Polpitiya, N Tolic, Q Zhang, AD Norbeck, DJ Orton, RJ Moore, K Tang, GA Anderson, L Pasa-Tolic, DG Camp, II, and RD Smith. 2009. "Combined Pulsed-Q dissociation and electron transfer dissociation for identification and quantitation of iTRAQ-labeled phosphopeptides." Analytical Chemistry 81(10):4137-4143.  doi:10.1021/ac802605m

2008

• Zhang Q, AA Schepmoes, JW Brock, S Wu, RJ Moore, SO Purvine, J Baynes, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2008. "Improved Methods for the Enrichment and Analysis of Glycated Peptides ." Analytical Chemistry 80(24):9822-9829.  doi:10.1021/ac801704j
• Zhang Q, JM Ames, RD Smith, J Baynes, and TO Metz. 2008. "A Perspective on the Maillard Reaction and the Analysis of Protein Glycation by Mass Spectrometry: Probing the Pathogenesis of Chronic Disease." Journal of Proteome Research 8(2):754-769. 
• Zhang Q, N Tang, AA Schepmoes, LS Phillips, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2008. "Proteomic Profiling of Nonenzymatically Glycated Proteins in Human Plasma and Erythrocyte Membrane." Journal of Proteome Research 7(5):2025-2032.  doi:10.1021/pr700763r
• Zhang Q, VA Petyuk, AA Schepmoes, DJ Orton, ME Monroe, F Yang, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2008. "Analysis of Non-Enzymatically Glycated Peptides: Neutral-Loss Triggered MS3 Versus Multi-Stage Activation Tandem Mass Spectrometry." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22(19):3027-3034.  doi:10.1002/rcm.3703

2007

• Zhang Q, A Frolov, N Tang, R Hoffman, T van der Goor, TO Metz, and RD Smith. 2007. "Application of Electron Transfer Dissociation Mass Spectrometry in Analyses of Non-enzymatically Glycated Peptides." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 21(5):661-666.  doi:10.1002/rcm.2884
• Zhang Q, N Tang, JW Brock, HM Mottaz, JM Ames, J Baynes, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2007. "Enrichment and Analysis of Nonenzymatically Glycated Peptides: Boronate Affinity Chromatography Coupled with Electron-Transfer Dissociation Mass Spectrometry." Journal of Proteome Research 6(6):2323-2330.  doi:doi:10.1021/pr070112q
• Ding J, CM Sorensen, Q Zhang, H Jiang, N Jaitly, EA Livesay, Y Shen, RD Smith, and TO Metz. 2007. "Capillary LC Coupled with High-Mass Measurement Accuracy Mass Spectrometry for Metabolic Profiling." Analytical Chemistry 79(16):6081-6093.  doi:10.1021/ac070064t
• Metz TO, Q Zhang, JS Page, Y Shen, SJ Callister, JM Jacobs, and RD Smith. 2007. "The future of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in metabolic profiling and metabolomic studies for biomarker discovery." Biomarkers in Medicine 1(1):159-185. 
• Zhang Q, W Qian, TV Knyushko, TRW Clauss, SO Purvine, RJ Moore, CA Sacksteder, MH Chin, DJ Smith, DG Camp, II, DJ Bigelow, and RD Smith. 2007. "A Method for Selective Enrichment and Analysis of Nitrotyrosine-Containing Peptides in Complex Proteome Samples." Journal of Proteome Research 6(6):2257-2268.  doi:10.1021/pr0606934

Selected Publications

2006

• Gu C, Zhang Q, Yang Z, Wang Y,  Zou Y. 2006. "Recognition and incision of oxidative intrastrand cross-link lesions by UvrABC nuclease." Biochemistry 45(35):10739-46.

2005

• Zhang Q,  Wang Y. 2005. Generation of 5-(2'-deoxycytidyl)methyl radical and the formation of intrastrand cross-link lesions in oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 33(5):1593-603.
• Zhang Q, Wang Y. 2005. The reactivity of the 5-hydroxy-5,6-dihydrothymidin-6-yl radical in oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Chem Res Toxicol 18(12):1897-906.

2004

• Wang Y, Vivekananda S,  Men L, Zhang Q. 2004. Fragmentation of protonated ions of peptides containing cysteine, cysteine sulfinic acid, and cysteine sulfonic acid. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 15(5):697-702.
• Zhang Q, Wang Y.  2004. Independent generation of the 5-hydroxy-5,6-dihydrothymidin-6-yl radical and its reactivity in dinucleoside monophosphates. J Am Chem Soc 126(41):13287-97.

2003

• Zhang Q, Wang Y. 2003.  Independent generation of 5-(2'-deoxycytidinyl)methyl radical and the formation of a novel cross-link lesion between 5-methylcytosine and guanine. J Am Chem Soc 125(42):12795-802.