Westlake University

a team led by Xin Zhang published a major breakthrough in Cell in November 2025, developing a new class of time-resolved fluorescent proteins (tr-FPs) that overcome prior spectral-crowding limitations by engineering and regulating fluorescence-lifetime mechanisms,…

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Affiliation	School of Science, Westlake University	en.westlake.edu.cn · gaoxiaojob.com · xinzhang.lab.westlake.edu.cn · zje.zju.edu.cn
Research focus	Chemistry of biological aggregates, fluorescent molecular probes, time-resolved fluorescent proteins, biomolecular phase separation, and chemical biology of membraneless organelles	en.westlake.edu.cn · gaoxiaojob.com · xinzhang.lab.westlake.edu.cn
Grant	National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 22494700, 22477102, 82273257, 32450793, 22222410, 22374148)	nsfc.gov.cn
Publications	Time-resolved fluorescent proteins expand fluorescent microscopy in temporal and spectral domains (Cell, 2025)	en.westlake.edu.cn · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · pure.ecnu.edu.cn · nsfc.gov.cn
Principal staff	Xin Zhang (Professor)	en.westlake.edu.cn · gaoxiaojob.com · xinzhang.lab.westlake.edu.cn
Principal staff	Zizhu Tan (Assistant Research Professor), Chia-Heng Hsiung (Assistant Research Professor), Jiahui Feng (Ph.D. student)	en.westlake.edu.cn · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · pure.ecnu.edu.cn
Headcount	1 Associate Researcher, 2 Assistant Researchers, 5 Postdoctoral Fellows, 2 Administrative Assistants, 15 PhD students, 1 Research Assistant (as of 2025/2026 data source reporting)	gaoxiaojob.com · xinzhang.lab.westlake.edu.cn

Independent sources: en.westlake.edu.cn · gaoxiaojob.com · nsfc.gov.cn · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · pure.ecnu.edu.cn · xinzhang.lab.westlake.edu.cn · zje.zju.edu.cn

Technologies

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Bioluminescence & marine fluorescent proteins	marine-biotech	Low	→

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