Jin Zhang (Chinese: 张瑾; pinyin: Zhāng Jǐn; born February 29, 1972) is a Chinese-American biochemist.
She is a professor of pharmacology, chemistry and biochemistry, and biomedical engineering at the University of California, San Diego.
[1] Following her postdoc at UCSD, Zhang joined the faculty in the department of pharmacology and molecular sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2003.
[3] In 2015, Zhang relocated her lab to UCSD, where she is a professor in the departments of pharmacology, bioengineering, and chemistry and biochemistry.
Genetically encoded biosensors utilize a kinase-specific substrate fused to fluorescent proteins and a phosphoamino acid binding domain, which change FRET ratio or fluorescence intensity based on kinase activity.