北京大学分子医学研究所教授，973首席科学家，中科院院士。1990-1995 留学美国马里兰大学医学院生理系，获博士学位。曾任美国NIH老年研究所资深研究员，国家杰出青年科学基金项目资助者，国际心脏学会研究成就奖(2016)。迄今发表论文百余篇，其中10多篇刊于《Science》、《Nature》和《Cell》。于1993年发现细胞内钙释放的最小单位，并命名为“钙火花”(Calcium Sparks)，2004年该论文被誉为100年来最杰出的10篇心肌论文之一。2008首次报道线粒体“超氧炫”（Mitochondrial Superoxide Flash)，又称“线粒体炫”（Mitoflash）。线粒体炫与能量代谢、应激反应、衰老、突触长时程可塑性密切相关。目前担任《Cardiovas Res》副主编、《J Mol Cell Cardiol》和《Am J Physiol》杂志编委。 主要研究领域
研究方向：细胞钙信号、线粒体生物医学。研究钙信号和ROS信号转导的基本原理和生理调节，以及病理条件下信号失调的细胞与分子机制，并探索有效的干预策略。
Research interests: The mechanism of intracellular calcium and reactive oxygen species signal transduction, especially in cardiac and neural physiological and pathological processes.
E-mail: chengp@pku.edu.cn
实验室近年代表论文（selected publications ）
1. Wang,W., Fang, H., Groom, L., Cheng, A., Zhang, W., Liu, J., Wang, X., Li, K., Han, P., Zheng, M., Yin, J., Wang, W., Mattson, M.P., Kao, J.P.Y., Lakatta, E.G., Sheu, S.S., Ouyang, K., Chen, J., Dirksen, R.T., Cheng, H., 2008, Superoxide flashes in single mitochondria. Cell. 134:279-290.
2. Cheng, H., Lederer, W.J., 2008, Calcium sparks, Physiol. Reviews. 88:1491-1545.
3. Wei, C.L., Wang, X.H, Chen, M., Ouyang, K.F., Song, L.S., Cheng, H., 2009, Calcium flickers steer cell migration. Nature.457:901-905.
4. Wang, G., Zhu, X., Xie, W., Han, P., Li, K., Sun, Z., Wang, Y., Chen, C., Song, R., Cao, C., Zhang, J., Wu, C., Liu, J., Cheng, H., 2010, Rad as a novel regulator of excitation-contraction coupling and b-adrenergic signaling in heart. Circ. Res.106:317-327.
5. Wang, X., Xie, W., Zhang, Y., Lin, P., Han, L., Han, P., Wang, Y., Chen, Z., Ji, G., Zheng, M., Weisleder, N., Xiao, R.P., Takeshima, H., Ma, J., Cheng, H., 2010, Cardioprotection of ischemia/reperfusion injury by cholesterol-dependent MG53-mediated membrane repair. Circ. Res. 107:76-83.
6. Hou, T., Zhang, X., Xu, J., Jian, C, Huang, Z., Ye, T., Hu, K., Zheng, M., Gao, F., Wang, X., Cheng, H., 2013, Synergistic triggering of superoxide flashes by mitochondrial Ca2+ uniport and basal ROS elevation. J Biol Chem, 288: 4602-4612.
7. Huang, X., Sun, L., Ji, S., Zhao, T., Zhang, W., Xu, J., Zhang, J., Wang,Y., Wang, X., Franzini-Armstrong, C., Zheng, M., Cheng, H., 2013, Kissing and nanotunneling mediate intermitochondrial communication in the heart. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA, 110:2846-2851.
8. Shang, W., Lu, F., Sun, T., Xu, J., Li, L., Wang, Y., Wang, G., Chen, L., Wang, X., Cannell, M., Wang, S., Cheng, H., 2014, Imaging Ca2+ nanosparks in heart with a new targeted biosensor. Circ Res, 114:412-420.
9. Shen, E., Song, C., Lin, Y., Zhang, W., Su, P., Liu, W., Zhang, P., Xu, J., Lin, N., Zhan, C., Wang, X., Shyr, Y., Cheng, H., Dong, M., 2014, Mitoflash frequency in early adulthood predicts lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature, 508:128-132.
