Lidan Zhang obtained her bachelor’s degree in biological science (Teacher Education) from South China Normal University. Currently, she is a master’s student at the School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, under the supervision of Professor Gao Caiji. Lidan's research focuses on identifying substrate proteins of vacuolar sorting receptors and their sequence characteristics using the PhastID proximity labelling technique. She is dedicated to exploring the regulatory mechanisms of intracellular membrane trafficking and actively participates in academic exchanges to broaden her scientific horizons.