Areas of Focus
- Natural Product Biosynthesis
Work Experience
- 2020-09~2021-05 - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2015-03~2020-08 - Harvard University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-08--2014-12 Ph.D.: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- 2004-09--2008-06 Bachelor's: Fudan University
Publications
- Directed Biosynthesis of Mitragynine Stereoisomers, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2023
- Phylogeny-Aware Chemoinformatic Analysis of Chemical Diversity in Lamiaceae Enables Iridoid Pathway Assembly and Discovery of Aucubin Synthase, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2022
- The human gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin alkylates DNA, SCIENCE, 2019
- Reactivity of an Unusual Amidase May Explain Colibactin's DNA Cross-Linking Activity, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2019
- Colibactin assembly line enzymes use S-adenosylmethionine to build a cyclopropane ring, NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, 2017
- Inducible knockout of Mef2a, -c, and -d from nestin-expressing stem/progenitor cells and their progeny unexpectedly uncouples neurogenesis and dendritogenesis in vivo, FASEB JOURNAL, 2015
- HDAC3 controls gap 2/mitosis progression in adult neural stem/progenitor cells by regulating CDK1 levels, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2014
- Harnessing adult neurogenesis by cracking the epigenetic code, Future Neuro, 2012