Achievement 1: 30th National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium Travel Award, 2006
Achievement 2: University of Kentucky Graduate School Academic Year Scholarship, 2005
Achievement 3: University of Kentucky Graduate Scholarship, 2004
2011-05~Present - Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology - Researcher
2009-03~2011-04 - SelectX Pharmaceuticals Inc - Researcher/Department Head
2006-09~2009-03 - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Postdoctoral Research Assistant
2002-08~2006-08 - University of Kentucky - PhD
30th National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium Travel Award (2006): Other
University of Kentucky Graduate School Academic Year Scholarship (2005): Institution
University of Kentucky Graduate Scholarship (2004): Institution
Research
Natural Product Biosynthesis Microbial Physiology and Metabolism
High-level production of Rhodiola rosea characteristic component rosavin from D-glucose and L-arabinose in engineered Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2024
Complete biosynthesis of the phenylethanoid glycoside verbascoside, Tao Liu, 2023
Biosynthesis of a rosavin natural product in Escherichia coli by glycosyltransferase rational design and artificial pathway construction, Tao Liu, 2022
Advances in microbial synthesis of plant natural products, Tao Liu, 2022
Biosynthesis of cinnamyl acetate by three plant-derived benzyl acyltransferases in engineered Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2021
CYP82AR Subfamily Proteins Catalyze C-1 ' Hydroxylations of Deoxyshikonin in the Biosynthesis of Shikonin and Alkannin, Tao Liu, 2021
Discovery of Glycosyltransferases Involved in the Biosynthesis of Ligupurpuroside B, Tao Liu, 2021
Production of caffeyl alcohol glucosides by mixed fermentation with different Escherichia coli recombinants, Tao Liu, 2020
Potential role of two cytochrome P450s obtained from Lithospermum erythrorhizon in catalyzing the oxidation of geranylhydroquinone during Shikonin biosynthesis, Tao Liu, 2020
Origin and Evolution of Fusidane-Type Antibiotics Biosynthetic Pathway through Multiple Horizontal Gene Transfers, Tao Liu, 2020
Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for high-level production of gastrodin from glucose, Tao Liu, 2020
Producing Gram-Scale Unnatural Rosavin Analogues from Glucose by Engineered Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2019
Research progress on the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds by microorganisms, Tao Liu, 2019
Production of caffeoylmalic acid from glucose in engineered Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2018
Genetic Cloning and Functional Verification of Hydroxycinnamoyltransferase in Ixeris sonchifolia Hance, Tao Liu, 2018
Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for High-Level Production of Salidroside from Glucose, Tao Liu, 2018
Production of Cinnamyl Alcohol Glucoside from Glucose in Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2017
Biosynthesis of 3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)Propionic Acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tao Liu, 2017
Balanced activation of IspG and IspH to eliminate MEP intermediate accumulation and improve isoprenoids production in Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2017
Biocatalysis of Phenolic Glycosides Natural Products in Escherichia coli Strain Using UGT73B6, Tao Liu, 2017
Biosynthesis of Valerena-4,7(11)-diene in an Engineered Escherichia coli Strain, Tao Liu, 2017
Fermentative Production of Phenolic Glucosides by Escherichia coli with an Engineered Glucosyltransferase from Rhodiola sachalinensis, Tao Liu, 2017
De novo biosynthesis of Gastrodin in Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2016
Synthesis of rosmarinic acid analogues in Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2016
Biosynthesis of phlorisovalerophenone and 4-hydroxy-6-isobutyl-2-pyrone in Escherichia coli from glucose, Tao Liu, 2016
Engineered synthesis of rosmarinic acid in Escherichia coli resulting production of a new intermediate, caffeoyl-phenyllactate, Tao Liu, 2016
Heterologous expression of bottromycin biosynthetic gene cluster and increase of yield, Tao Liu, 2015
Heterologous biosynthesis of costunolide in Escherichia coli and yield improvement, Tao Liu, 2015
Three New Xanthones from the Fungus Penicillium sp NH-7-1, Tao Liu, 2015
Producing aglycons of ginsenosides in bakers’ yeast, Tao Liu, 2014
The preliminary identification of piloquinone biosynthetic gene cluster, Tao Liu, 2014
Production of lycopene by metabolically-engineered Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2014
Production of salidroside in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli, Tao Liu, 2014
Draft Genome Sequence of Streptomyces bottropensis ATCC 25435, a Bottromycin-Producing Actinomycete, Tao Liu, 2013
Engineered short branched-chain acyl-CoA synthesis in E. coli and acylation of chloramphenicol to branched-chain derivatives, Tao Liu, 2013
Engineered Biosynthesis of Gilvocarcin Analogues with Altered Deoxyhexopyranose Moieties, Tao Liu, 2011
Characterization of the lnmKLM Genes Unveiling Key Intermediates for β-Alkylation in Leinamycin Biosynthesis, Tao Liu, 2010
Inactivation of the Ketoreductase gilU Gene of the Gilvocarcin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Yields New Analogues with Partly Improved Biological Activity, Tao Liu, 2009
Bifunctional acyltransferase/decarboxylase LnmK as the missing link for β-alkylation in polyketide biosynthesis, Tao Liu, 2009
Multi-Oxygenase Complexes of the Gilvocarcin and Jadomycin Biosyntheses, Tao Liu, 2007
Inactivation of gilGT encoding a C-Glycosyltransferse and gilOIII encoding a P450-enzyme, allows to delineate details of the biosynthetic pathway of gilvocarcin V, Tao Liu, 2006
Generation of New Landomycins by Combinatorial Biosynthetic Manipulation of the LndGT4 Gene of the Landomycin E Cluster in S. globisporus, Tao Liu, 2004
Function of lanGT3, a glycosyltransferase gene involved in landomycin A biosynthesis, Tao Liu, 2004
Oxidative rearrangement processes in the biosynthesis of gilvocarcin V, Tao Liu, 2004
Biosynthesis of phlorisovalerophenone and 4-hydroxy-6-isobutyl-2-pyrone in Escherichia coli from glucose, Tao Liu
