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Name

Ren Lai

Contact Information

rlai@mail.kiz.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Yunnan

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1995-09--2001-07 PhD: Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1991-09--1995-07 Bachelor: Southwest Normal University
Work Experience	2004-07~Present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher 2002-05~2004-06 - University of Liverpool, UK - Postdoctoral Researcher 2001-08~2002-04 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Awards	2016: Outstanding Contribution Award for Innovation in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministerial Level 2016: National Innovation Award, National Level 2013: Second Prize for Technology System of Targeted Mining of Functional Components of Toxic Animal Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on Biological Survival Strategies, National Level 2011: China Youth Science and Technology Award, Ministerial Level 2010: Top Ten Outstanding Youth of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministerial Level 2010: Tan Jiazhen Life Science Award, Ministerial Level 2010: Wang Kuancheng Western Outstanding Contribution Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministerial Level 2009: Second Prize for Molecular Mechanism of Interaction between Blood-Sucking Ticks and Hosts, Provincial Level 2008: First Prize for Structure and Function of Functional Active Peptides in Amphibians, Provincial Level

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

Work Experience

2004-07~Present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
2002-05~2004-06 - University of Liverpool, UK - Postdoctoral Researcher
2001-08~2002-04 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher

Awards

2016: Outstanding Contribution Award for Innovation in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministerial Level
2016: National Innovation Award, National Level
2013: Second Prize for Technology System of Targeted Mining of Functional Components of Toxic Animal Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on Biological Survival Strategies, National Level
2011: China Youth Science and Technology Award, Ministerial Level
2010: Top Ten Outstanding Youth of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministerial Level
2010: Tan Jiazhen Life Science Award, Ministerial Level
2010: Wang Kuancheng Western Outstanding Contribution Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministerial Level
2009: Second Prize for Molecular Mechanism of Interaction between Blood-Sucking Ticks and Hosts, Provincial Level
2008: First Prize for Structure and Function of Functional Active Peptides in Amphibians, Provincial Level

Areas of Focus	Natural Drug Functional Proteomics Animal Toxins Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Publications	Vertebrate OTOP1 is also an alkali-activated channel, Lifeng Tian, Hao Zhang, Shilong Yang, Anna Luo, Peter Muiruri Kamau, Jingmei Hu, Lei Luo, Ren Lai, 2023 Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein expression is increased by stress and inhibits monoamine synthesis to promote depressive symptoms, Mingqian Fang, Yu Li, Zhiyi Liao, Gan Wang, Qiqi Cao, Ya Li, Yong Duan, Yanbing Han, Xinyi Deng, Feilong Wu, Peter Muiruri Kamau, Qiumin Lu, Ren Lai, 2023 Bioactive peptides from scorpion venoms: therapeutic scaffolds and pharmacological tools, Kamau Peter Muiruri, Jian ZHONG, Bing YAO, Ren LAI, Lei LUO, 2023 High throughput-screening of native herbal compounds identifies taccaoside A as a cytotoxic compound that mediates RAS signaling in cancer stem cells, Yang, Dong, Dai, Zhi, Zhu, Peifeng, Wang, Gan, Sun, Bin, Li, Shirong, Hao, Junjun, Wang, Yifen, Liu, Yaping, Yu, Shuaishuai, Lai, Ren, Luo, XiaoDong, Zhao, Xudong, 2023 A designed antimicrobial peptide with potential ability against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Yuan, Bingqian, Lu, Xiaoyu, Yang, Min, He, Qiyi, Cha, Zhuocen, Fang, Yaqun, Yang, Yan, Xu, Lei, Yan, Jingting, Lai, Ren, Wang, Aili, Yu, Xiaodong, Duan, Zilei, 2022

Areas of Focus

Natural Drug Functional Proteomics
Animal Toxins
Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Publications

Vertebrate OTOP1 is also an alkali-activated channel, Lifeng Tian, Hao Zhang, Shilong Yang, Anna Luo, Peter Muiruri Kamau, Jingmei Hu, Lei Luo, Ren Lai, 2023
Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein expression is increased by stress and inhibits monoamine synthesis to promote depressive symptoms, Mingqian Fang, Yu Li, Zhiyi Liao, Gan Wang, Qiqi Cao, Ya Li, Yong Duan, Yanbing Han, Xinyi Deng, Feilong Wu, Peter Muiruri Kamau, Qiumin Lu, Ren Lai, 2023
Bioactive peptides from scorpion venoms: therapeutic scaffolds and pharmacological tools, Kamau Peter Muiruri, Jian ZHONG, Bing YAO, Ren LAI, Lei LUO, 2023
High throughput-screening of native herbal compounds identifies taccaoside A as a cytotoxic compound that mediates RAS signaling in cancer stem cells, Yang, Dong, Dai, Zhi, Zhu, Peifeng, Wang, Gan, Sun, Bin, Li, Shirong, Hao, Junjun, Wang, Yifen, Liu, Yaping, Yu, Shuaishuai, Lai, Ren, Luo, XiaoDong, Zhao, Xudong, 2023
A designed antimicrobial peptide with potential ability against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Yuan, Bingqian, Lu, Xiaoyu, Yang, Min, He, Qiyi, Cha, Zhuocen, Fang, Yaqun, Yang, Yan, Xu, Lei, Yan, Jingting, Lai, Ren, Wang, Aili, Yu, Xiaodong, Duan, Zilei, 2022

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