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Yanfei Zhang
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tianjin
Language: English, Chinese
Genetic Engineering
Biosensors
Metabolic Pathways
Enzyme Engineering
Light Control
Carbon Fixation
Bioenergy
Biopolymers
Biocatalysis
Biotechnology
Areas of Focus
- Synthetic Biology
- Metabolic Engineering
- Protein Engineering
- Optogenetics
- One-Carbon Metabolism
- Synthetic Bioenergetics
- Biomaterials
Work Experience
- 2015-09 to 2020-08 - Princeton University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2023-04-01 to Present - Tianjin Society for Microbiology - Director
- 2021-05-05 to Present - Tianjin Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association - Executive Director
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-09 to 2015-05 PhD: University of Alberta
Publications
- Quantitative measurement of cell-surface displayed proteins based on split-GFP assembly, Li Zhang, Tan, Lin, Zhang, Yanfei, 2024
- Engineering of a substrate affinity reduced S-adenosyl-methionine synthase as a novel biosensor for growth-coupling selection of L-methionine overproducers, 张燕飞, 2024
- Flow cytometry-based high-throughput screening of synthetic peptides for palladium adsorption, Ling Tan, Meizi Liu, Lixian Wang, Guoping Zhao, Yanfei Zhang, 2024
- Artificial carbon assimilation: From unnatural reactions and pathways to synthetic autotrophic systems, Xue Yang, Yanfei Zhang, Guoping Zhao, 2024
- Improving pathway prediction accuracy of constraints-based metabolic network models by treating enzymes as microcompartments, Xue Yang, Zhitao Mao, Jianfeng Huang, Ruoyu Wang, Huaming Dong, Yanfei Zhang, Hongwu Ma, 2023
- Glutaraldehyde fixation promotes palladium and gold nanoparticles formation in yeast and enhances their catalytic activity in 4-nitrophenol reduction, Tan, Ling, Liu, Xindi, Zhang, Yanfei, 2023
- Photodecarboxylase Displayed on Microbial Cell-Surface for Enhanced Biocatalytic Performance, Li, Zuhui, Ge, Ran, Tan, Ling, Zhang, Wuyuan, Zhang, Yanfei, 2023
- Exploring the Feasibility of Cell-Free Synthesis as a Platform for Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production: Opportunities and Challenges, Huaming Dong, Xue Yang, Jingjing Shi, Chunqiao Xiao, 张燕飞, 2023
- 工业生物技术的前沿科技, 褚鑫, 王力为, 许虹, 张燕飞, 2022
- Biosensor for branched-chain amino acid metabolism in yeast and applications in isobutanol and isopentanol production, Zhang, Yanfei, Cortez, Jeremy D, Hammer, Sarah K, CarrascoLopez, Cesar, Echauri, Sergio A Garcia, Wiggins, Jessica B, Wang, Wei, Avalos, Jose L., 2022
- Engineering acetyl-CoA supply and ERG9 repression to enhance mevalonate production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Scott A Wegner, Jhong-Min Chen, Samantha S Ip, Yanfei Zhang, Deepak Dugar, José L. Avalos, 2021
- Mitochondrial Compartmentalization Confers Specificity to the 2-Ketoacid Recursive Pathway: Increasing Isopentanol Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Hammer, Sarah K, Zhang, Yanfei, Avalos, Jose L., 2020
- Xylose assimilation enhances production of isobutanol in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Stephan Lane, Zhang Yanfei, Eun Ju Yun, Leah Ziolkowski, Guochang Zhang, Yong-Su Jin, José L. Avalos, 2020
- Sketching neoteric solvents for boosting drugs bioavailability, Alvarez, Maria S, Zhang, Yanfei, 2019
- Xylose utilization stimulates mitochondrial production of isobutanol and 2-methyl-1-butanol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zhang, Yanfei, Lane, Stephan, Chen, JhongMin, Hammer, Sarah K, Luttinger, Jake, Yang, Lifeng, Jin, YongSu, Avalos, Jose L., 2019
- Optogenetic regulation of engineered cellular metabolism for microbial chemical production, Zhao, Evan M, Zhang, Yanfei, Mehl, Justin, Park, Helen, Lalwani, Makoto A, Toettcher, Jared E, Avalos, Jose L., 2018
- Traditional and novel tools to probe the mitochondrial metabolism in health and disease, Zhang, Yanfei, Avalos, Jose L., 2017
- The quinone-binding site of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase controls both sulfide oxidation and quinone reduction, Zhang Yanfei, 2015
- A simple semi-quantitative in vivo method using H2S detection to monitor sulfide metabolizing enzymes, Zhang, Yanfei, Weiner, Joel H., 2014
- Characterization of the kinetics and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic properties of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase (SQR), Zhang, Yanfei, Weiner, Joel H., 2014
- Isolation and characterization of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain QXS-1 capable of unusual ferrous iron and sulfur utilization, Zhang, Yanfei, Yang, Yu, Liu, Jianshe, Qiu, Guanzhou, 2013
- Isolation, characterization of Acidiphilium sp DX1-1 and ore bioleaching by this acidophilic mixotrophic organism, Zhang, Yanfei, Peng, Anan, Yang, Yu, Liu, Jianshe, Qiu, Guanzhou, 2013
- Structure-activity characterization of sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase variants, Cherney, Maia M, Zhang, Yanfei, James, Michael N G, Weiner, Joel H., 2012
- Crystal Structure of Sulfide:Quinone Oxidoreductase from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: Insights into Sulfidotrophic Respiration and Detoxification, Cherney, Maia M, Zhang, Yanfei, Solomonson, Matthew, Weiner, Joel H, James, Michael N G., 2010
