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Guoliang Xu
Medical School
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: English, German, Chinese
Epigenetics
Mammalian
Dna
Demethylation
Tet Dioxygenase
Tdg Glycosylase
Base Excision Repair
5-Methylcytosine
5-Carboxylcytosine
Gene Regulation
Areas of Focus
- Mammalian Epigenetics
- DNA Demethylation Mechanisms
Work Experience
- Current - Fudan University - Vice Dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences, Executive Dean of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences
- Previous - Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1993 - PhD: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and Technical University of Berlin
- 2015 - Elected as Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Discovered the role of TET dioxygenase in DNA demethylation
Awards
- Chinese Academy of Sciences 'Hundred Talents Program'
- 2001 - National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- 2013 - TWAS Biology Award
- 2014 - Tan Kah Kee Life Science Award
- 2016 - Shanghai Natural Science First Prize
- 2017 - Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award
