Areas of Focus
- Discovery of bioactive natural products
- Biosynthesis and creation of natural products
- Microbial creation of high-value small molecule chemicals
Work Experience
- 2019.02-present: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
- 2014.02-2018.08: University of California, Los Angeles, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2013.05-2014.01: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS, Associate Researcher
- 2010.07-2013.05: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS, Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004-2010: PhD, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1999-2003: Bachelor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
Publications
- Genome Mining Discovery of a New Benzazepine Alkaloid Pseudofisnin A from the Marine Fungus Neosartorya pseudofischeri F27-1., Xue X.-X., Chen L., Tang M.-C.*, 2022
- Discovery and Biosynthesis of Macrophasetins from the Plant Pathogen Fungus Macrophomina phaseolina., Yu C., Chen L., Gao Y.-L., Liu J., Li P.-L., Zhang M.-L., Li Q., Zhang H.-D.*, Tang M.-C.*, Li L.*, 2022
- Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Terpenoids through Mixing-and-Matching Sesquiterpene Cyclase and Cytochrome P450 Pairs., Tang M.-C., Shen C., Deng Z., Ohashi M., Tang Y.*, 2022
- Fungal Highly Reducing Polyketide Synthases Biosynthesize Salicylaldehydes that are Precursors to Epoxycyclohexenol Natural Products., Liu L., Tang M.-C.*, Tang Y.*, 2019
- Genome-mined Diels-Alderase catalyzes the formation of the cis-octahydrodecalins of varicidin A and B., Tan D., Jamieson C. S., Ohashi M., Tang M.-C.*, Houk K. N.*, Tang Y.*, 2019
- Thioesterase-catalyzed aminoacylation and thiolation of polyketides in fungi., Tang M.-C., Fischer C. R., Chari J. V., Tan D., Suresh S., Chu A., Miranda M., Smith J., Zhang Z., Garg N., St Onge R. P.*, Tang Y.*, 2019
