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Yu Shen Du
Medical School
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: English, Chinese
Virus
Immunology
Tumor
Vaccine
Protein Interaction
Antibody
Immune Escape
Detection
Pathogen
Therapeutics
Areas of Focus
- Virus Immunology
- Tumor Immunology
Work Experience
- 2021-present - Zhejiang University - Researcher (Youth Changjiang Scholar)
- 2020-2021 - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Assistant Professor
- 2018-2020 - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Assistant Project Scientist
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013-2017 PhD in Molecular and Medical Pharmacology: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- 2011-2019 MD in Oncology: Zhejiang University
- 2007-2011 B.S. in Applied Psychology: Zhejiang University
- Established new technology platforms in the fields of novel virus vaccine development and protein interactions
Publications
- Genome-wide identification of anti-interferon functions in influenza A virus enabling rational vaccine design, Yu Shen Du, 2017
- Annotating Protein Functional Residues by Coupling High-Throughput Fitness Profile and Homologous-Structure Analysis, Yu Shen Du, 2016
- Quantifying the evolutionary potential and constraints of a drug-targeted viral protein, Yu Shen Du, 2016
- Quantifying perinatal transmission of Hepatitis B viral quasispecies by tag linkage deep sequencing, Yu Shen Du, 2016
- High-throughput functional annotation of influenza A virus genome at single-nucleotide resolution, Yu Shen Du, 2016
Awards
- Youth Changjiang Scholar Award (2021)
- National Scholarship (Graduate) (2018): Zhejiang University
- Outstanding Graduate Scholarship (2017): University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Whitcome Pre-doctoral Scholarship (2015-2016): University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Provincial Outstanding Undergraduate Graduate (2011): Zhejiang University
- First-class Scholarship (2009-2010): Zhejiang University
- National Scholarship (Undergraduate) (2008): Zhejiang University
