Yiyun Cheng
yycheng@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Chinese, English
Shanghai
East China Normal University
Life Sciences
  • 1997-2000: High School at Jiangsu Province Jiangyan High School
  • 2000-2004: Bachelor in Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
  • 2004-2008: PhD in Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
  • 2009.02-2009.10: Postdoctoral Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
  • 2010.03-present: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at East China Normal University, School of Life Sciences
  • 2019: Young Chemist Award from the Chinese Chemical Society
  • 2017: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
  • 2016: Shanghai Youth May Fourth Medal
  • 2015: Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader
  • 2013: Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Star
Gene delivery and gene therapy
Intracellular delivery of proteins and peptides
Polymer transformation medicine
Medical hydrogel materials
  • A general strategy towards personalized nanovaccines based on fluoropolymers for post-surgical cancer immunotherapy, Xu J, Lv J, Zhuang Q, Yang Z, Cao Z, Xu L, Pei P, Wang C, Wu H, Dong Z, Chao Y, Wang C, Yang K, Peng R*, Cheng YY*, Liu Z*, 2020
  • Bifunctional and bioreducible dendrimer bearing a fluoroalkyl tail for efficient protein delivery both in vitro and in vivo, Lv J., Wang C, Li H, Li Z, Fan Q, Zhang Y, Li Y. Wang H*, Cheng YY*, 2020
  • Fluoroalkylation promotes cytosolic peptide delivery, Rong GY, Wang CP, Chen LJ, Yan Y, Cheng YY*, 2020
  • Natural Polyphenol Inspired Polycatechols for Efficient siRNA Delivery, Shen W, Wang R, Fan Q, Gao X, Wang H, Shen Y, Li YW*, Cheng YY*, 2020
  • A Coordinative Dendrimer Achieves Excellent Efficiency in Cytosolic Protein and Peptide Delivery, Ren L, Lv J, Wang H, Cheng YY*, 2020
  • A Boronic acid-rich Dendrimer with Robust and Unprecedented Efficiency for Cytosolic Protein Delivery and CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing, Liu CY, Wang T, Wang H, Zhang S, Ping Y*, Cheng YY*, 2019
  • Off-On Switching of Enzyme Activity by Near-infrared Light-Induced Photothermal Phase Transition of Nanohybrids, Zhang S, Wang CP, Chang H, Zhang Q*, Cheng YY*, 2019
  • The Fluorination Effect of Fluoroamphiphiles in Cytosolic Protein Delivery, Zhang ZJ, Shen WW, Ling J, Yan Y, Hu JJ, Cheng YY*, 2018
  • Green Tea Catechin Dramatically Promotes RNAi Mediated by Low Molecular Weight Polymers, Shen W, Wang Q, Shen Y, Gao X, Li L, Yan Y, Wang H, Cheng YY*, 2018
  • Foe to Friend: Supramolecular Nanomedicines Consisting of Natural Polyphenols and Bortezomib, Wang CP, Sang H, Wang Y, Zhu F, Hu X, Wang X, Wang X, Li Y*, Cheng YY*, 2018
  • Dynamic Modulation of Enzyme Activity by Near-infrared Light, Wang CP, Zhang Q, Wang X, Chang H, Zhang S, Tang Y, Xu J, Qi R, Cheng YY*, 2017
  • Rational Design of a Polymer with Robust Efficacy for Intracellular Protein and Peptide Delivery, Chang H, Lv J, Gao X, Wang X, Wang H, Chen H, He X, Li L, Cheng YY*, 2017
  • Dendrimer-templated Ultrasmall and Multifunctional Photothermal Agents for Efficient Tumor Ablation, Zhou ZJ, Wang YT, Yan Y, Zhang Q*, Cheng YY*, 2016
  • Surface-engineered Dendrimers in Gene Delivery, Yang JP, Zhang Q, Chang H, Cheng YY*, 2015
  • Self-assembled Fluorodendrimers Combine the Features of Lipid and Polymeric Vectors in Gene Delivery, Wang H, Wang YT, Wang Y, Li TF, Liu HM, Zhang Q, Cheng YY*, 2015
  • A Fluorinated Dendrimer Achieves Excellent Gene Transfection Efficiency at Extremely Low Nitrogen to Phosphorus Ratios, Wang MM, Liu HM, Li Lei, Cheng YY*, 2014
  • Glutathione-triggered \"Off-on\" Release of Anticancer Drugs from Dendrimer-encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles, Liu HM, Wang H, Yang WJ, Cheng YY*, 2013
  • NMR Insights into Dendrimer-based Host-guest Systems, Hu JJ, Xu TW, Cheng YY*, 2012
  • Design of Biocompatible Dendrimers for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy: Current Status and Future Perspectives, Zhao LB, Wu QL, Cheng YY*, Zhang JH, Wu JH, Xu TW*, 2011
  • High-throughput Screening of Dendrimer-binding Drugs, Yavuz MS, Cheng YY, Chen JY, Cobley CM, Zhang Q, Rycenga M, Xie JW, Kim C, Schwartz AG, Wang LV, Xia YN*, 2009
Gene Therapy Gene Delivery Biomolecular Delivery Polymer Medicine Hydrogels Biomedical Engineering Nanotechnology Drug Delivery Biocompatibility Therapeutics

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