Areas of Focus
- Adenosine deaminase activity and immune response regulation
Work Experience
- 2017-present - Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Principal Investigator, Clinical Immunology Laboratory
- Postdoctoral Research - Uppsala University, Sweden
- Immunology Research Scientist - Singapore Immunology Network
- Assistant Professor of Medical Immunology - University of Hawaii at Manoa
- 2011-2016 - University of Turku, Finland, Principal Investigator, Biotechnology Center, Immunology Laboratory
Academic Background & Achievements
- PhD: Uppsala University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology
- Discovered adenosine deaminase (ADA2) in immunoglobulin preparations during university studies in Russia
- Published 31 SCI papers, including 6 in Cell, 2 in Nature, 3 in Molecular Cell, 1 in JAMA, 1 in New England Journal of Medicine
- Theory on regulation of GTPase activity in prokaryotic translation termination and translocation included in biochemistry textbooks
Awards
- Received multiple national research grants