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Name	Chengkun Wang
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Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Jiangsu

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Name

Chengkun Wang

Contact Information

wangchengkun@njmu.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Jiangsu

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Nanjing Medical University
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2013-2018 Doctoral Degree: Zhejiang University Published over 20 SCI papers in renowned international journals
Work Experience	2023-present - Nanjing Medical University - Professor 2018-2023 - Stanford University - Postdoctoral Researcher

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Nanjing Medical University

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2013-2018 Doctoral Degree: Zhejiang University
Published over 20 SCI papers in renowned international journals

Work Experience

2023-present - Nanjing Medical University - Professor
2018-2023 - Stanford University - Postdoctoral Researcher

Areas of Focus	Optimization of gene editing systems Molecular mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders and drug target discovery
Publications	dCas9-based gene editing for cleavage-free genomic knock-in of long sequences, Chengkun Wang; Yuanhao Qu; Jason K. W. Cheng; Nicholas W. Hughes; Qianhe Zhang; Mengdi Wang; Le Cong, 2022 Microbial single-strand annealing proteins enable CRISPR gene-editing tools with improved knock-in efficiencies and reduced off-target effects, Chengkun Wang; Jason K W Cheng; Qianhe Zhang; Nicholas W Hughes; Qiong Xia; Monte M Winslow; Le Cong, 2021 CRISPR-Cas12a System With Synergistic Phage Recombination Proteins for Multiplex Precision Editing in Human Cells, Chengkun Wang; Qiong Xia; Qianhe Zhang; Yuanhao Qu; Stephen Su; Jason K. W. Cheng; Nicholas W. Hughes; Le Cong, 2022 Programmable DNA repair with CRISPRa/i enhanced homology-directed repair efficiency with a single Cas9, Lupeng Ye; Chengkun Wang; Lingjuan Hong; Ninghe Sun; Danyang Chen; Sidi Chen; Feng Han, 2018 Melatonin ameliorates hypoglycemic stress-induced brain endothelial tight junction injury by inhibiting protein nitration of TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator, Chengkun Wang; Muhammad Masood Ahmed; Quan Jiang; Nan-nan Lu; Chao Tan; Yin-ping Gao; Qaisar Mahmood; Dan-yang Chen; Kohji Fukunaga; Mei Li; Zhong Chen; Christopher S. Wilcox; Yingmei Lu; Zheng-hong Qin; Feng Han, 2017 CRISPRa screening with real world evidence identifies potassium channels as neuronal entry factors and druggable targets for SARS-CoV-2, Chengkun Wang; Ravi K. Dinesh; Yuanhao Qu; Arjun Rustagi; Henry Cousins; James Zengel; Yinglong Guo; Taryn Hall; Aimee Beck; Luke Tso; Elif Tokar Erdemic; Kae Tanudtanud; Sheng Ren; Kathy Tzy-Hwa Tzeng; Aaron Wilk; Mengdi Wang; Jan Carette; Russ Altman; Catherine A. Blish; Le Cong, 2021 A H2O2-Responsive Theranostic Probe for Endothelial Injury Imaging and Protection, Chengkun Wang; Juan Cheng; Xingguang Liang; Chao Tan; Quan Jiang; Yongzhou Hu; Yingmei Lu; Kohji Fukunaga; Feng Han; Xin Li, 2017 Endothelium-Derived Semaphorin 3G Regulates Hippocampal Synaptic Structure and Plasticity via Neuropilin-2/PlexinA4, Chao Tan; Nannan Lu; Chengkun Wang; Danyang Chen; Ninghe Sun; Hang Lyu; Jakob Körbelin; Weixing Shi; Kohji Fukunaga; Yingmei Lu; Feng Han, 2019 Myt1l Induced Direct Reprogramming of Pericytes into Cholinergic Neurons, Xingguang Liang; Chao Tan; Chengkun Wang; Rongrong Tao; Yujie Huang; Kuifen Ma; Kohji Fukunaga; Mingzhu Huang; Feng Han, 2018 Calpain activation and disturbance of autophagy are induced in cortical neurons in vitro by exposure to HA/β-Ga2O3:Cr3+ nanoparticles, Yu Lei; Chengkun Wang; Quan Jiang; Xiaoyi Sun; Yongzhong Du; Yaofeng Zhu; Yingmei Lu, 2018

Areas of Focus

Optimization of gene editing systems
Molecular mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders and drug target discovery

Publications

dCas9-based gene editing for cleavage-free genomic knock-in of long sequences, Chengkun Wang; Yuanhao Qu; Jason K. W. Cheng; Nicholas W. Hughes; Qianhe Zhang; Mengdi Wang; Le Cong, 2022
Microbial single-strand annealing proteins enable CRISPR gene-editing tools with improved knock-in efficiencies and reduced off-target effects, Chengkun Wang; Jason K W Cheng; Qianhe Zhang; Nicholas W Hughes; Qiong Xia; Monte M Winslow; Le Cong, 2021
CRISPR-Cas12a System With Synergistic Phage Recombination Proteins for Multiplex Precision Editing in Human Cells, Chengkun Wang; Qiong Xia; Qianhe Zhang; Yuanhao Qu; Stephen Su; Jason K. W. Cheng; Nicholas W. Hughes; Le Cong, 2022
Programmable DNA repair with CRISPRa/i enhanced homology-directed repair efficiency with a single Cas9, Lupeng Ye; Chengkun Wang; Lingjuan Hong; Ninghe Sun; Danyang Chen; Sidi Chen; Feng Han, 2018
Melatonin ameliorates hypoglycemic stress-induced brain endothelial tight junction injury by inhibiting protein nitration of TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator, Chengkun Wang; Muhammad Masood Ahmed; Quan Jiang; Nan-nan Lu; Chao Tan; Yin-ping Gao; Qaisar Mahmood; Dan-yang Chen; Kohji Fukunaga; Mei Li; Zhong Chen; Christopher S. Wilcox; Yingmei Lu; Zheng-hong Qin; Feng Han, 2017
CRISPRa screening with real world evidence identifies potassium channels as neuronal entry factors and druggable targets for SARS-CoV-2, Chengkun Wang; Ravi K. Dinesh; Yuanhao Qu; Arjun Rustagi; Henry Cousins; James Zengel; Yinglong Guo; Taryn Hall; Aimee Beck; Luke Tso; Elif Tokar Erdemic; Kae Tanudtanud; Sheng Ren; Kathy Tzy-Hwa Tzeng; Aaron Wilk; Mengdi Wang; Jan Carette; Russ Altman; Catherine A. Blish; Le Cong, 2021
A H2O2-Responsive Theranostic Probe for Endothelial Injury Imaging and Protection, Chengkun Wang; Juan Cheng; Xingguang Liang; Chao Tan; Quan Jiang; Yongzhou Hu; Yingmei Lu; Kohji Fukunaga; Feng Han; Xin Li, 2017
Endothelium-Derived Semaphorin 3G Regulates Hippocampal Synaptic Structure and Plasticity via Neuropilin-2/PlexinA4, Chao Tan; Nannan Lu; Chengkun Wang; Danyang Chen; Ninghe Sun; Hang Lyu; Jakob Körbelin; Weixing Shi; Kohji Fukunaga; Yingmei Lu; Feng Han, 2019
Myt1l Induced Direct Reprogramming of Pericytes into Cholinergic Neurons, Xingguang Liang; Chao Tan; Chengkun Wang; Rongrong Tao; Yujie Huang; Kuifen Ma; Kohji Fukunaga; Mingzhu Huang; Feng Han, 2018
Calpain activation and disturbance of autophagy are induced in cortical neurons in vitro by exposure to HA/β-Ga2O3:Cr3+ nanoparticles, Yu Lei; Chengkun Wang; Quan Jiang; Xiaoyi Sun; Yongzhong Du; Yaofeng Zhu; Yingmei Lu, 2018

Crispr Gene Editing Neuropsychiatric Disorders Drug Targets Molecular Mechanisms Single-Cell Sequencing Ipsc Differentiation Lineage Tracing Genomic Knock-In Off-Target Effects

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