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Name	Hongkai Bi
Contact Information	hkbi@njmu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Jiangsu

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Name

Hongkai Bi

Contact Information

hkbi@njmu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Jiangsu

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Nanjing Medical University
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2006-2009: Doctoral Researcher at Chiba University, Japan Achievement: Published over 10 SCI papers as first or corresponding author
Work Experience	2009-2015 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Postdoctoral Researcher 2015-present - Nanjing Medical University - Professor
Awards	Jiangsu Distinguished Professor (2017)

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Nanjing Medical University

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2006-2009: Doctoral Researcher at Chiba University, Japan
Achievement: Published over 10 SCI papers as first or corresponding author

Work Experience

2009-2015 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Postdoctoral Researcher
2015-present - Nanjing Medical University - Professor

Awards

Jiangsu Distinguished Professor (2017)

Areas of Focus	New mechanisms of bacterial fatty acid and biotin metabolism Mechanisms of Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer development Screening and evaluation of novel antibacterial drugs
Publications	Unsaturated Fatty Acid Synthesis in the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori Proceeds via a Backtracking Mechanism, Bi H, Zhu L, Jia J, Zeng L, Cronan JE, 2016 A Biotin Biosynthesis Gene Restricted to Helicobacter, Bi H, Zhu L, Jia J, Cronan JE, 2016 Comparative Genomics of H. pylori and Non-Pylori Helicobacter Species to Identify New Regions Associated with Its Pathogenicity and Adaptability, De-Min Cao, Qun-Feng Lu, Song-Bo Li, Ju-Ping Wang, Yu-Li Chen, Yan-Qiang Huang, Hong-Kai Bi, 2016 Xanthomonas campestris RpfB is a Fatty Acyl-CoA Ligase Required to Counteract the Thioesterase Activity of the RpfF Diffusible Signal Factor (DSF) Synthase, Bi H, Yu Y, Dong H, Wang H, Cronan JE, 2014 Inefficient Translation Renders the Enterococcus faecalis fabK Enoyl-ACP Reductase Phenotypically Cryptic, Bi H, Zhu L, Wang H, Cronan JE, 2014 The two functional enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductases of Enterococcus faecalis do not mediate triclosan resistance, Zhu L#, Bi H#, Ma J, Hu Z, Zhang W, Cronan JE, Wang H, 2013 FabQ, a dual-function dehydratase/isomerase, circumvents the last step of the classical fatty acid synthesis cycle, Bi H, Wang H, Cronan JE, 2013

Areas of Focus

New mechanisms of bacterial fatty acid and biotin metabolism
Mechanisms of Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer development
Screening and evaluation of novel antibacterial drugs

Publications

Unsaturated Fatty Acid Synthesis in the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori Proceeds via a Backtracking Mechanism, Bi H*, Zhu L, Jia J, Zeng L, Cronan JE*, 2016
A Biotin Biosynthesis Gene Restricted to Helicobacter, Bi H*, Zhu L, Jia J, Cronan JE*, 2016
Comparative Genomics of H. pylori and Non-Pylori Helicobacter Species to Identify New Regions Associated with Its Pathogenicity and Adaptability, De-Min Cao, Qun-Feng Lu, Song-Bo Li, Ju-Ping Wang, Yu-Li Chen, Yan-Qiang Huang*, Hong-Kai Bi*, 2016
Xanthomonas campestris RpfB is a Fatty Acyl-CoA Ligase Required to Counteract the Thioesterase Activity of the RpfF Diffusible Signal Factor (DSF) Synthase, Bi H, Yu Y, Dong H, Wang H, Cronan JE, 2014
Inefficient Translation Renders the Enterococcus faecalis fabK Enoyl-ACP Reductase Phenotypically Cryptic, Bi H, Zhu L, Wang H, Cronan JE, 2014
The two functional enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductases of Enterococcus faecalis do not mediate triclosan resistance, Zhu L#, Bi H#, Ma J, Hu Z, Zhang W, Cronan JE, Wang H, 2013
FabQ, a dual-function dehydratase/isomerase, circumvents the last step of the classical fatty acid synthesis cycle, Bi H, Wang H, Cronan JE, 2013

Bacteria Fatty Acids Biotin Metabolism Helicobacter Pylori Gastric Cancer Drug Screening Antibacterial Mechanisms Evaluation

Youjun Feng - Zhejiang University

Jia Jia - Nanjing Medical University

Chuan Wang - Fudan University

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