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Renxiang Tan
Life Science
Nanjing University
Jiangsu
Language: Chinese, English
Drug Discovery
Biotechnology
Pharmaceuticals
Natural Products
Biosynthesis
Enzymes
Catalysis
Chemical Biology
Medicinal Chemistry
Fungi
Areas of Focus
- Discovery and assurance technology of new drug sources
Work Experience
- 2020-present - Nanjing University - Director of the State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- 1995-present - Nanjing University - Doctoral Supervisor
- 1994-present - Nanjing University - Professor
- 2016-2019 - Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine - Vice President
- 2008-2009 - Nanjing University - Acting Dean of Medical School
- 2002-2016 - Nanjing University - Assistant to the President
- 1999-2002 - Nanjing University - Vice Dean of the School of Life Sciences
Publications
- Alteration of the Catalytic Reaction Trajectory of a Vicinal Oxygen Chelate Enzyme by Directed Evolution, Y. S. Wang, W. Zheng, N. Jiang, Y. X. Jin, Z. K. Meng, M. X. Sun, Y. L. Zong, T. Xu, J. Zhu, R. X. Tan, 2022
- Post-ingestion conversion of dietary indoles into anticancer agents, L. P. Lin, D. Liu, J. C. Qian, L. Wu, Q. Zhao, R. X. Tan, 2022
- Regeneration of phytochemicals by structure-driven organization of microbial biosynthetic steps, X. M. Wu, Q. Y. Guan, Y. B. Han, X. C. Wang, W. Y. Zhuang, R. X. Tan, 2022
- Intertwined biosynthesis of skyrin and rugulosin a underlies the formation of cage-structured bisanthraquinones, Y. B. Han, W. Bai, C. X. Ding, J. Liang, S. H. Wu, R. X. Tan, 2021
- Pyridoxal-5’-phosphate-dependent bifunctional enzyme catalyzed biosynthesis of indolizidine alkaloids in fungi, G. Z. Dai, W. B. Han, Y. N. Mei, K. Xu, R. H. Jiao, H. M. Ge, R. X. Tan, 2020
- Enzyme-catalysed [6+4] cycloadditions in the biosynthesis of natural products, B. Zhang, K. B. Wang, W. Wang, X. Wang, F. Liu, J. P. Zhu, J. Shi, L. Y. Li, H. Han, K. Xu, H. Y. Qiao, X. Zhang, R. H. Jiao, K. N. Houk, Y. Liang, R. X. Tan, H. M. Ge, 2019
- 《植物成分分析》, 谭仁祥主编，孟军才、陈道峰、焦庆才副主编, 2002
- 《植物成分功能》, 谭仁祥主编，王剑文、徐琛、崔贵友副主编, 2003
- 《功能海洋生物分子—发现与应用》, 谭仁祥主编，石建功、郭跃伟、徐琛副主编, 2007
- 《甾体化学》, 谭仁祥主编，王剑文副主编, 2008
Awards
- 2008-2017: Leader of the Innovative Research Group, National Natural Science Foundation
- 1999: Distinguished Professor, Changjiang Scholars Program
- 1998: Selected for the National 'Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project'
- 1997: Recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund
- 1994: Selected for the Ministry of Education's 'Cross-Century Talent' Program
- 2007: Natural Product Reports Lecture Award (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK)
- 2009: Second Prize, National Natural Science Award for Research on Components of Several Important Medicinal Plants
- 2010: Tan Jiazhen Life Science Award for Innovation
- 2007: First Prize, Ministry of Education's Nomination for the National Science and Technology Award (Natural Science Award) for Research on Metabolites of Endophytic Fungi in Plants
- 2005: First Prize, Ministry of Education's Nomination for the National Science and Technology Award (Natural Science Award) for Analysis and Functional Research of Components of Commonly Used Folk Herbs
