Areas of Focus
- Metabolic mechanisms and regulatory functions of trace metal elements and inorganic polymers in organisms
- Novel semi-artificial photosynthesis based on photoelectric drive
- Inorganic two-dimensional materials and metal-mediated immune regulation and intervention
Publications
- A Λ-Ir(III)-phenylquinazolinone complex enhances ferroptosis by selectively inhibiting metallothionein-1., Zhu, L., Wang, X. Y., Tian, T., Chen, Y. Y., Du, W. J., Wei, W., Zhao, J., Guo, Z. J. & Wang, X. X., 2024
- A Ferroptosis-Inducing Arsenene-Iridium Nanoplatform for Synergistic Immunotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer., Zhao, X. Y., Wang, X. Y., Zhang, W., Tian, T., Zhang, J. Y., Wang, J., Wei, W., Guo, Z. J., Zhao, J. & Wang, X. X., 2024
- A biocompatible surface display approach in Shewanella promotes current output efficiency., Zhao, J., Wang, C., Liu, J., Zhang, N., Zhao, Y., Zhao, J., Wang, X. & Wei, W., 2024
- Ultrathin 2D As2Se3 Nanosheets for Photothermal-Triggered Cancer Immunotherapy., Zhang, J. Y., Qin, Y., Chen, Y. M., Zhao, X. Y., Wang, J., Wang, Z. Z., Li, J. Y., Liu, S. J., Guo, Z. J., Wei, W., Zhao, J. & Wang, X. X., 2024
- Ion Pairing Enables Targeted Prodrug Activation via Red Light Photocatalysis: A Proof-of-Concept Study with Anticancer Gold Complexes., Xie, Z. Y., Cao, B., Zhao, J., Liu, M. Y., Lao, Y. H., Luo, H. J., Zhong, Z., Xiong, X. L., Wei, W. & Zou, T. T., 2024
- Biocompatible aggregation-induced emission active polyphosphate-manganese nanosheets with glutamine synthetase-like activity in excitotoxic nerve cells., Wang, J., Zhao, X., Tao, Y., Wang, X., Yan, L., Yu, K., Hsu, Y., Chen, Y., Zhao, J., Huang, Y. & Wei, W., 2024
- A Near-Infrared Fluorogenic Probe for Rapid, Specific, and Ultrasensitive Detection of Sphingosine in Living Cells and In Vivo., Chen, Y. Y., Hao, T. T., Wang, J., Chen, Y. M., Wang, X. X., Wei, W., Zhao, J. & Qian, Y., 2024
- Chiral SPINOL-Based Pt(II) Metallacycles For Immunogenic Cell Death., Zhu, L., Du, W. J., Li, Y. R., Li, D., Wei, W., Zhao, J. & Wang, X. X., 2023
- A chiral fluorescent Ir(iii) complex that targets the GPX4 and ErbB pathways to induce cellular ferroptosis., Zhao, X. Y., Zhang, J. Y., Zhang, W., Guo, Z. J., Wei, W., Wang, X. X. & Zhao, J., 2023
- Development of a bioluminescence immunoassay for detecting ochratoxin A based on luciferin oxidation catalyzed by luciferase., Zhang, X. P., Chen, X. W., Feng, Y. J., Yang, H. L., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2023
- Ferroptosis-inducing inorganic arsenic(II) sulfide nanocrystals enhance immune activation., Zhang, J. Y., Qin, Y., Wang, Z. C., Zhang, W., Liu, S. J., Wei, W., Wang, X. X. & Zhao, J., 2023
- Peptide-mediated Aqueous Synthesis of NIR-II Emitting Ag2S Quantum Dots for Rapid Photocatalytic Bacteria Disinfection., Sun, P. Q., Li, K. L., Liu, X., Wang, J., Qiu, X. S., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2023
- Optically Pure Double-Stranded Dinuclear Ir(III) Metallohelices Enabled Chirality-Induced Photodynamic Responses., Li, X. Z., Wang, Z. C., Hao, X. R., Zhang, J. Y., Zhao, X., Yao, Y. G., Wei, W., Cai, R., He, C., Duan, C. Y., Guo, Z. J., Zhao, J. & Wang, X. X., 2023
- A novel fluorescence method for detection of phosphate anions based on porphyrin metalation., Zhang, X. P., Wang, J. J., Juan, Y. W., Yang, H. L., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2022
- Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals the Unexpected Immune Regulatory Effects of Arsenene Nanosheets in Tumor Microenvironment., Wang, X. X., Zhang, J. Y., Hu, Y., Zhao, X. Y., Wang, Z. C., Zhang, W., Liang, J. C., Yu, W. H., Tian, T., Zhou, H., Li, J., Liu, S. J., Zhao, J., Jin, Z., Wei, W. & Guo, Z. J., 2022
- An unexpected all-metal aromatic tetranuclear silver cluster in human copper chaperone Atox1., Wang, X. X., Han, Z. C., Wei, W., Hu, H. S., Li, P. F., Sun, P. Q., Liu, X. Z., Lv, Z. J., Wang, F., Cao, Y., Guo, Z. J., Li, J. & Zhao, J., 2022
- Hierarchical Assembly of Flexible Biopolymer Polyphosphate-Manganese into Nanosheets., Wang, J., Tao, Y. C., Juan, Y. W., Zhou, H., Zhao, X. Y., Cheng, X. M., Wang, X. X., Quan, X. B., Li, J. N., Huang, K., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2022
- Ag2S Quantum Dots for Use in Whole-Cell Biohybrid Catalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Organic Pollutant Degradation., Sun, P. Q., Li, K. L., Lin, K., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2022
- Cysteine-Specific Bioconjugation and Stapling of Unprotected Peptides by Chlorooximes., Chen, Q. Q., Long, T. F., Zheng, J., Sheng, W. J., Sun, S. S., Wei, W., Zhao, J. & Wang, H., 2022
- Oxidized Black Phosphorus Nanosheets as an Inorganic Antiresorptive Agent., Xu, Y., Mo, J. B., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2021
- Using a Riboswitch Sensor to Detect Co/Ni Transport in., Wang, X. Y., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2021
- A Cysteine-Mediated Synthesis of Red Phosphorus Nanosheets., Mo, J. B., Xu, Y., Zhu, L. Q., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2021
- Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Alkenyl C-H Functionalization to Dienes and Allenes., Zhu, Y. L., Chen, F., Cheng, D. H., Chen, Y., Zhao, X. Y., Wei, W., Lu, Y. & Zhao, J., 2020
- Arsenene: A Potential Therapeutic Agent for Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia Cells by Acting on Nuclear Proteins., Wang, X. X., Hu, Y., Mo, J. B., Zhang, J. Y., Wang, Z. Z., Wei, W., Li, H. L., Xu, Y., Ma, J., Zhao, J., Jin, Z. & Guo, Z. J., 2020
- A ferroptosis-inducing iridium(III) complex., Wang, X. X., Chen, F., Zhang, J. Y., Sun, J. X., Zhao, X. Y., Zhu, Y. L., Wei, W., Zhao, J. & Guo, Z. J., 2020
- An Inorganic Biopolymer Polyphosphate Controls Positively Charged Protein Phase Transitions., Wang, X., Shi, C. K., Mo, J. B., Xu, Y., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2020
- Exploiting the protein corona: coating of black phosphorus nanosheets enables macrophage polarization via calcium influx., Mo, J. B., Xu, Y., Wang, X. X., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2020
- Protein Corona and Immune Responses of Borophene: A Comparison of Nanosheet-Plasma Interface with Graphene and Phosphorene., Han, M. M., Zhu, L. Q., Mo, J. B., Wei, W., Yuan, B., Zhao, J. & Cao, C. J., 2020
- Synthesis of Benzofurans and Benzoxazoles through a [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement: O-NHAc as a Multitasking Functional Group., Yan, D. Y., Jiang, H. M., Sun, W. X., Wei, W., Zhao, J., Zhang, X. H. & Wu, Y. D., 2019
- Imaging and proteomic study of a clickable iridium complex., Wang, X. X., Zhang, J. Y., Zhao, X. Y., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2019
- Integration of a Gold-Specific Whole Cell Sensing and Adsorption Based on BioBrick., Yan, L., Sun, P. Q., Xu, Y., Zhang, S. B., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2018
- A selenium-catalysed para-amination of phenols., Yan, D. Y., Wang, G. Q., Xiong, F., Sun, W. Y., Shi, Z. Z., Lu, Y., Li, S. H. & Zhao, J., 2018
- A surface-display biohybrid approach to light-driven hydrogen production in air., Wei, W., Sun, P. Q., Li, Z., Song, K. S., Su, W. Y., Wang, B., Liu, Y. Z. & Zhao, J., 2018
- Imaging of a clickable anticancer iridium catalyst., Wang, X. X., Zhu, M. L., Gao, F., Wei, W., Qian, Y., Liu, H. K. & Zhao, J., 2018
- Highly Effective Polyphosphate Synthesis, Phosphate Removal, and Concentration Using Engineered Environmental Bacteria Based on a Simple Solo Medium-Copy Plasmid Strategy., Wang, X., Wang, X. M., Hui, K. M., Wei, W., Zhang, W., Miao, A. J., Xiao, L. & Yang, L. Y., 2018
- Revealing the immune perturbation of black phosphorus nanomaterials to macrophages by understanding the protein corona., Mo, J. B., Xie, Q. Y., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2018
- Engineering highly sensitive whole-cell mercury biosensors based on positive feedback loops from quorum-sensing systems., Cai, S., Shen, Y. F., Zou, Y., Sun, P. Q., Wei, W., Zhao, J. & Zhang, C., 2018
- A bioinspired and biocompatible ortho-sulfiliminyl phenol synthesis., Xiong, F., Lu, L., Sun, T. Y., Wu, Q., Yan, D. Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, X. H., Wei, W., Lu, Y., Sun, W. Y., Li, J. J. & Zhao, J., 2017
- A redox-neutral catechol synthesis., Wu, Q., Yan, D. Y., Chen, Y., Wang, T., Xiong, F., Wei, W., Lu, Y., Sun, W. Y., Li, J. J. & Zhao, J., 2017
- Structural Insights and the Surprisingly Low Mechanical Stability of the Au-S Bond in the Gold-Specific Protein GolB., Wei, W., Sun, Y., Zhu, M. L., Liu, X. Z., Sun, P. Q., Wang, F., Gui, Q., Meng, W. Y., Cao, Y. & Zhao, J., 2015
- Biocompatible click chemistry enabled compartment-specific pH measurement inside E-coli., Yang, M. Y., Jalloh, A. S., Wei, W., Zhao, J., Wu, P. & Chen, P. R., 2014
- A label-free G-quadruplex DNA-based fluorescence method for highly sensitive, direct detection of cisplatin., Yang, H. L., Cui, H. L., Wang, L. G., Yan, L., Qian, Y., Zheng, X. E., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2014
- A G-quadruplex DNA-based, Label-Free and Ultrasensitive Strategy for microRNA Detection., Yan, L., Yan, Y. Y., Pei, L., Wei, W. & Zhao, J., 2014
- Simple Whole-Cell Biodetection and Bioremediation of Heavy Metals Based on an Engineered Lead-Specific Operon., Wei, W., Liu, X. Z., Sun, P. Q., Wang, X., Zhu, H., Hong, M., Mao, Z. W. & Zhao, J., 2014
- Direct Access to Isoindolinone Derivatives by Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Activation and Isocyanide Insertion by Using Molecular Oxygen as the Sole Oxidant., Wang, D. Q., Cai, S., Ben, R., Zhou, Y., Li, X. W., Zhao, J., Wei, W. & Qian, Y., 2014
- Engineering a gold-specific regulon for cell-based visual detection and recovery of gold., Wei, W., Zhu, T. Z., Wang, Y., Yang, H. L., Hao, Z. Y., Chen, P. R. & Zhao, J., 2012
- Synergism between cucumber α-expansin, fungal endoglucanase and pectin lyase., Wei, W., Yang, C., Luo, J., Lu, C. M., Wu, Y. J. & Yuan, S., 2010
Awards
- Zhongying Young Scholar at Nanjing University
- Charming Mentor Award at Nanjing University (2019)
- Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Practice Teacher at Nanjing University (2018)
- Gold Medal in International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Best Energy Project Award in International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (2016)