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Name	Wei Xu
Contact Information	xuw@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Hubei

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Name

Wei Xu

Contact Information

xuw@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Hubei

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Huazhong Agricultural University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2007-09 to 2011-06 Bachelor in Pharmacy: Wuhan University 2011-09 to 2017-06 PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Wuhan University
Work Experience	2017-07 to 2018-12 - Wuhan University - Research Assistant 2019-02 to 2020-04 - Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore - Scientist I 2020-04 to 2022-01 - Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore - Scientist I 2022-02 to present - Huazhong Agricultural University - Associate Researcher

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Huazhong Agricultural University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2007-09 to 2011-06 Bachelor in Pharmacy: Wuhan University
2011-09 to 2017-06 PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Wuhan University

Work Experience

2017-07 to 2018-12 - Wuhan University - Research Assistant
2019-02 to 2020-04 - Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore - Scientist I
2020-04 to 2022-01 - Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore - Scientist I
2022-02 to present - Huazhong Agricultural University - Associate Researcher

Areas of Focus	Development and application of microbial gene editing technology Exploration and analysis of biosynthetic pathways of natural products from microorganisms
Publications	An Iterative Module in the Azalomycin F Polyketide Synthase Contains a Switchable Enoylreductase Domain., Wei Xu, Guifa Zhai, Yuanzhen Liu, Yuan Li, Yanrong Shi, Kui Hong, Hui Hong, Peter F. Leadlay, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2017 Emerging Molecular Biology Tools and Strategies for Engineering Natural Product Biosynthesis., Wei Xu, Evaldas Klumbys, Ee Lui Ang, and Huimin Zhao., 2020 Nitrilase Superfamily Aryl Acylamidase from the Halotolerant Mangrove Streptomyces Sp. 211726., Yanling Ma, Wei Xu, Jun Zhang, Sihong Zhang, Kui Hong, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2014 Highly Efficient Editing of the Actinorhodin Polyketide Chain Length Factor Gene in Streptomyces coelicolor M145 Using CRISPR/Cas9-CodA(sm) Combined System., Hu Zeng, Shishi Wen, Wei Xu, Zhaoren He, Guifa Zhai, Yunkun Liu, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2015 Cross-Module Enoylreduction in the Azalomycin F Polyketide Synthase., Guifa Zhai, Wenyan Wang, Wei Xu, Guo Sun, Chaoqun Hu, Xiangming Wu, Zisong Cong, et al., 2020 Functional Analysis of Cytochrome P450s Involved in Streptovaricin Biosynthesis and Generation of Anti-MRSA Analogues., Yuanzhen Liu, Xu Chen, Zhengyuan Li, Wei Xu, Weixin Tao, Jie Wu, Jian Yang, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2017 Characterization of Biosynthetic Genes of Ascamycin/Dealanylascamycin Featuring a 5′-O-Sulfonamide Moiety in Streptomyces sp. JCM9888., Chunhua Zhao, Jianzhao Qi, Weixing Tao, Lei He, Wei Xu, Jason Chan, and Zixin Deng., 2014 Base Editing in Streptomyces with Cas9-deaminase Fusions., Zhiyu Zhong, Junhong Guo, Liang Deng, Li Chen, Jian Wang, Sicong Li, Wei Xu, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2019

Areas of Focus

Development and application of microbial gene editing technology
Exploration and analysis of biosynthetic pathways of natural products from microorganisms

Publications

An Iterative Module in the Azalomycin F Polyketide Synthase Contains a Switchable Enoylreductase Domain., Wei Xu, Guifa Zhai, Yuanzhen Liu, Yuan Li, Yanrong Shi, Kui Hong, Hui Hong, Peter F. Leadlay, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2017
Emerging Molecular Biology Tools and Strategies for Engineering Natural Product Biosynthesis., Wei Xu, Evaldas Klumbys, Ee Lui Ang, and Huimin Zhao., 2020
Nitrilase Superfamily Aryl Acylamidase from the Halotolerant Mangrove Streptomyces Sp. 211726., Yanling Ma, Wei Xu, Jun Zhang, Sihong Zhang, Kui Hong, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2014
Highly Efficient Editing of the Actinorhodin Polyketide Chain Length Factor Gene in Streptomyces coelicolor M145 Using CRISPR/Cas9-CodA(sm) Combined System., Hu Zeng, Shishi Wen, Wei Xu, Zhaoren He, Guifa Zhai, Yunkun Liu, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2015
Cross-Module Enoylreduction in the Azalomycin F Polyketide Synthase., Guifa Zhai, Wenyan Wang, Wei Xu, Guo Sun, Chaoqun Hu, Xiangming Wu, Zisong Cong, et al., 2020
Functional Analysis of Cytochrome P450s Involved in Streptovaricin Biosynthesis and Generation of Anti-MRSA Analogues., Yuanzhen Liu, Xu Chen, Zhengyuan Li, Wei Xu, Weixin Tao, Jie Wu, Jian Yang, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2017
Characterization of Biosynthetic Genes of Ascamycin/Dealanylascamycin Featuring a 5′-O-Sulfonamide Moiety in Streptomyces sp. JCM9888., Chunhua Zhao, Jianzhao Qi, Weixing Tao, Lei He, Wei Xu, Jason Chan, and Zixin Deng., 2014
Base Editing in Streptomyces with Cas9-deaminase Fusions., Zhiyu Zhong, Junhong Guo, Liang Deng, Li Chen, Jian Wang, Sicong Li, Wei Xu, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun., 2019

Gene Editing Microbial Technology Application Biosynthesis Natural Products Microorganisms Pathways Exploration Analysis

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