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Fang Wu
Institute for Systems Biology
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English, German
Enzyme
Transition State
Analog Inhibitors
Design
Mechanism
Research
Biochemistry
Drug Development
Nanotechnology
Alzheimer'S
Areas of Focus
- Enzyme transition state analog inhibitors design and mechanism research
- Silver ion-based nano-antibiotics
- Alzheimer's disease mechanisms and inhibitors
Work Experience
- 2002-2003 Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Basel, Switzerland - Drug development work in preclinical safety department
- 2007-2008 University of Basel, Department of Organic Chemistry - Postdoctoral research on silver ion-based nano-antibiotics
- 2008-2010 ETH Zurich, Brain Research Institute - Postdoctoral research on Alzheimer's disease mechanisms and inhibitors, project collaboration with Nestlé
- 2011-present Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Institute of Systems Biomedicine - Researcher
- 2011-present Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhiyuan College - Genetics course instructor for undergraduate base class
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1995-1999 Bachelor of Science: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Biotechnology
- 1999-2002 Master of Science: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Center for Bioengineering
- 2003-2007 Doctor of Natural Sciences: University of Zurich, Department of Biochemistry, focused on enzyme transition state analog inhibitors design and mechanism research
Awards
- 2012 Pujiang Scholar: Shanghai
