Areas of Focus
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Structural Biology
- Structural Genomics
- Protein Crystallography
- Structure and Function Relationship of Biomacromolecules
- Structural Biology of Natural Biotoxins
- Structural Genomics of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Disease-related Proteins
- Mechanism of Proteins and Enzymes with Important Biological Functions
- Protein Engineering
- Structure-based Molecular Design
Work Experience
- 1986-present - University of Science and Technology of China - Academic Research and Higher Education in Life Sciences
- 1987 - Lecturer
- 1989 - Associate Professor
- 1995 - Professor
- 1996 - Doctoral Supervisor
- 1993 - Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, USA
- 1995-1996 - Associate Researcher, Purdue University, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1982 - Bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology: University of Science and Technology of China
- 1986 - Master's degree in Biophysics: Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Director of the Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Executive Director of the Chinese Crystallographic Society Macromolecular Committee
- Executive Director of the Chinese Biophysical Society
Publications
- Structure (in press), Guo, M., Xu, F., Yamada, J., Egelhofer, T., Gao, Y. X., Hartzog, G., Teng, M. K., Niu, L. W.
- Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics 71, 1582-1588, Zhou, D. W., Ge, H. H., Sun, J. P., Gao, Y. X., Teng, M. K., and Niu, L. W., 2008
- Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics 71, 1539-1545, Ge, H. H., Zhou, D. W., Tong, S. L., Gao, Y. X., Teng, M. K., and Niu, L. W., 2008
- Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics 72, 673-683, Hu, P., Sun, L., Zhu, Z. Q., Hou, X. W., Wang, S., Yu, S. S., Wang, H. L., Zhang, P., Wang, M., Niu, L. W., Teng, M. K., and Ruan, D. Y., 2008
- Journal of Bacteriology 189, 3573-3580, Fan, J., Liu, Q., Hao, Q., Teng, M. K., and Niu, L. W., 2007
- Protein Science 15, 761-773, Li, X. W., Guo, M., Fan, J., Tang, W. Y., Wang, D. Q., Ge, H. H., Rong, H., Teng, M. K., Niu, L. W., Liu, Q., and Hao, Q., 2006
- Bmc Bioinformatics 7, Liang, Z., Xu, M., Teng, M. K., and Niu, L. W., 2006
- Bioinformatics 22, 2175-2177, Liang, Z., Xu, M., Teng, M. K., and Niu, L. W., 2006
- Journal of Biological Chemistry 280, 22962-22967, Wang, D. Q., Guo, M., Liang, Z., Fan, J., Zhu, Z. Q., Zang, J. Y., Zhu, Z. G., Li, X. W., Teng, M. K., Niu, L. W., Dong, Y. H., and Liu, P., 2005
- Journal of Biological Chemistry 280, 12405-12412, Guo, M., Teng, M. K., Niu, L. W., Liu, Q., Huang, Q. Q., and Hao, Q., 2005
- Journal of Biological Chemistry 280, 10524-10529, Zhu, Z. L., Liang, Z., Zhang, T. Y., Zhu, Z. Q., Xu, W. H., Teng, M. K., and Niu, L. W., 2005
- Biochemistry 44, 10145-10152, Wang, J., Shen, B., Guo, M., Lou, X. H., Duan, Y. Y., Cheng, X. P., Teng, M. K., Niu, L. W., Liu, Q., Huang, Q. Q., and Hao, Q., 2005
- Journal of Biological Chemistry 279, 39094-39104, Lou, X. H., Liu, Q., Tu, X. Y., Wang, J., Teng, M., Niu, L. W., Schuller, D. J., Huang, Q. Q., and Hao, Q., 2004
- Journal of Biological Chemistry 278, 41400-41408, Liu, Q., Huang, Q. Q., Teng, M. K., Weeks, C. M., Jelsch, C., Zhang, R. G., and Niu, L. W., 2003
Awards
- 1989 - Second Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Youth Scientist Award
- 1992 - State Council Government Special Allowance
- 1994 - National Education Commission Cross-Century Excellent Talent Program Fund
- 1997 - National Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talent Project First and Second Levels
- 1998 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert Title
- 2000 - National Outstanding Youth Science Fund
- 2001 - Second Prize of the Ministry of Education China University Science and Technology Award (Ranked 2nd)
- 2001 - National Natural Science Innovation Research Group Fund
- 2002 - Procter & Gamble Outstanding Graduate Supervisor Title, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2007 - Anhui Province 'Model Teacher of the Province' Title