Areas of Focus
- Synthetic Biology
- Eukaryotic Chromosome Artificial Design and New Function Research
- Development of New Technologies for Mega Base DNA Cloning and Delivery
Work Experience
- 2021-present: Researcher and Group Leader at Zhejiang University, School of Life Sciences
- 2021: Assistant Researcher at CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
- 2018-2021: Postdoctoral Fellow at CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
- 2011-2017: PhD Candidate at Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, CAS
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-2017: PhD in Microbiology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, CAS
- Published as first author in journals like Nature, Nature Protocols, and Cell Research
- Selected achievements include 'Top Ten Scientific Advances in China' and 'Top Ten Advances in Life Sciences in China'
Publications
- Creating a functional single chromosome yeast, Yangyang Shao et al., 2018
- A single circular chromosome yeast, Yangyang Shao et al., 2019
- Creating functional chromosome fusions in yeast with CRISPR–Cas9, Yangyang Shao et al., 2019
- CRISPR-Cas9 facilitated multiple-chromosome fusion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yangyang Shao et al., 2018
- MEGA (Multiple Essential Genes Assembling) Deletion and Replacement Method for Genome Reduction in Escherichia coli, Xiaoli Xue et al., 2015
- Cdc13 is predominant over Stn1 and Ten1 in preventing chromosome end fusions, Zhi-Jing Wu et al., 2020
Awards
- Multiple awards and grants including Young Talent Support Plan, Zhejiang Outstanding Youth Fund