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Name

Peng Tan

Contact Information

tanp@sustech.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Southern University of Science and Technology
Faculty	Medical School
Academic Background & Achievements	2012-2018 PhD: Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist Hospital 2011-2018 PhD: Texas A&M University 2008-2011 Master's: Sun Yat-sen University 2004-2008 Bachelor's Honors: Shenzhen University Published over 40 SCI papers including in journals like Nature and Nature Medicine
Work Experience	2024.02-Present Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry 2024.02-Present Visiting Scholar, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard 2019.10-2024.02 Postdoctoral Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, MIT/HHMI
Awards	CCFA Student Research Award IBD Plexus Award

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Southern University of Science and Technology

Faculty

Medical School

Academic Background & Achievements

2012-2018 PhD: Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist Hospital
2011-2018 PhD: Texas A&M University
2008-2011 Master's: Sun Yat-sen University
2004-2008 Bachelor's Honors: Shenzhen University
Published over 40 SCI papers including in journals like Nature and Nature Medicine

Work Experience

2024.02-Present Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
2024.02-Present Visiting Scholar, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
2019.10-2024.02 Postdoctoral Researcher, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, MIT/HHMI

Awards

Areas of Focus	Antiviral innate immunity Tumor immune escape mechanisms and immunotherapy Mucosal neuro-immune interactions and the gut-brain axis
Publications	Optogenetic control of protein delivery and partition in the nucleolus, Tan P, Hong T, Cai X, Li W, Huang Y, He L, Zhou Y, 2022 Optophysiology: Illuminating cell physiology with optogenetics, Tan P#, He L#, Huang Y, Zhou Y*, 2022 Circularly permuted LOV2 as a modular photoswitch for optogenetic engineering, He L#, Tan P#, Zhu L#, Huang K#, Nguyen N, Wang R, Guo L, Li L, Yang Y, Huang Z, Li L, Huang Y, Han G, Wang J, Zhou Y, 2021

Areas of Focus

Antiviral innate immunity
Tumor immune escape mechanisms and immunotherapy
Mucosal neuro-immune interactions and the gut-brain axis

Publications

Optogenetic control of protein delivery and partition in the nucleolus, Tan P*, Hong T, Cai X, Li W, Huang Y, He L*, Zhou Y*, 2022
Optophysiology: Illuminating cell physiology with optogenetics, Tan P#, He L#, Huang Y*, Zhou Y*, 2022
Circularly permuted LOV2 as a modular photoswitch for optogenetic engineering, He L#, Tan P#, Zhu L#, Huang K#, Nguyen N, Wang R, Guo L, Li L, Yang Y, Huang Z, Li L, Huang Y, Han G, Wang J, Zhou Y, 2021

Immunity Virus Tumor Cancer Neurology Gastroenterology Immunotherapy Molecular Biology Cell Biology Genetics

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