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Name	Chunfu Yang
Contact Information	yangcf@sustech.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Chunfu Yang

Contact Information

yangcf@sustech.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Southern University of Science and Technology
Faculty	Medical School
Academic Background & Achievements	2007-2012: PhD in Microbiology, Shanghai Pasteur Institute, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2003-2006: Master's in Animal Virology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 1999-2003: Bachelor's in Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University
Work Experience	2021.12 - Present: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology 2017.07-2021.11: Staff Scientist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH 2015.07-2017.07: Research Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH 2013.07-2015.07: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH 2012.07-2013.06: Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Pasteur Institute, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Southern University of Science and Technology

Faculty

Medical School

Academic Background & Achievements

2007-2012: PhD in Microbiology, Shanghai Pasteur Institute, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2003-2006: Master's in Animal Virology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1999-2003: Bachelor's in Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University

Work Experience

2021.12 - Present: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology
2017.07-2021.11: Staff Scientist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
2015.07-2017.07: Research Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
2013.07-2015.07: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
2012.07-2013.06: Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Pasteur Institute, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Areas of Focus	Immunopathogenesis of infectious diseases Molecular mechanisms of trained immunity in immunopathological damage in infectious diseases Development of recombinant subunit vaccines for Chlamydia
Publications	Chlamydia evasion of neutrophil host defense results in NLRP3 dependent myeloid-mediated sterile inflammation through the purinergic P2X7 receptor, Yang C, Lei, L, Collins MJ, Briones M, Ma L, Sturdevant GL, Su H, Kashyap AK, Dorward D, Bock K, Moore I, Bonner C, Chen CY, Martens CA, Ricklefs S, Yamamoto M, Takeda K, Iwakura Y, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2021 Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid Gene Protein 3 Is Essential for the Establishment of Persistent Infection and Associated Immunopathology, Yang C, Kari L, Lei, L, Carlson JH, Ma L, Couch CE, Whitmire WM, Bock K, Moore I, Bonner C, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2020 Chlamydia trachomatis Lipopolysaccharide Evades the Canonical and Noncanonical Inflammatory Pathways To Subvert Innate Immunity, Yang C, Briones M, Chiou J, Lei, L, Patton MJ, Ma L, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2019 Infection of Hysterectomized mice with Chlamydia muridarum and Chlamydia trachomatis, Yang C, Sturdevant GL, Whitmire WM, Caldwell HD, 2017 Chlamydial Exit from Host cells Is Plasmid Regulated, Yang C, Starr T, Song L, Carlson JH, Sturdevant GL, Beare PA, Whitmire WM, Caldwell HD, 2015 Type I interferons Triggered Through the TLR3-TRIF Pathway Control Coxsackievirus A16 Infection in Young Mice, Yang J, Yang C, Guo N, Zhu K, Kaiming L, Zhang N, Zhao H, Cui Y, Chen L, Wang H, Gu J, Ge B, Cheng-Feng Q, Leng Q, 2015 TLR3 Signaling in Macrophages Is Indispensable for the Protective Immunity of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells against Enterovirus 71 Infection, Zhu K, Yang J, Luo K, Yang C, Zhang N, Xu R, Chen J, Jin M, Xu B, Guo N, Wang J, Chen Z, Cui Y, Zhao H, Wang Y, Deng C, Bai L, Ge B, Qin CF, Shen H, Yang C, Leng Q, 2015 Neutralizing Antibody Response in the Patients with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease to Enterovirus 71 and its Clinical Implications, Yang C, Deng C, Wan J, Zhu L, Leng Q, 2011

Areas of Focus

Immunopathogenesis of infectious diseases
Molecular mechanisms of trained immunity in immunopathological damage in infectious diseases
Development of recombinant subunit vaccines for Chlamydia

Publications

Chlamydia evasion of neutrophil host defense results in NLRP3 dependent myeloid-mediated sterile inflammation through the purinergic P2X7 receptor, Yang C, Lei, L, Collins MJ, Briones M, Ma L, Sturdevant GL, Su H, Kashyap AK, Dorward D, Bock K, Moore I, Bonner C, Chen CY, Martens CA, Ricklefs S, Yamamoto M, Takeda K, Iwakura Y, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2021
Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid Gene Protein 3 Is Essential for the Establishment of Persistent Infection and Associated Immunopathology, Yang C, Kari L, Lei, L, Carlson JH, Ma L, Couch CE, Whitmire WM, Bock K, Moore I, Bonner C, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2020
Chlamydia trachomatis Lipopolysaccharide Evades the Canonical and Noncanonical Inflammatory Pathways To Subvert Innate Immunity, Yang C, Briones M, Chiou J, Lei, L, Patton MJ, Ma L, McClarty G, Caldwell HD, 2019
Infection of Hysterectomized mice with Chlamydia muridarum and Chlamydia trachomatis, Yang C, Sturdevant GL, Whitmire WM, Caldwell HD, 2017
Chlamydial Exit from Host cells Is Plasmid Regulated, Yang C, Starr T, Song L, Carlson JH, Sturdevant GL, Beare PA, Whitmire WM, Caldwell HD, 2015
Type I interferons Triggered Through the TLR3-TRIF Pathway Control Coxsackievirus A16 Infection in Young Mice, Yang J, Yang C, Guo N, Zhu K, Kaiming L, Zhang N, Zhao H, Cui Y, Chen L, Wang H, Gu J, Ge B, Cheng-Feng Q, Leng Q, 2015
TLR3 Signaling in Macrophages Is Indispensable for the Protective Immunity of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells against Enterovirus 71 Infection, Zhu K, Yang J, Luo K, Yang C, Zhang N, Xu R, Chen J, Jin M, Xu B, Guo N, Wang J, Chen Z, Cui Y, Zhao H, Wang Y, Deng C, Bai L, Ge B, Qin CF, Shen H, Yang C, Leng Q, 2015
Neutralizing Antibody Response in the Patients with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease to Enterovirus 71 and its Clinical Implications, Yang C, Deng C, Wan J, Zhu L, Leng Q, 2011

Immunopathogenesis Infectious Diseases Trained Immunity Molecular Mechanisms Immunopathological Damage Recombinant Vaccines Subunit Vaccines Chlamydia Vaccine Development Immunology

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