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Name

Jun Xu

Contact Information

xujunn@sjtu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	Former researcher at the Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration Part-time professor at the College of Ocean and Environmental Sciences, Xiamen University Director at the Shanghai Ecological Society
Work Experience	2010 - Chief Assistant on the first leg of the 22nd voyage of China's oceanographic expeditions
Awards	2012: First Prize in Marine Engineering Science and Technology Award (Ranked 11th) 2017: Outstanding Contribution Award from Microbiology Journal

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

Former researcher at the Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration
Part-time professor at the College of Ocean and Environmental Sciences, Xiamen University
Director at the Shanghai Ecological Society

Work Experience

2010 - Chief Assistant on the first leg of the 22nd voyage of China's oceanographic expeditions

Awards

2012: First Prize in Marine Engineering Science and Technology Award (Ranked 11th)
2017: Outstanding Contribution Award from Microbiology Journal

Areas of Focus	Marine microbial natural product biosynthesis mechanisms Adaptation mechanisms of extremophile microorganisms Marine microbial ecology
Publications	Induction of a Toxin-Antitoxin Gene Cassette under High Hydrostatic Pressure Enables Markerless Gene Disruption in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus yayanosii, Song, Q., Li, Z., Chen, R., Ma, X., Xiao, X., and Xu, J., 2019 A Novel AdpA Homologue Negatively Regulates Morphological Differentiation in Streptomyces xiamenensis 318, Bu, X.-L., Weng, J.-Y., He, B.-B., Xu, M.-J., and Xu, J., 2019 Combinatory Biosynthesis of Prenylated 4-Hydroxybenzoate Derivatives by Overexpression of the Substrate-Promiscuous Prenyltransferase XimB in Engineered E. coli, He, B. B., Bu, X. L., Zhou, T., Li, S. M., Xu, M. J., and Xu, J., 2018 Deciphering the streamlined genome of Streptomyces xiamenensis 318 as the producer of the anti-fibrotic drug candidate xiamenmycin, Xu M, Wang J, Bu X, Yu H, Li P, Ou H, He Y, Xu F, Hu X, Zhu X, Ao P, Xu J, 2016 Comparative Genomics Reveals Evidence of Genome Reduction and High Extracellular Protein Degradation Potential in Kangiella, Wang, J., Lu, Y., Nawaz, M. Z., and Xu, J., 2018

Areas of Focus

Marine microbial natural product biosynthesis mechanisms
Adaptation mechanisms of extremophile microorganisms
Marine microbial ecology

Publications

Induction of a Toxin-Antitoxin Gene Cassette under High Hydrostatic Pressure Enables Markerless Gene Disruption in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus yayanosii, Song, Q., Li, Z., Chen, R., Ma, X., Xiao, X., and Xu, J., 2019
A Novel AdpA Homologue Negatively Regulates Morphological Differentiation in Streptomyces xiamenensis 318, Bu, X.-L., Weng, J.-Y., He, B.-B., Xu, M.-J., and Xu, J., 2019
Combinatory Biosynthesis of Prenylated 4-Hydroxybenzoate Derivatives by Overexpression of the Substrate-Promiscuous Prenyltransferase XimB in Engineered E. coli, He, B. B., Bu, X. L., Zhou, T., Li, S. M., Xu, M. J., and Xu, J., 2018
Deciphering the streamlined genome of Streptomyces xiamenensis 318 as the producer of the anti-fibrotic drug candidate xiamenmycin, Xu M, Wang J, Bu X, Yu H, Li P, Ou H, He Y, Xu F, Hu X, Zhu X, Ao P, Xu J, 2016
Comparative Genomics Reveals Evidence of Genome Reduction and High Extracellular Protein Degradation Potential in Kangiella, Wang, J., Lu, Y., Nawaz, M. Z., and Xu, J., 2018

Biosynthesis Natural Products Marine Microbiology Extremophiles Adaptation Ecology Mechanisms Research Environment

Jun Xu - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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