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Dan Tan
Life Science
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Shaanxi
Language: Chinese, English
Halophiles
Synthetic Biology
Continuous Fermentation
Pha
Low-Cost Production
Biobased Chemicals
Chiral Natural Drugs
Halomonas Td01
Pericyclases
Bioinformatics
Biosynthesis
Natural Products
Bacteria
Fungi
Plants
Genome Mining
Engineered Bacteria
Antifungals
Areas of Focus
- Halophile Based-Synthetic Biology
- Biosynthesis of Natural Products
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009 - Bachelor of Bioengineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
- 2014 - PhD in Biology, Tsinghua University
- 2016-2018 - Visiting Scholar at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Publications
- Development and application of transcription terminators for polyhydroxylkanoates production in halophilic Halomonas bluephagenesis TD01, Dan Tan*, 2022
- Grand Challenges for Industrializing Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), Dan Tan, 2021
- Cost-Effective Production of L-DOPA by tyrosinase-immobilized polyhydroxyalkanoate nanogranules in engineered Halomonas bluephagenesis TD01, Dan Tan*, 2021
- Genome-mined Diels-Alderase catalyzes formation of the cis-octahydrodecalins of varicidin A and B, Dan Tan, 2019
Awards
- 2018-2021 - Guided Xi'an Jiaotong University undergraduate team in iGEM, achieving three gold and one silver awards
