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Qian Gao
Basic Medical Sciences
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Tuberculosis
Molecular Epidemiology
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Virulent Strains
Pathogenic Evolution
Drug Resistance
Gene Discovery
Molecular Mechanism
Biomarkers
Epidemiology
Areas of Focus
- Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
- Origin and Pathogenic Evolution of Highly Virulent Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Discovery and Molecular Mechanism of New Drug Resistance Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Work Experience
- 1988.07—1990.09 - Peking University - Assistant Researcher in Biology
- 1990.10—1995.06 - University of Southern California - Assistant Researcher
- 2000.07—2003.02 - Stanford University School of Medicine - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2003.03—Present - Fudan University - Associate Professor, Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1979.09—1982.06 Bachelor's Degree in Sericulture: Southwest University
- 1985.09—1988.06 Master's Degree: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- 1995.09—2000.06 Ph.D.: University of Southern California
Publications
- Local adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the Tibetan Plateau, Liu Q, Liu H, Shi L, Gan M, Zhao X, Lyu L, Takiffe H, Wan K and Gao Q, 2021
- Population genomics provides insights into the evolution and adaptation to humans of the waterborne pathogen Mycobacterium kansasii, Luo T, Xu P, Zhang Y, Porter J, Ghanem M, Liu Q, Jiang Y, Li J, Miao Q, Hu B, Howden B, Fyfe J, Globan M, He W, He P, Wang Y, Liu H, Takiff H, Zhao Y, Chen X, Pan Q, Behr M, Stinear T, Gao Q, 2021
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates carry mutational signatures of host immune environments, Liu Q, Wei J, Li Y, Wang M, Su J, Lu Y, López M, Qian X, Zhu Z, Wang H, Gan M, Jiang Q, Fu Y, Takiff H, Comas I, Li F, Lu X, Fortune S, Gao Q, 2020
- China's tuberculosis epidemic stems from historical expansion of four strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Liu Q, Ma A, Wei L, Pang Y, Wu B, Luo T, Zhou Y, Zheng H, Jiang Q, Gan M, Zuo T, Liu M, Yang C, Jin L, Comas I, Gagneux S, Zhao Y, Pepperell CS, Gao Q, 2018
- Transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Shanghai, China: a retrospective observational study using whole-genome sequencing and epidemiological investigation, Yang C, Luo T, Shen X, Wu J, Gan M, Xu P, Wu Z, Lin S, Tian J, Liu Q, Yuan Z, Mei J, DeRiemer K, Gao Q, 2017
