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Name	Baoyu Zhao
Contact Information	baoyuzhao@fudan.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Baoyu Zhao

Contact Information

baoyuzhao@fudan.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Fudan University
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2003.09---2007.07 Bachelor's Degree: Qufu Normal University, College of Life Sciences 2007.09---2013.07 Doctorate: Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Work Experience	2013.09---2018.08 - Texas A&M University - Postdoctoral Researcher 2018.09---2021.04 - Texas A&M University - Assistant Research Scientist 2022.02---Present - Fudan University, Basic Medical Sciences - Researcher
Awards	2015: Fudan University, Zhuoxue Talent Program

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Fudan University

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2003.09---2007.07 Bachelor's Degree: Qufu Normal University, College of Life Sciences
2007.09---2013.07 Doctorate: Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Work Experience

2013.09---2018.08 - Texas A&M University - Postdoctoral Researcher
2018.09---2021.04 - Texas A&M University - Assistant Research Scientist
2022.02---Present - Fudan University, Basic Medical Sciences - Researcher

Awards

2015: Fudan University, Zhuoxue Talent Program

Areas of Focus	Molecular Mechanisms of Host Innate Immune Response Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogen Virulence and Immune Evasion Development of Agonists and Inhibitors Based on Protein Structure
Publications	The Molecular Basis of Tight Nuclear Tethering and Inactivation of cGAS, Baoyu Zhao, Pengbiao Xu, Chesley M. Rowlett, Tao Jing, Omkar Shinde, Yuanjiu Lei, A. Phillip West, Wenshe Ray Liu, Pingwei Li, 2020 A conserved PLPLRT/SD motif of STING mediates the recruitment and activation of TBK1, Baoyu Zhao, Fenglei Du, Pengbiao Xu, Chang Shu, Banumathi Sankaran, Samantha L. Bell, Mengmeng Liu, Yuanjiu Lei, Xinsheng Gao, Xiaofeng Fu, Fanxiu Zhu, Yang Liu, Arthur Laganowsky, Xueyun Zheng, Jun-Yuan Ji, A. Phillip West, Robert O. Watson, Pingwei Li, 2019 Structure and function of the Zika virus full-length NS5 protein, Baoyu Zhao, Guanghui Yi, Fenglei Du, Yin-Chih Chuang, Robert C. Vaughan, Banumathi Sankaran, C. Cheng Kao, Pingwei Li, 2017 Structural basis for concerted recruitment and activation of IRF-3 by innate immune adaptor proteins, Baoyu Zhao, Chang Shu, Xinsheng Gao, Banumathi Sankaran, Fenglei Du, Catherine L. Shelton, Andrew B. Herr, Jun-Yuan Ji, Pingwei Li, 2016 Stabilizing a flexible interdomain hinge region harboring the SMB binding site drives uPAR into its closed conformation, Baoyu Zhao, Sonu Gandhi, Cai Yuan, Zhipu Luo, Rui Li, Henrik Gårdsvoll, Valentina de Lorenzi, Nicolai Sidenius, Mingdong Huang, Michael Ploug, 2015

Areas of Focus

Molecular Mechanisms of Host Innate Immune Response
Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogen Virulence and Immune Evasion
Development of Agonists and Inhibitors Based on Protein Structure

Publications

The Molecular Basis of Tight Nuclear Tethering and Inactivation of cGAS, Baoyu Zhao, Pengbiao Xu, Chesley M. Rowlett, Tao Jing, Omkar Shinde, Yuanjiu Lei, A. Phillip West, Wenshe Ray Liu, Pingwei Li, 2020
A conserved PLPLRT/SD motif of STING mediates the recruitment and activation of TBK1, Baoyu Zhao, Fenglei Du, Pengbiao Xu, Chang Shu, Banumathi Sankaran, Samantha L. Bell, Mengmeng Liu, Yuanjiu Lei, Xinsheng Gao, Xiaofeng Fu, Fanxiu Zhu, Yang Liu, Arthur Laganowsky, Xueyun Zheng, Jun-Yuan Ji, A. Phillip West, Robert O. Watson, Pingwei Li, 2019
Structure and function of the Zika virus full-length NS5 protein, Baoyu Zhao, Guanghui Yi, Fenglei Du, Yin-Chih Chuang, Robert C. Vaughan, Banumathi Sankaran, C. Cheng Kao, Pingwei Li, 2017
Structural basis for concerted recruitment and activation of IRF-3 by innate immune adaptor proteins, Baoyu Zhao, Chang Shu, Xinsheng Gao, Banumathi Sankaran, Fenglei Du, Catherine L. Shelton, Andrew B. Herr, Jun-Yuan Ji, Pingwei Li, 2016
Stabilizing a flexible interdomain hinge region harboring the SMB binding site drives uPAR into its closed conformation, Baoyu Zhao, Sonu Gandhi, Cai Yuan, Zhipu Luo, Rui Li, Henrik Gårdsvoll, Valentina de Lorenzi, Nicolai Sidenius, Mingdong Huang, Michael Ploug, 2015

Innate Immunity Host Response Pathogen Virulence Immune Evasion Protein Structure Agonists Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms Research Development

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