News
01/09/2022
Chenyi's work on dynamic control of gene copy in bacteria is officially accepted by Metabolic Engineering. Congratulations!
11/11/2021
Jian and Yuxi's work on developing a universal gene repressor is officially accepted by Nature Communications. Congratulations!
10/05/2021
Chenyi's review article is officially accepted by Biotechnology Advances. Congratulations!
10/04/2021
Jian's work on carbon-efficient biosynthesis is officially accepted by Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
09/21/2021
Ruihua's work on microbial utilization of lignin-derived aromatics is officially accepted by Green Chemistry. Congratulations!
08/16/2021
Qi Gan, Jianli Zhang, and Xinyu Gong joined our group as Ph.D. students. Welcome!
08/01/2021
Yusong and Ruihua's work was published in Metabolic Engineering Communications and ACS Synthetic Biology, respectively. Congratulations!
07/15/2020
Jian and Chenyi's paper "Bacterial synthesis of C3-C5 diols via extending amino acid catabolism" was accepted by PNAS. Good job!
06/17/2020
Tian's review paper "Recent Advances in improving metabolic robustness of microbial cell factories" is accepted by Current Opinion in Biotechnology. Good job!
12/06/2019
Chenyi's review paper "Protein engineering for improving and diversifying natural products biosynthesis" is accepted by Trends in Biotechnology. Good job!
08/12/2019
Five new graduate students (Sierra Milligan, Tian Jiang, Lauren Wilson, Yuxi Teng, Xinyu Gong) join the group. Welcome!
07/20/2019
Jian and Ruihua's work on growth-coupled microbial production is accepted by Metabolic Engineering. Congratulations!
06/21/2019
Ruihua and Yaping's work on construction of phenotype-stable strains is accepted by Metabolic Engineering. Congratulations!
04/29/2019
Xiaolin, Dayong and Yuheng's work on HpaB structure is accepted by Scientific Reports. Congratulations!
03/20/2019
Xinxiao's work on 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid biosynthesis is published on Journal of Biotechnology. Good job!
03/12/2019
Xinxiao's work on tropone biosynthesis is published on ACS Synthetic Biology. Congratulations!
02/21/2019
Yaping's book chapter is published on Microbial Metabolic Engineering. Good job!
02/08/2019
Dr. Yan's Promotion to Full Professor is officially approved! Thanks to the hard work of our lab members!
12/08/2018
Zhenya's collaborative work with us is accepted by Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology! Congratulations!
11/28/2018
New group website is online!
10/16/2018
Ruihua's two review articles are accepted by Biotechnology Advances and Biochemistry, separately. Way to go!
09/08/2018
Yan Zhang and Yusong Zou join our lab. Welcome!
08/28/2018
Yaping's work is accepted by Nature Communications. Congratulations!
03/15/2018
Group say goodbye to Xiaolin and Jia. Wish you the best luck with your future career!
01/25/2018
Congratulations to all the group members for their efforts and published papers in 2017 and early 2018. Happy new year! My apologies for the late greeting and congratulations.
08/25/2017
Prof. Tian's review paper on CRISPR during his one month visit to our lab is officially accepted by Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. Congratulations!
08/16/2017
Chenyi Li joined our group as Ph.D. student. Welcome!
06/20/2017
Jian's work on new glutarate pathway engineering is accepted by ACS Synthetic Biology! Way to go!
06/19/2017
Zhenya's work on gallic acid is accepted by Biotechnology and Bioengineering! Congratulations!
06/15/2017
In the past several weeks, Xiaolin's two papers on arbutin and thioesterase were accepted by Metabolic Engineering, Zhenya's paper on vanillyl alcohol is accepted by ACS Synthetic Biology! It will be a productive summer! Congratulations!
03/30/2017
Our research lab and office are moved to Riverbend Research Lab South. Nice place to do research!
03/22/2017
Jia's work on 3,4-dihydroxybutyric acid is accepted by Metabolic Engineering. Yaping's work in collaboration with Prof. Xie is accepted by ACS Bioconjugate Chemistry. Congratulations!
02/10/2017
Jia and Rachit's work on diol dehydratase and 1,4-butanediol is officially accepted by Metabolic Engineering. Congratulations!
02/03/2017
Two papers were recently published in the same issue of Metabolic Engineering. Congratulations to the authors!
01/16/2017
Professor Pingfang Tian from Bejing University of Chemical Technology joined our group as a visiting scholar. Welcome... Dr. Tian!
08/16/2016
Ruihua Zhang joined our group as a doctoral student. Welcome... Ruihua!
07/15/2016
Zhenya Chen from Beijing University of Chemical Technology joined our group as a visiting student. Welcome... Zhenya!
02/10/2016
Our iGEM work on engineering archaea is accepted by ACS Synthetic Biology. Congratulations to the iGEMers!
02/03/2016
Two papers were recently accepted by Metabolic Engineering and AIMS Bioengineering Journals, respectively. Congratulations to the authors!
08/01/2015
Dr. Yan was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. Official today!
04/24/2015
Xinxiao, Xiaolin, and Rachit's paper "Synthesis of Chemicals by Metabolic Engineering of Microbes" is accepted by Chemical Society Reviews. Congratulations!
04/23/2015
Rachit's paper "Engineering Microaerobic Metabolism of E. coli for 1,2-Propanediol Production" is accepted by Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. Congratulations!
04/15/2015
Rachit successfully defends his dissertation! Congratulations!
04/09/2015
Xinxiao's paper "Structural Insights into Substrate Specificity of Feruloyl-CoA 6'-Hydroxylase from Arabidopsis thaliana" is accepted by Scientific Reports. Congratulations!
03/31/2015
Yaping and Yuheng's Paper "Regulating Malonyl-CoA Metabolism via Synthetic Antisense RNAs for Enhanced Biosynthesis of Natural Products" is accepted by Metabolic Engineering. Congratulations!
03/19/2015
The Group says good bye to Xinxiao Sun. In the past three years in our group, Xinxiao published 7 first-author papers. He is getting his Ph.D. degree back in China and will be starting his academia career. Good luck!
03/03/2015
Jia Wang from Beijing University of Chemical Technology joined our group as a visiting Ph.D. student. Welcome... Jia!
03/03/2015
Dr. Xiaolin Shen from Beijing University of Chemical Technology joined our group as a visiting scholar. Welcome back... Xiaolin!
01/23/2015
Jin Huang's work on tyrosine production is accepted by Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, although she was back to Beijing University of Chemical Technology to continue her Master's study. Congratulations!
11/29/2014
Rachit's paper "Systematically Engineering Escherichia coli for Enhanced Production of 1,2-propanediol and 1-Propanol" is accepted by ACS Synthetic Biology. Congratulations!
11/25/2014
Yuheng successfully defends his dissertation! Congratulations!!
11/17-11/212014
Yaping, Rachit, Xinxiao, and Yuheng present their research work at 2014 AICHE annual meeting in Atlanta!
10/02/2014
Xinxiao's paper entitled "Precursor-directed biosynthesis of 5-hydroxytryptophan using metabolically engineered E. coli" is accepted by ACS Synthetic Biology. Congratulations!
09/20/2014
Yifei Wu from Beijing University of Chemical Technology joined our group as a visiting Ph.D. student. Welcome... Yifei!
08/15/2014
Jaya Kanumuri joined our group as a M.S. student. Welcome...Jaya!
08/06/2014
The Group says good bye to Jin Huang. She is back to Beijing University of Chemical Technology to finish her study there. Good luck!
08/01/2014
Jian Wang joined our group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome... Jian!
06/30/2014
Jing Sun, a visiting Ph.D. student from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, joined our group. Welcome... Jing!
06/12/2014
Yuheng and Xinxiao's paper entitled "Engineering Bacterial Phenylalanine 4-Hydroxylase for Microbial Synthesis of Human Neurotransmitter Precursor 5-Hydroxytryptophan" is accepted by ACS Synthetic Biology. Congratulations!
06/02/2014
Xinxiao and Yuheng's paper entitled "Biological Production of Muconic Acid Via A Prokaryotic 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Decarboxylase" is accepted by ChemSusChem. Nice!
03/10/2014
One more! Yuheng's paper entitled "Biotechnological Production of Plant-Specific Hydroxylated Phenylpropanoids" is accepted by Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Good job!
03/05/2014
Three biochemical engineering girls Shannon, Megan, and Jaya join our lab for undergraduate research experience. Welcome!
02/12/2014
Yuheng and Xinxiao's paper: "Extending Shikimate Pathway for the Production of Muconic Acid and Its Precursor Salicylic Acid in Escherichia coli" is accepted by Metabolic Engineering. Way to go!
10/15/2013
Yuheng and Rachit's paper: "Microbial Production of Antioxidant Food ingredients via Metabolic Engineering" is accepted by Current Opinion of Biotechnology. Congratulations!
10/11/2013
Yaping and Hongfei get married today. Congratulate you two on your happy wedding!
09/12/2013
Yuheng's paper: "Microbial Biosynthesis of the Anticoagulant Precursor 4-Hydroxycoumarin" is official accepted for publication in Nature Communications! Congratulations! Yuheng. Look forward to your next one!
09/03/2013
The group says goodbye to Qin Huang. Qin accepted a job offer from Genscript. She will be working in China and Germany. Good luck Qin! We will miss you!
07/24/2013
Jin Huang, a visiting student from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, joined our group. Welcome... Jin!
07/18/2013
Our new group website is online!!