个人简历

Assistant Professor, ShanghaiTech University, 2016-current;\r
Postdoc., University of California, Berkeley (Advisor: Prof. Michelle Chang), 2014-2016;\r
Ph.D., University of Chicago (Advisor: Prof. Chuan He), 2009-2014;\r
B.S., Nanjing University, 2005-2009.\r
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Awards\r
NSFC Excellent Young Scholar，2019；\r
Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Rising-Star Program，2019；\r
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015;\r
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2013;\r
The Everett E Gilbert Memorial Prize, 2012.

研究领域

"""""The emergence of drug-resistant human pathogens has posed a severe public health crisis worldwide. To counter infections caused by major human pathogens

近期论文

Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., Xu, X., Wang, Yuj, Chen, W., Wang, Ya., Wu, Z., Tang, N., Wang, Yu, Zhao, S., Gan, J.*, Ji, Q.* (2020) Catalytic-state structure and engineering of Streptococcus thermophilus Cas9. Nature Catalysis DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-00506-9.\r
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Wang, Y.*, Wang, Z., Ji, Q.* (2020) CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing and cytidine base editing in Acinetobacter baumannii. STAR Protocols DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100025.\r
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Pi, Y., Chen, W., Ji, Q.* (2020) Structural basis of Staphylococcus aureus surface protein SdrC. Biochemistry 59: 1465-1469.\r
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Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, Z., Wu, Z., Wang, Y., Tang, N., Xu, X., Zhao, S., Chen, W.*, Ji, Q.* (2020) Programmable adenine deamination in bacteria using a Cas9-adenine-deaminase fusion. Chemical Science 11: 1657-1664.\r
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Wu, Z., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Chen, W., Wang, Y., Ji, Q.* (2020) Strategies for developing CRISPR-based gene editing methods in bacteria. Small Methods 4: 1900560.\r
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Chen, W., Zhang, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Gan, J.*, Ji, Q.* (2019) Molecular basis for the PAM expansion and fidelity enhancement of an evolved Cas9 nuclease. PLoS Biology 17: e3000496.\r
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Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Chen, Y., Hua, X., Yu, Y., Ji, Q.* (2019) A highly efficient CRISPR-Cas9-based genome engineering platform in Acinetobacter baumannii toward the understanding of H2O2-sensing mechanism of OxyR. Cell Chemical Biology 26: 1732-42. \r
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Zhang, Y., Sun, X., Qian, Y., Yi, H., Song, K., Zhu, H., Zonta, F., Chen, W., Ji, Q., Miersch, S, Sidhu, S.S.*, Wu, D.* (2019) A potent anti-SpuE antibodyallosterically inhibits type III secretion system and attenuates virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Molecular Biology 431:4882-4896.\r
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Fu, T., Liu, L., Yang, Q.L., Wang, Y., Xu, P., Zhang, L., Liu, S., Dai, Q., Ji, Q., Xu, G.L., He, C., Luo, C.*, Zhang, L.* (2019) Thymine DNA glycosylase recognizes the geometry alteration of minor grooves induced by 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine. Chemical Science 10: 7407-17.\r
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He, T., Wang, R., Liu, D., Walsh, T.R., Zhang, R., Lv, Y., Ke, Y., Ji, Q., Wei, R., Liu, Z., Shen, Y., Wang, G., Sun, L., Lei, L., Lv, Z., Li, Y., Pang, M., Wang, L., Sun, Q., Fu, Y., Song, H., Hao, Y., Shen, Z., Wang, S., Chen, G., Wu, C., Shen, J., Wang, Y. (2019) Emergence of plasmid-mediated high-level tigecycline resistance genes in animals and humans. Nature Microbiology 4: 1450-6.\r
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Sun, Q. #, Wang, Y. #, Dong, N., Shen, L., Zhou, H., Hu, Y., Gu, D., Chen, S., Zhang, R.*, Ji, Q.* (2019) Application of CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing in studying the mechanism of pandrug resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 63: e00113-19.\r
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Wang, Y., Wang, S., Chen, W., Song, L., Shen, Z., Yu, F., Li, M., Ji, Q.*(2018) Precise and efficient genome editing in Klebsiella pneumoniae using CRISPR-Cas9 and CRISPR-assisted cytidine deaminase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84: e01834-18.\r
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Chen, W., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Pi, Y., Gu, T., Song, L., Wang, Y., Ji, Q.* (2018) CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and cytidine deaminase-mediated base editing in Pseudomonas species. iScience 6: 222-31.\r
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Wei, W.#, Zhang, Y.#, Gao, R., Li, J., Xu, Y., Wang, S., Ji, Q.*, Feng, Y.* (2018) Crystal structure and acetylation of BioQ suggests a novel regulatory switch for biotin biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Molecular Microbiology 109: 642-62.\r
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Song, L., Zhang, Y., Chen, W., Gu, T., Zhang, S.Y., Ji, Q.* (2018) Mechanistic insights into staphylopine-mediated metal acquisition. PNAS 115: 3942-7.\r
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Gu, T.#, Zhao, S.#, Pi, Y., Chen, W., Chen, C., Liu, Q., Li, M., Han, D.*, Ji, Q.* (2018) Highly efficient base editing in Staphylococcus aureus using an engineered CRISPR RNA-guided cytidine deaminase. Chemical Science 9: 3248-53.\r
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Chen, W., Zhang, Y., Yeo, W.S., Bae, T., Ji, Q.* (2017) Rapid and efficient genome editing in Staphylococcus aureus by using an engineered CRISPR/Cas9 system. JACS 139: 3790-5.