Chenli Liu, PhD

Pengcheng Distinguished Professor

Vice President
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT)
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Director, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, SIAT
Director, CAS Key Laboratory for Quantitative Engineering Biology, SIAT

1068 Xueyuan Blvd, University Town
Shenzhen, P.R.China
HP: isynbio.siat.ac.cn/
E-mail: cl.liu@siat.ac.cn

Hai Zheng（郑海）

Associate Professor

PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology，CAS

M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology，CAS

B.S. Bioinformatics,Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Bacterial cell cycle progression and cell size determination mechanisms
Nan Luo（罗楠）

Associate Professor

PhD Plant Biology, University of California, Riverside

B.S. Biology, Tsinghua University

Interested in quantitative and computational biology; focusing on spatial dynamics of bacterial population.

Assistant Professors/Postdocs（助理研究员/博士后）

Zheng Zhang（张峥）

Assistant Professor

PhD Molecular systems biology, University of Groningen

He is interested in investigating bacterial chromosome replication and cell growth at single cell level.
Mengmeng Zhang（张蒙蒙）

Assistant Professor

B.S. Biochemistry, Anhui Polytechnic University

M.S. Food Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University

He is interested in exploration on the interaction mechanism of multi-population.
Wangsheng Lai （赖旺生）

Assistant Professor

M.S. School of life Sciences, Xiamen University
B.S. School of life Sciences, Xiamen University

Continuous directed evolution
Meiling Jiang（江美玲）

Assistant Professor

M.S. Microbiology, Nanchang University

B.S. Biological Engineering, Science and Technology of Nanchang University

cell cycle relation research
Wanlin Li（郦婉琳）

Postdoc

PhD Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

B.S. Plant Protection, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University

Bacteria applied in cancer therapy
Xiongliang Huang（黄雄亮）

Postdoc

PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

M.S. Fermentation Engineering, South China University of Technology

B.S. Biotechnology, South China University of Technology

Interested in synthetic biology, microbiology. Current researches focus on the mechanisms of E. coli cell cycle events.

Technicians（技术员）

Kening Chen (陈可宁)

Technicians
B.S. Biotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University
I’m familiar with optogenetics and genetic circuits design. Interested in all bioengineering especially synthetic cell research.
Zixia Huang（黄紫霞）

Technicians

B.S. Hainan Tropical Ocean University.interested in the identification of new species of bacteria and some molecular biology experiments.
Junjie Liang（梁俊杰）

Technicians

B.S. Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

interested in molecular biology experiment and synthetic biology.

Research Assistants（实习研究员）

Fangqian Sheng（盛方芊）

Research Assistant

M.S. Queens university of Belfast.

B.S. Hubei university of Chinese Medicine.

She mainly is focusing on bacterial cancer therapy via salmonella reconstruction.
Hao Cheng （程皓）

Research Assistant

M.S. Shandong University

B.S. Qilu University of Technology

Design and engineering mycelium materials based on synthetic biology
Yuxuan Dong（董宇轩）

Research Assistant
B.S. Environmental and ecological engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dong is interested on bacterial anti-cancer therapy. He is now focusing on how to use synthetic biology to engineer bacteria for better tumor treatment.
Yang Li（李扬）

Research Assistant

M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology，CAS

B.S. Biology, Nankai University

Interested in bacterial cancer therapy.

Postgraduate Students（研究生）

Chenjian Sun（孙陈健）

PhD candidate

B.S. Wuhan University of Technology

He is indulged in charm of bacteriophages, and focuses on phage modification or evolution.
Dengjin Li（李登进）

PhD candidate

M.S. Bioengineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S. Bioengineering, Huazhong Agricultural University
He is interested in the bacterial cell cycle regulation mechanisms, mainly focused on the DNA replication initiation events.
Andong Caoqian（曹乾安东）

PhD candidate

B.S. Biological Science. China University of Geosciences

She is interested in directed evolution.
Mengmeng Zhang（张蒙蒙）

PhD candidate

M.S. Food Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University

B.S. Biochemistry, Anhui Polytechnic University

He is interested in exploration on the interaction mechanism of multi-population.
Weiqi Lu（卢伟琪）

PhD candidate

B.S. Jinan University.

Lu is interest in Pharmaceutics and quantitative synthetic biology. Now she mainly focuses on research of bacterial tumor therapy method.
Xiaolin Ji（纪晓琳）

PhD candidate

B.S. Biotechnology, Xiamen University

Interested in bacterial anti-tumor therapy and other synthetic immunotherapy.
Wenqi Huang（黄文琦）

M.Sc. candidate

B.S. Biotechnology, Huazhong Agriculture University

The question is mainly about microbial physiology and how to creat a bottom-up synthetic cell, but interests also include microscopy technology, automation device & programing.
Fengting Li（李奉庭）

M.Sc. candidate

B.S. Biotechnology. East China University of Science and Technology.

He is interested in directed evolution and genetic circuits design.
Maleeha Saifi

M.Sc. candidate

B.S. Biotechnology, Zhejiang Normal University

Interested in cancer therapy by synthetic bacteria
Yuchang Li（李昱昶）

M.Sc. candidate

B. S. Biological science, Fudan University

Interested in synthetic biology, especially directed evolution and gene editing. Current research focuses on bottom-up synthetic cells.

Administrative Assistants（行政助理）