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Education

2021-present (Staff Scientist)

Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

2018-2021 (Research Fellow)

Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

2016-present (Research Fellow)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 

2014-2016 (Ph.D. candidate) 

Harvard Medical School

2012-2014 (Ph.D. candidate)

Peking University  

2011-2016 (Ph.D.) 

University of Science and Technology of China 

2007-2011 (B.S.)

Anhui University

Honor and Awards

2021 HCLS-Annual Distinguished Research Award

Harvard Medical School Chinese Scientists and Scholars Association

2020 AAI Trainee Abstract Award

The American Association of Immunologists

2017-2020 Ragon Fellowship

Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

2014 National Scholarship for Doctoral Student

Chinese Ministry of Education

2011-2016 Full Scholarship 

University of Science and Technology of China

2011 Outstanding Graduates Award

Anhui University

2009-2011 National Innovation Funding 

Chinese Ministry of Education

2008 The First Prize of Anke Biotechnology Scholarship

Anke Biotechnology Company

2007-2011  Excellent Student Scholarship

Anhui University

Experiences

  • Structural and functional study of CD8+ T cell control of HIV-1 in elite controllers.
     

  • Potent TCRs isolation from HIV-1 controllers.
     

  • Functional test for identified TCR.

Wang Lab (HMS)
(2015-2021)

​Main projects:

  • Molecular basis of CD8+ T cell control of HIV-1.

  • Antigen presentation by class I MHCs.

  • Structural insight into T cell beta selection in T cell development.

  • Structural insight into neutralization of antibody targeting MPER of HIV gp160.


Side projects:

  • Peptide drug design for neuroblastoma

  • Small molecule targeting neuroblastoma related protein.

Wang Lab (PKU)
(2012-2014)
  • Mechanism of a small molecule compound, terazosin, regulating the activity of phosphoglycerate kinase-1.
     

  • Structural insight into the CD4+ and CD8+ T cells restricted by class II MHC and Class I MHC. 
     

  • Biophysical study of a NTR domain of Netrin-1 to explore functional role of NTR during Neuron development.

Teng Lab (USTC)
(2011-2012)

The Curriculum studies:

  • Macromolecule Structure and Function

  • Molecular Immunology

  • Biochemistry

  • Cell Biology

  • Molecular Biology

  • Neuroscience: Explore the brain

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The techniques training:

  • Crystallography

  • Biochemical techniques

  • Molecular Biology techniques

  • Biophysical techniques

Zhang Lab (AHU)
(2009-2011)

Explore the functional roles of several Tet Receptor Protein (TetR) family genes in saccharopolyspora erythraea, using the homologous gene recombination approach.

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