【TITLE & POSITION】Senior experimentalist/Master's supervisor

【CONTACT INFORMATION】E-mail: zhuliancai@cqu.edu.cn; Website: http://wangbochu.cqu.edu.cn/

【PERSONAL PROFILE】

Dr. Zhu Liancai graduated from Chongqing University (Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2009). In 2006, she joined Chongqing University (2006.06) to carry out teaching/research work. She has presided 2 Projects supported by the Basic and Frontier Research Foundation of Chongqing. She has published 62 papers in journals such as International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, PROTEIN SCIENCE, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, etc. Moreover, she has applied and obtained 10 patents of inventions. Current courses taught by Dr. Zhu Liancai include Biopharmaceutical Technology Experiment, Comprehensive Bioengineering Experiment, Protein Separation Engineering, etc. She has supervised 8 master students, one of whom have won the Chongqing Distinguished Master Thesis awards.

【RESEARCH INTERESTS】

1. Rational design and modification of protein molecules

2. Study on the activity and mechanism of natural products

3. Biocatalysis and transformation of chemical compounds

【REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS】

1. Shunlin Ji, Pan Yinping, Zhu Liancai*, Jun Tan, Shijing Tang, Qiong Yang, Zhi Zhang, Deshuai Lou, Bochu Wang*, A novel 7α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase: Magnesium ion significantly enhances its activity and thermostability, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2021, 177:111-118.

2. Shijing Tang, Pan Yinping, Deshuai Lou, Shunlin Ji, Zhu Liancai*, Jun Tan, Na Qi, Qiong Yang, Zhi Zhang, Biling Yang, Wenyan Zhao, and Bochu Wang*. Structural and functional characterization of a novel acidophilic 7 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. PROTEIN SCIENCE. 2019, 28(5):910-919.

3. Zhu L, Tan, J*, Lou D, Guo T, Wang B*. The effects of flavonoid compound from Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb on promotting 3T3-L1 preadipocytes differentiation by activating PPARγ partially. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2017,26(11) :2920-2928.

4. Zhu L, Chen J., Tan J*, Liu X, Wang B*. Flavonoids from Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb: Free Radical Scavenging and DNA Oxidative Damage Protection Activities and Analysis of Bioactivity-Structure Relationship Based on Molecular and Electronic Structures. Molecules, 2017, 22(3): 195.

5. Xi Liu, Liancai Zhu*, Jun Tan, Xuemei Zhou, Ling Xiao, Xian Yang, Bochu Wang*. Glucosidase inhibitory activity and antioxidant activity of flavonoid compound and triterpenoid compound from Agrimonia Pilosa Ledeb. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2014,14: 12.