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Qingyi Tong graduated with a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering from Nanyang Institute of Technology in 2009. He then
obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2014 in the Biotherapy of Major
Human Diseases from Sichuan University, under the direction
of Professor Xiaohua Wu. During his doctoral studies, he won
a scholarship from the Japan Student Services Organization
(JASSO), and went to the Medical School of Kyoto University to study in 2013. After almost four years of postdoctoral
research in pharmacology with Professor Yonghui Zhang at
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), in
2018 he took up a Lecturer position at the School of Pharmacy,
Tongji Medical College, HUST, and was promoted to Associate
Professor in 2020. He has studied the pharmacological activities of many natural products and their derivatives, focusing
on cancer-related and anti-inflammatory activities and effects
on metabolic diseases, and also conducts mechanistic work on
active compounds. He has authored or coauthored more than 30
international papers in pharmacology and new drug discovery.
Yuan Zhou obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2011 from Peking
University under the direction of Professor Pengfei Tu. After
two years working in the Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group
(2011–2013), he moved to the Institute of Vegetables and
Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, as a
Postdoctoral Fellow, and began to investigate the biosynthetic
pathways of natural products from plant sources with Professor
Sanwen Huang (2013–2016). Currently, he is an Associate
Professor at the School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2016–).
His current research is focused on the isolation of bioactive
compounds from natural sources such as plants and fungi, as
well as studying the biosynthesis of these bioactive natural
products.
Ying Ye received her Ph.D. degree in 2017 from Hokkaido
University in Japan, where she studied the biosynthesis of
fungal secondary metabolites under the supervision of Professor
Hideaki Oikawa. Then, she received postdoctoral training from
2017 to 2018 with Professor David Sherman at the University of
Michigan. After this, she was appointed to the position of Associate Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where she is a member of Yonghui Zhang’s group. Her
current research is oriented towards the biosynthesis of natural
products from fungi, as well as the discovery of novel metabolites and enzymes through biosynthesis investigations.
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Qingyi Tong graduated with a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering from Nanyang Institute of Technology in 2009. He then
obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2014 in the Biotherapy of Major
Human Diseases from Sichuan University, under the direction
of Professor Xiaohua Wu. During his doctoral studies, he won
a scholarship from the Japan Student Services Organization
(JASSO), and went to the Medical School of Kyoto University to study in 2013. After almost four years of postdoctoral
research in pharmacology with Professor Yonghui Zhang at
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), in
2018 he took up a Lecturer position at the School of Pharmacy,
Tongji Medical College, HUST, and was promoted to Associate
Professor in 2020. He has studied the pharmacological activities of many natural products and their derivatives, focusing
on cancer-related and anti-inflammatory activities and effects
on metabolic diseases, and also conducts mechanistic work on
active compounds. He has authored or coauthored more than 30
international papers in pharmacology and new drug discovery.
Yuan Zhou obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2011 from Peking
University under the direction of Professor Pengfei Tu. After
two years working in the Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group
(2011–2013), he moved to the Institute of Vegetables and
Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, as a
Postdoctoral Fellow, and began to investigate the biosynthetic
pathways of natural products from plant sources with Professor
Sanwen Huang (2013–2016). Currently, he is an Associate
Professor at the School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2016–).
His current research is focused on the isolation of bioactive
compounds from natural sources such as plants and fungi, as
well as studying the biosynthesis of these bioactive natural
products.
Ying Ye received her Ph.D. degree in 2017 from Hokkaido
University in Japan, where she studied the biosynthesis of
fungal secondary metabolites under the supervision of Professor
Hideaki Oikawa. Then, she received postdoctoral training from
2017 to 2018 with Professor David Sherman at the University of
Michigan. After this, she was appointed to the position of Associate Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where she is a member of Yonghui Zhang’s group. Her
current research is oriented towards the biosynthesis of natural
products from fungi, as well as the discovery of novel metabolites and enzymes through biosynthesis investigations.