2023
March 2023 - Both Xiaoxuan and Aaron were offered an internship at Genentech and Kartos Therapeutics in the Bay Area. Congratulations!
interning at Genentech in San Francisco, and the research topic will be focused on constructing phage naive libraries to identify binding properties of hits against targets
March 2023 - The second part of Shanhui's PhD study was just accepted in ACS SynBio. Congraulations and Good Job!
Happy New Year!
interning at Genentech in San Francisco, and the research topic will be focused on constructing phage naive libraries to identify binding properties of hits against targets
March 2023 - The second part of Shanhui's PhD study was just accepted in ACS SynBio. Congraulations and Good Job!
Happy New Year!
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2022
Dec 2022 - Tiffany gave a beautiful defense talk and now she is officially Dr. Chiu. Congratulations, Dr. Chiu!
Dec 2022 - Shanhui delivered a wonderful defense talk and now she is officially Dr. Xu. Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
Nov 2022 - Anqi and Xiaoxuan participated Plant3D annual retreat and Anqi resented our engineering efforts on the microbial bioproduction on stiroglactones with Annalise from our collaborator Prof. David Nelson's group. Good Job, girls!
Nov 2022 - Shanhui and Anqi presented our engineering efforts on the microbial bioproduction on phytosterols and stiroglactones at 2022 AICHE annual meeting. Good Job!
Oct 2022 - Dr. Kaibiao Wang joined Li Lab to continue our exploration tour on SL biosynthesis and evolution. Welcome, Kaibiao!
Aug 2022 - Dr. Sheng Wu left Li Lab for a faculty position at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Good luck with everything, Sheng!
July 2021 - Yanran received the 2022 NSF CAREER Award! Thanks for the support for us to develop tools to better engineer and elucidate SL biosynthesis.
June 2022 - Xiaoxuan passed her ATC exam and now is a PhD candidate. Congratulations!
June 2022 - Tiffany and Theo's review article is acceptted for publication in Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. Congratulations!
May 2021 - Shanhui and Sheng contributed a chapter about "Investigating Plant Biosynthetic Pathways Using Heterologous Gene Expression: Yeast as a Heterologous Host" on Engineering Natural Product Biosynthesis. Congratulations!
May 2021 - Dr. Théo Poucet left Li Lab for a new job. Good luck with everything, Theo!
March 2022 - Shanhui and Tiffany gave a poster presentation at the ACS Spring 2022. Sheng gave an virtual oral presentation at the ACS Spring 2022. Good Job!
Happy New Year!
Dec 2022 - Shanhui delivered a wonderful defense talk and now she is officially Dr. Xu. Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
Nov 2022 - Anqi and Xiaoxuan participated Plant3D annual retreat and Anqi resented our engineering efforts on the microbial bioproduction on stiroglactones with Annalise from our collaborator Prof. David Nelson's group. Good Job, girls!
Nov 2022 - Shanhui and Anqi presented our engineering efforts on the microbial bioproduction on phytosterols and stiroglactones at 2022 AICHE annual meeting. Good Job!
Oct 2022 - Dr. Kaibiao Wang joined Li Lab to continue our exploration tour on SL biosynthesis and evolution. Welcome, Kaibiao!
Aug 2022 - Dr. Sheng Wu left Li Lab for a faculty position at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Good luck with everything, Sheng!
July 2021 - Yanran received the 2022 NSF CAREER Award! Thanks for the support for us to develop tools to better engineer and elucidate SL biosynthesis.
June 2022 - Xiaoxuan passed her ATC exam and now is a PhD candidate. Congratulations!
June 2022 - Tiffany and Theo's review article is acceptted for publication in Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. Congratulations!
May 2021 - Shanhui and Sheng contributed a chapter about "Investigating Plant Biosynthetic Pathways Using Heterologous Gene Expression: Yeast as a Heterologous Host" on Engineering Natural Product Biosynthesis. Congratulations!
May 2021 - Dr. Théo Poucet left Li Lab for a new job. Good luck with everything, Theo!
March 2022 - Shanhui and Tiffany gave a poster presentation at the ACS Spring 2022. Sheng gave an virtual oral presentation at the ACS Spring 2022. Good Job!
Happy New Year!
2021
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Sep 2021 - Sheng's research article on SL bioproduction using microbial consortium, in collaborating with Zhou Lab from NUS is published in Sicence Advances! This work is highlighted in UCR news, and covered in a number of news outlet. Congratulations, Sheng, Xiaoqiang, Anqi, and Alex! Good job and nice work!
Aug 2021 - We had our first official lab gathering at the beautiful Bolboa Park! It was a blast!
July 2021 - Tiffany's work is highlighted in UCR news!
May 2021 - Tiffany's first research article on PGIP engineering is accepted in Biotechnology and Bioengineering! Congratulations, Tiffany! Good job and nice work!
May 2021 - Curtis, who joined Li Lab as a high school intern since 2018 summer, just accepted the offer from Cornell Engineering. Curtis also got offers from many prestigious institutes including UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Berkely, Carnegie Mellon. Congratulations, Curtis!
Apr 2021 - Dr. Théo Poucet joined Li Lab! Welcome!
March 2020 - Anqi's review article in collaboration with Dr. Kang Zhou is acceptted for publication in Current Opinion in Plant Biology. Congratulations!
Jan 2021 - Dr. Rongbin Hu joined Li Lab! Welcome!
Happy New Year!
Aug 2021 - We had our first official lab gathering at the beautiful Bolboa Park! It was a blast!
July 2021 - Tiffany's work is highlighted in UCR news!
May 2021 - Tiffany's first research article on PGIP engineering is accepted in Biotechnology and Bioengineering! Congratulations, Tiffany! Good job and nice work!
May 2021 - Curtis, who joined Li Lab as a high school intern since 2018 summer, just accepted the offer from Cornell Engineering. Curtis also got offers from many prestigious institutes including UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Berkely, Carnegie Mellon. Congratulations, Curtis!
Apr 2021 - Dr. Théo Poucet joined Li Lab! Welcome!
March 2020 - Anqi's review article in collaboration with Dr. Kang Zhou is acceptted for publication in Current Opinion in Plant Biology. Congratulations!
Jan 2021 - Dr. Rongbin Hu joined Li Lab! Welcome!
Happy New Year!
2020
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Nov 2020 - Xiaoxuan Teng joined Li Lab! Welcome!
Oct 2020 - Shanhui's first research article is accepted in ACS Synthetic Biology! Congratulations, Shanhui! Good job and nice work!
Oct 2020 - Yanran received the 2020 NIH Director's New Innovator Award! Thanks for the support for us to develop alternative strategies to explore plant secondary metabolism.
Jul 2020 - Shanhui's review article on sterol biosynthesis was accepted for publication in Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. Congrautlations!
May 2020 - Yanran was interviewed by Ms. Holly Ober in her report "Coveting yeast? It's much more than a loaf of bread".
March 2020 - Anqi is selected for the Plants3D National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program. Congratulations, Anqi!
Feb 2020 - Group celebrate Shanhui's birthday! Happy Birthday, Shanhui!
Feb 2020 - Curtis won the gold medal in the regional competition of California High School Science Fair!! Congratulations, Curtis!!
Happy New Year!
Oct 2020 - Shanhui's first research article is accepted in ACS Synthetic Biology! Congratulations, Shanhui! Good job and nice work!
Oct 2020 - Yanran received the 2020 NIH Director's New Innovator Award! Thanks for the support for us to develop alternative strategies to explore plant secondary metabolism.
Jul 2020 - Shanhui's review article on sterol biosynthesis was accepted for publication in Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. Congrautlations!
May 2020 - Yanran was interviewed by Ms. Holly Ober in her report "Coveting yeast? It's much more than a loaf of bread".
March 2020 - Anqi is selected for the Plants3D National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program. Congratulations, Anqi!
Feb 2020 - Group celebrate Shanhui's birthday! Happy Birthday, Shanhui!
Feb 2020 - Curtis won the gold medal in the regional competition of California High School Science Fair!! Congratulations, Curtis!!
Happy New Year!
2019
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Oct 2019 - Tiffany is awarded for the Best Poster Award at GGB symposium. Congratulations, Tiffany!
Sep 2019 - The Plants-3D training program lead by Prof. Julia Bailey-Serres is officially funded by NSF!! Congratulations!! Yanran is so much honored and delighted to be one of the early participants to this program that is engaged in training the next generation plant scientists.
Sep 2019 - Our proposal on yeast-production of anticancer phytosteroids is recommended to be funded by the UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Faculty Seed Grant. Thanks for the support!
Aug 2019 - Dr. Sheng Wu joined Li Lab! Welcome!
July 2019 - Shanhui gave a poster presentation at the 2019 SIMB Annual Exhibition and Meeting.
July 2019 - Yanran gave an invited talk at the 2019 SIMB Annual Exhibition and Meeting. Thanks to session chairs Drs. Sijin Li and Sudeep Agarwala for the invitation!
May 2019 - Yanran get such a pleasant surprise on her birthday from the students! Thank you all!!
Apr 2019 - Curtis won the gold medal in the regional competition of California High School Science Fair!! Congratulations, Curtis!!
Jan 2019 - Anqi Zhou and Alex officially joined Li Lab! Welcome, Anqi and Alex!
Jan 2019 - Sajida is going back to Pakistan. Best luck to your PhD study, Sajida!
Happy New Year!
Sep 2019 - The Plants-3D training program lead by Prof. Julia Bailey-Serres is officially funded by NSF!! Congratulations!! Yanran is so much honored and delighted to be one of the early participants to this program that is engaged in training the next generation plant scientists.
Sep 2019 - Our proposal on yeast-production of anticancer phytosteroids is recommended to be funded by the UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Faculty Seed Grant. Thanks for the support!
Aug 2019 - Dr. Sheng Wu joined Li Lab! Welcome!
July 2019 - Shanhui gave a poster presentation at the 2019 SIMB Annual Exhibition and Meeting.
July 2019 - Yanran gave an invited talk at the 2019 SIMB Annual Exhibition and Meeting. Thanks to session chairs Drs. Sijin Li and Sudeep Agarwala for the invitation!
May 2019 - Yanran get such a pleasant surprise on her birthday from the students! Thank you all!!
Apr 2019 - Curtis won the gold medal in the regional competition of California High School Science Fair!! Congratulations, Curtis!!
Jan 2019 - Anqi Zhou and Alex officially joined Li Lab! Welcome, Anqi and Alex!
Jan 2019 - Sajida is going back to Pakistan. Best luck to your PhD study, Sajida!
Happy New Year!
2018
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Dec 2018 - Yanran is listed one of the winners of the 2nd LG Chem Global Innovation Contest.
Dec 2018 - Yosurf graduated in December with his bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. Good luck, Yosurf!
Dec 2018 - Sajida cooked Pakistan food for the group to celebrate the end of the year! Thank you, Sajida!
Jul 2018 - Yanran visited Tianjin University and gave an invited talk to School of Chemical Engineering. Thanks to Drs. Yingjin Yuan for the invitation!
Jul 2018 - Yanran gave an invited talk at the 2018 Biocatalysis, Bioconversion and Green Manufacturing US-China Bilateral Symposium. Thanks to conference organizer Drs. Qipeng Yuan and Yajun Yan for the invitation!
Jul 2018 - Tu Nguyen and Alex Valenzuela joined Li Lab for summer rotation supported by the UCR GradEdge/JumpStart Summer Program! Minhyo Kang joined Li Lab as a undergraduate researcher! Sajida Naeem Khan from International Islamic University joined Li Lab as a visiting scholar supported by the International Research Support Initiative Program, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan! Curtis Chen from Martin Luthur King High School joined Li Lab to learn what biotechnology and synthetic biology are! Welcome All!
Apr 2018 - Our proposal on plant signaling pathway elucidation in collaboration with Dr. Wenbo Ma and Dr. Xin Ge is selected to be funded by UCR RED collaborative seed grant. Thanks to RED for the generous support to allow us to initiate the collaboration and explore new research directions.
Apr 2018 - Our work on "Complete biosynthesis of noscapine and halogenated alkaloids in yeast" was published in PNAS,
Mar 2018 - Our review on "Synthetic biology strategies toward heterologous phytochemical production" was published in Natural Product Reports.
Mar 2018 - Our review on "Strategies for microbial synthesis of high-value phytochemicals" was published in Nature Chemistry.
Mar 2018 - Yanran is invited to give a talk at the 2018 ACS-BIOT. Thanks to session chair Dr. Kristy Hawkins for the invitation!
Mar 2018 - Vladimir Asryan and Kevin Garcia joined Li Lab as undergraduate researchers! Welcome!
Mar 2018 - Yosuf got accepted in the EAP study abroad program, and will spend 2018 summer in Japan at University of Tokyo. Congratulations, Yosuf!
Feb 2018 - Yosuf won a minigrant award funded by UCR Undergraduate Education Minigrant Program. Congratulations, Yosuf! Happy New Year!
Dec 2018 - Yosurf graduated in December with his bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. Good luck, Yosurf!
Dec 2018 - Sajida cooked Pakistan food for the group to celebrate the end of the year! Thank you, Sajida!
Jul 2018 - Yanran visited Tianjin University and gave an invited talk to School of Chemical Engineering. Thanks to Drs. Yingjin Yuan for the invitation!
Jul 2018 - Yanran gave an invited talk at the 2018 Biocatalysis, Bioconversion and Green Manufacturing US-China Bilateral Symposium. Thanks to conference organizer Drs. Qipeng Yuan and Yajun Yan for the invitation!
Jul 2018 - Tu Nguyen and Alex Valenzuela joined Li Lab for summer rotation supported by the UCR GradEdge/JumpStart Summer Program! Minhyo Kang joined Li Lab as a undergraduate researcher! Sajida Naeem Khan from International Islamic University joined Li Lab as a visiting scholar supported by the International Research Support Initiative Program, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan! Curtis Chen from Martin Luthur King High School joined Li Lab to learn what biotechnology and synthetic biology are! Welcome All!
Apr 2018 - Our proposal on plant signaling pathway elucidation in collaboration with Dr. Wenbo Ma and Dr. Xin Ge is selected to be funded by UCR RED collaborative seed grant. Thanks to RED for the generous support to allow us to initiate the collaboration and explore new research directions.
Apr 2018 - Our work on "Complete biosynthesis of noscapine and halogenated alkaloids in yeast" was published in PNAS,
Mar 2018 - Our review on "Synthetic biology strategies toward heterologous phytochemical production" was published in Natural Product Reports.
Mar 2018 - Our review on "Strategies for microbial synthesis of high-value phytochemicals" was published in Nature Chemistry.
Mar 2018 - Yanran is invited to give a talk at the 2018 ACS-BIOT. Thanks to session chair Dr. Kristy Hawkins for the invitation!
Mar 2018 - Vladimir Asryan and Kevin Garcia joined Li Lab as undergraduate researchers! Welcome!
Mar 2018 - Yosuf got accepted in the EAP study abroad program, and will spend 2018 summer in Japan at University of Tokyo. Congratulations, Yosuf!
Feb 2018 - Yosuf won a minigrant award funded by UCR Undergraduate Education Minigrant Program. Congratulations, Yosuf! Happy New Year!
2017
Nov 2017 - Tiffany joined Li Lab!
Oct 2017 - Our proposal on novel pesticide development in collaboration with Dr. Alex Putman is selected to be funded by Frank G. and Janice B Delfino Agricultural Technology Research Initiative. Thanks to Tom and Cynthia Delfino for the generous support to allow us to initiate the collaboration and explore new research directions.
Aug 2018 - Yanran gave an invited talk at the 2017 SIMB Annual Exhibition and Meeting. Thanks to session chairs Drs. Yi Tang and Yit-heng Chooi for the invitation!
Jul 2017 - Our proposal on phytosterol-producing yeast & temporal compartmentalization is selected to be funded by NSF EAGER. Thanks to NSF-CBET for the generous support to allow us to further explore the synthetic&engineering capacity of baker's yeast.
Jul 2017 - Jonathan joined Li Lab for the REU summer research program!
Jun 2017 - Yosuf joined Li Lab as a undergraduate researcher! & Good luck, Shuonan, for your new journey as a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering!
Jan 2017 - Shanhui Xu & Shuonan Chen joined Li Lab!
Jan 2017 - Li Lab Starts!
Happy New Year!
Oct 2017 - Our proposal on novel pesticide development in collaboration with Dr. Alex Putman is selected to be funded by Frank G. and Janice B Delfino Agricultural Technology Research Initiative. Thanks to Tom and Cynthia Delfino for the generous support to allow us to initiate the collaboration and explore new research directions.
Aug 2018 - Yanran gave an invited talk at the 2017 SIMB Annual Exhibition and Meeting. Thanks to session chairs Drs. Yi Tang and Yit-heng Chooi for the invitation!
Jul 2017 - Our proposal on phytosterol-producing yeast & temporal compartmentalization is selected to be funded by NSF EAGER. Thanks to NSF-CBET for the generous support to allow us to further explore the synthetic&engineering capacity of baker's yeast.
Jul 2017 - Jonathan joined Li Lab for the REU summer research program!
Jun 2017 - Yosuf joined Li Lab as a undergraduate researcher! & Good luck, Shuonan, for your new journey as a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering!
Jan 2017 - Shanhui Xu & Shuonan Chen joined Li Lab!
Jan 2017 - Li Lab Starts!
Happy New Year!
