Jun Liu
Full Professor
Genetics and Genetic Engineering
Fudan University
China
Biography
1985-1989, Department of Biophysics, Peking University, BS 1990-1994, Ph.D., Department of Biophysics, Wisconsin Medical University 1994 - 1998, University of California, Berkeley, postdoc 1998, Professor, University of Toronto, Canada 2013, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, PI
Research Interest
He has been engaged in the molecular genetics research of tuberculosis-related bacteria for a long time. In recent years, his work has focused on new anti-tuberculosis vaccines, including strategies for the development of recombinant BCG and subunit vaccines, and the genetic mechanism of long-term latent infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the host.
Publications
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1. Gordon, B.R.G. , Li, Y.F. , Cote, A ., Weirauch, M.T., Ding, P.F., Hughes, T.R., Navarre, W.W., Xia, B., Liu, J.*(2011). Structural basis for recognition of AT-rich DNA by unrelated xenogeneic silencing proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 108(26): 10690-10695.
