Biao Yu
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Organic Chemistry
China
Biography
Education and Appointments： 1999.12–present: Professor; 1997.9–2000.11: Associate Professor; 1996.9–1997.8: Assistant Professor, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1995.9–1996.8: Postdoc, Dept. of Chemistry, New York University 1992-1995: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry; 1989-1992: M.S. in Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1985-1989: B.S. in Nuclear Chemistry, Peking University. Honors： 1997: ‘Award for Invention’ (2nd class), Chinese Academy of Sciences 1998: ‘Young Chemist Award’, Chinese Chemical Society 1998-1999: ‘Outstanding Young Researcher’, Shanghai 1999: ‘Meiji Life Science Award’, Meiji Co., Shanghai 1999,2002: ‘Rising Star (Grant)’, The Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai 2000: ‘Outstanding Young (Grant)’, The National Natural Science Foundation of China 2000: ‘Servier Young Investigator Awards in Medicinal Chemistry’, Chinese Pharmacological Society 2000: ‘Outstanding Young’, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2003: ‘Hundreds Talents (Grant)’, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2004: ‘Outstanding Scholar’, Shanghai 2004: ‘Candidates of the National Talents’, China 2006: ‘Award for Natural Sciences’ (2nd class), Shanghai 2007: ‘Research Award for Life Chemistry’, WuXi Pharma Tech
Research Interest
Total Synthesis, Synthetic Methodology, and Chemical Biology of biologically significant oligosaccharides, glycoconjugates, and other natural products, especially the glycosaminoglycans of mammal, antibiotics of microbe, glycosides of plants and marine species. And Chemistry of the Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Publications
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Gold(I) catalyzed glycosidation of 1,2-anhydrosugars. Y. Li, P. Tang, Y. Chen, B. Yu,* J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 4323-4325.
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Total synthesis of Lobatoside E, a potent antitumor cyclic triterpene saponin. C. Zhu, P. Tang, B. Yu,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5872-5873.
