Ren Lai
Principle Investigator
Functional Proteomics of Natural Medicines
Kunming Institute of Zoology
China
Biography
Prof. Ren Lai, Principle Investigator and research fellow of Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, deputy editor-in-chief of J Venom Res, and the winner of the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholar. His team mainly focus on peptideomics and proteomics of natural medicines, functions and mechanisms of bioactive peptides and proteins, structural modification of native peptides/proteins and drug research and development. More than 120 papers have been published in PNAS, Hypertension, Mol Cell Proteomics, J Proteome Res, FASEB J, Allergy, Eur J Pharm Biopharm, J Control Release, Free Radic Biol Med and JBC.
Research Interest
Peptideomics and proteomics of natural medicines, functions and mechanisms of bioactive peptides and proteins, structural modification of native peptides/proteins and drug research and development.
Publications
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An S, Chen L, Wei JF, Yang X, Ma D, Xu X, Xu X, He S, Lu J, Lai R. Purification and characterization of two new allergens from the venom of Vespa magnifica. PLoS One. 2012 Feb 27;7(2):e31920.
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Wang Y, Hong J, Liu X, Yang H, Liu R, Wu J, Wang A, Lin D, Lai R. Snake cathelicidin from Bungarus fasciatus is a potent peptide antibiotics. PloS one. 2008 Sep 16;3(9):e3217.
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Li J, Wu H, Hong J, Xu X, Yang H, Wu B, Wang Y, Zhu J, Lai R, Jiang X, Lin D. Odorranalectin is a small peptide lectin with potential for drug delivery and targeting. PLoS One. 2008 Jun 11;3(6):e2381.
