Xue Sherry Gao
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Xue (Sherry) Gao joined Rice University in 2017, as the Ted N. Law Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Dr. Gao obtained her doctoral degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles in 2013, under the guidance of Professor Yi Tang. She was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, working in the laboratory of Professor David R. Liu. She received both of her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University in China with the guidance of Prof. Yingjin Yuan.
Research Interest
human health, agriculture, and energy.
Publications
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Gao X, Chooi YH, Wang P, Walsh CT, Tang Y, et al. (2011) Fungal indole alkaloid biosynthesis: genetic and biochemical investigation of the tryptoquialanine pathway in Penicillium aethiopicum. J American Chem Soc 133: 2729-2741.
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Gao X, Wang P, Vien LP, Walsh CT, Ames BD, et al. (2012)Cyclization of fungal nonribosomal peptides by a terminal condensation-like domain. Nature Chem Biol 8: 823-830.
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Gao X, Pashkov I, Laidman J, Cacho J, Swaya MR, et al. (2009) Directed evolution and structural characterization of a simvastatin synthase. Appl Microbiol Biotech 88: 1233-1242.
