Xiaozhou Luo is a professor and executive director at Center for Synthetic Biochemistry (CSB), Institute of Synthetic Biology (iSynBio), Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Luo received his Bachelor degree from Nanyang Technological University in 2010, and PhD in chemistry under Prof. Peter G. Schultz from The Scripps Research Institute in 2016. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Jay D. Keasling’s lab at the University of California, Berkeley before joining SIAT. His work has been published in Nature, Nat Chem Biol, Cell Chem Biol, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Angew Chem Int Ed and other top international journals.
His research fields include: using genetic code expansion, directed evolution, genome mining and metabolic engineering, in combination with machine learning and high throughput automation, to study the biosynthesis of natural products and their analogues and to facilitate their commercialization.
Tel: +86-755-86585200
Email: xz.luo@siat.ac.cn
Website：http://luo-lab.com/
Publications/Patents (recent)
Luo, X., et al. “Complete biosynthesis of cannabinoids and their unnatural analogues in yeast.” Nature. 2019, 567(7746):123-126
Luo, X., et al. “Genetically encoding phosphotyrosine and its nonhydrolyzable analog in bacteria.” Nature Chemical Biology. 2017, 13, 845.
Luo, X.; Zambaldo, C.; Liu, T.; Zhang, Y.; Xuan, W.; Wang, C.; Reed, S.A.; Yang, P.Y.; Wang, R.E.; Javahishvili, T.; Schultz, P. G.; Young, T.S. “Recombinant Thiopeptides containing Noncanonical Amino Acids”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2016, 113, 3615.
Luo, X.; Wang, T.-S.A; Zhang, Y.; Wang, F.; Schultz, P. G. “Stabilizing Protein Motifs with a Genetically Encoded Metal-Ion Chelator”, Cell. Chem. Biol., 2016, 23, 1098.
Luo, X.; Liu, T.; Wang, Y.; Jia, H.; Zhang, Y.; Caballero, D.; Du, J.; Wang, R. E.; Wang, D.; Schultz, P. G.; Wang, F. “An Epitope-Specific Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine based on an Antibody Scaffold”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1.
Keasling, J.D.; Luo, X. Microorganisms and methods for producing meroterpenoids. U.S. Provisional Patent, 2017
Wang, F., Schultz, P.G., Luo, X.; Liu, T. Antigenic Fusion Proteins and Methods of Vaccination. U.S. Patent pending, 2015