I. Personal Profile
Name: Wei Song
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 1991
Degree: Ph.D., Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor
Membership: Member of the China Association of Chemical Engineering; Member of the Biotechnology Society of China
Main Experiences:
2023-Present: Associate Professor, School of Life Science and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University
2020-2023: Assistant Researcher, School of Life Science and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University
2015-2020: Doctor, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University
2012- 2015: Master, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University
2008-2012: Bachelor, School of Life Sciences, Hefei Normal University
II. Research Fields
(i) Biocatalytic Production of Pharmaceuticals/Intermediates
(ii) Molecular Design of Novel Functional Biocatalysts
III. Honors and Awards
(i) Second Prize of Science and Technology in Jiangsu Province (3/8), 2021
(ii) First Prize of Technological Progress from the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (4/5), 2023
(iii) Excellent Master's Thesis in Jiangsu Province, 2016
IV. Academic Achievements
(I) Representative Projects
(i) the National Key R & D Program of China (2021YFC2102701), 2021-2024, Principal Investigator
(ii) the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Project 22378165), 2024-2027, Principal Investigator
(iii) the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project 22008089), 2021-2023, Principal Investigator
(iv) the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Youth Project BK20200622), 2020-2023, Principal Investigator
(II) Representative Papers
[1]Wei Song, Jinhui Wang, Jing Wu, Jia Liu, Xiulai Chen, Liming Liu*. Asymmetric assembly of high-value α-functionalized organic acids using a biocatalytic chiral-group-resetting process.Nature Communications, 2018, 9:3818-3827. (一区Top期刊,IF = 16.6)
[2]Wei Song, Xin Xu, Cong Gao, Yuxuan Zhang, Jing Wu, Jia Liu, Xiulai Chen, Qiuling Luo, Liming Liu*. Open the gate ofCorynebacterium glutamicumthreonine deaminase for efficient synthesis of bulky α-keto acids.ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10(17): 9994–10004. (一区Top期刊,IF = 12.9)
[3]Wei Song, Kai Zheng, Xin Xu, Cong Gao, Liang Guo, Jia Liu, Xiulai Chen, Liming Liu, Guipeng Hu, and Jing Wu*. Enzymatic production of ascorbic acid-2-Phosphate by engineeredPseudomonas aeruginosaacid phosphatase.Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69(47): 14215-14221. (一区Top期刊,IF = 6.1)
[4]Wei Song, Xiulai Chen, Jing Wu, Jianzhong Xu, Weiguo Zhang, Jia Liu, Jian Chen, Liming Liu*. Biocatalytic derivatization of proteinogenic amino acids for fine chemicals.Biotechnology Advances, 2020, 40:107496. (一区Top期刊,IF = 16.08)
[5] Tianfu Wu, Wanqing Wei, Changzheng Gao, Jing Wu, Cong Gao, Xiulai Chen, Liming Liu, andWei Song*. Synthesis of C-N bonds by nicotinamide-dependent oxidoreductase: an overview.Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2023, Accepted. (IF = 9.0)
(III) Major Patents
[1] Liming Liu,Wei Song, Jing Wu, Kai Zheng, Xiulai Chen. Method for preparing ascorbic acid-2-phosphate using a recombinant strain. US 15/386,588.
[2] Jing Wu, Wei Song, Kai Zheng. Method for high-yield production of ascorbic acid-2-phosphate. CN201610793043.9.
[3] Liming Liu, Jia Liu, Wei Song. Method for efficient production of L-glycine. CN2015102306694.
V. Contact Information
Address: School of Life Science and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
Postal Code: 214122
Email: weisong@jiangnan.edu.cn