Frontiers in Pharmaceutical Sciences Lecture Series - No. 211
Lessons from viruses: RNA-protein interactions and their functional implications
Topic: Lessons from viruses: RNA-protein interactions and their functional implications
Speaker: Dr. Yun Bai (University of California-Berkeley)
Chair: Prof. Haibin Luo(School of Pharmaceutical Science, SYSU)
Time: 14:30 PM, Friday, April 10, 2015
Venue: 112 Meeting Room, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, East Campus, SYSU
Introduction to the speaker:
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Biological Sciences Columbia University, New York, NY 02/2010
B.S. Biological Sciences Peking University, Beijing, China 07/2003
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Howard Hughes Medical Institute & University of California, Berkeley 04/2010 - present
Postdoctoral Scholar
- Biochemical and structural studies of hepatitis C viral translational control
- Studies on the mechanism of HIV RNA nuclear export complex assembly
Columbia University 12/2009 - 03/2010
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Structural and functional studies of protein factors involved in pre-mRNA 3’
processing, including cleavage stimulation factors and poly(A) polymerase
TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE
University of California, Berkeley
- Mentored undergraduate student in the Amgen Scholar Program
- Mentored three graduate students
Columbia University
- Mentored three graduate students
- Teaching Assistant, Biochemistry: Structure and Metabolism
- Grader, Introductory Biology I
AWARDS
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
Summer 2014
2011-2013
2007-2008
Fall 2006
Fall 2005
2008
All are welcome to the lecture!
