Junbiao Dai
deputy Director of Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology,SIAT,CAS
Director of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics
Director of Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics
E-mail: junbiao.dai@siat.ac.cn
Research Areas
Dr. Dai’s research interests lie in synthetic biology using different model organisms, focusing on development of new technologies for genes synthesis, assembly and synthetic genomics.
Education
Ph.D in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, USA
Sep. 1997-Jun. 2000
Master of Science in Cell Biology
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Sep. 1993-Jun. 1997
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Experience
Work Experience
Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science (SIAT), Shenzhen, China
Mar. 2011-Apr. 2017
Professor, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Sep. 2006-Feb. 2011
Post-doctoral Research Fellow with Albert Lehninger Research Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Teaching Experience
2012-2017 Instructor of Molecular Biology class, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Publications
Honors & Distinctions
2018 Newton Advanced Fellowship, The Royal Society, UK
2018 C.C. Tan Life Science Innovation Award, China
2017 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, NSFC, China
2017 Top Ten Scientific Advances, China
2013 Bayer Investigator Award, Tsinghua University, China
2012 Janssen Investigator Award, Tsinghua University, China
2011 The Albert Lehninger Research Award, Johns Hopkins University USA