Current lab members

Principal Investigator at CUHK-Shenzhen

CHEN, Gang   陈刚

Associate Professor

Laboratory of RNA Structure Molecular Recognition and Precision Medicine (RNA结构分子识别和精准药物实验室),

Associate Editor, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (BB Reports),

Editorial board member, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research (BBA Mol Cell Res)

PhD in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Rochester, NY, USA

Email:  RNA-CHEN<at>outlook.com

Short Biography for The Future of Biochemistry Special Issue

Short Biography in Chinese

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

DENG Liping 邓莉萍

PhD student

(June 2020-)

Project: PNA

M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences 中国科学院成都有机所

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

Lian Yun 廉云

PhD student

(July 2021-)

Project: RNA

B.S., Tsinghua Univ

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

WANG Anni 王安妮

PhD student (cosupervision: The South China Hospital of Shenzhen University)

(Jan 2023-)

Project: RNA

B.S., Shenyang Pharmaceutical University 沈阳药科大学

M.S., Fudan University 复旦大学

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

ZHOU Fangyu 周方钰

PhD student

(Jan 2024-)

Project: PNA

M.S., Tsinghua

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

LIN Ruiyu 林芮羽

MPhil student

(July 2021-May 2023)

Project: PNA

B.S., Shandong University 山东大学

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

FAN Shijian 范诗健

MPhil student

(Sep 2021-May 2023)

Project: PNA

B.S., China Medical University - The Queens University Belfast Joint College (CQC)

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

CHEN Yanyu 陈彦宇
MPhil student

(Aug 2022-)

Project: RNA

B.S., China Medical University - The Queens University Belfast Joint College (CQC)

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

ZHOU Hanting 周汉庭
MPhil student

(Aug 2022-)

Project: PNA

B.S., China Medical University - The Queens University Belfast Joint College (CQC)

Graduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

LIU Yining 刘忆宁

MPhil student

(Aug 2022-)

Project: PNA

B.S., University of Nottingham

Postdoctoral Researcher at CUHK-Shenzhen

LU Rongguang 鲁荣光

(Oct 2020-)

Project: RNA and viruses

Ph.D., China Agricultural University 中国农业大学

Postdoctoral Researcher at CUHK-Shenzhen

Rajendran Nagarajan

(Nov 2023-)

Project: small molecules and PNAs

Ph.D., Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences

Postdoctoral Researcher at CUHK-Shenzhen

ZHAN Xuan 占轩

(Jan 2021-Jun 2023)

Project: RNA-binding ligands

Ph.D., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

Li Qihui 李启晖

BIO, Class of 2024

(Oct 2020-)

Project: RNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

YUAN Kunjian 袁坤健

BIM, Class of 2024

(Apr 2021-)

Project: XNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

WANG Zhi 王梓

Class of 2024

(Jun 2021-)

Project: XNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

ZENG Honghao 曾弘浩

BME, Class of 2024

(Jun 2022-)

Project: PNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

QIAN Tingli 钱亭立

BIM, Class of 2025

(Jun 2022-)

Project: RNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

WEI Chengxing 位承兴

BME, Class of 2025

(Jun 2022-)

Project: RNA

Recent lab alumni

Research Associate at CUHK-Shenzhen

DIAO Zhuo 刁卓

(Apr 2021-Jul 2021)

Project: PNA

B.Sc., Harbin Institute of Technology 哈尔滨工业 大学

M.Sc., Chinese Academy of Sciences 中国科学院理化技术研究所

Research Associate at CUHK-Shenzhen

YANG Xin 杨昕

(Jan 2021-Jun 2021)

Project: PNA

B.Sc. and M.Sc., Tianjin University 天津大学

Research Associate at CUHK-Shenzhen

MENG Chao 孟超

(Oct 2020-Dec 2020)

Project: XNA

B.Sc. and M.Sc., Lanzhou University 兰州大学

Visiting Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

HU Sifan  胡思凡

(Aug 2020-Sep 2020)

MSc student, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Project: PNA

Visiting Research Fellow at CUHK-Shenzhen

YANG Lixia   杨利霞

(Jul 2020)

PhD in biophysics, NTU, Singapore

Project: RNA and XNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

Zhao Junyi 赵钧翊

BIM, Class of 2023

(Oct 2020-Nov 2022)

Project: RNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

CHEN Hongchen 陈宏宸

BME, Class of 2025

(Jun 2022-Aug 2022)

Project: RNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

XU Yunong 徐语浓

Year 1 student

(Jun 2021-Aug 2021)

Project: RNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

Jin Xinyu 金心瑜

BIM2018

(Sep 2020-Jan 2021)

Project: XNA

Undergraduate Student at CUHK-Shenzhen

Long Yingxi 龙滢西

BME2018

(Sep 2020-Jan 2021)

Project: XNA

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NTU

XIONG Chi

(Jan 2020-Sep 2020)

PhD in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Project: Single-molecule biophysics

Graduate Student at NTU

Manchugondanahalli S. KRISHNA

Student Assistant (Dec 2019- Sep 2020)

MOE Tier 2 funded PhD student (Aug 2016-Nov 2019)

Project: PNA

M.S., Chemistry, Bangalore University, India

Krishna’s publications in biological chemistry and chemical biology

Visiting Professor at NTU

Prof Tomislav Jednačak,

(Nov 2019-Feb 2020)

EMBO Short-Term Fellowship

Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Project: dbPNA

https://www.pmf.unizg.hr/chem/en/tomislav.jednacak

Research Associate at NTU

WONG Woon Seng

(Jun 2020-Sep 2020)

MSc, NTU

Project: dbPNA

Undergraduate Student at NTU

TAN Kwan Ann

(Aug 2019-Jul 2020)

Division of Physics and Applied Physics, NTU, Singapore

Final Year Project: Optical tweezers

Undergraduate Student at NTU

Nicholas Kai Shiang TEO

(Nov 2019-Mar 2020)

Student Assistant

3rd year student, NTU, Singapore

Project: Therapeutics targeting RNA structures