Guang Zhao
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Biography
Guang Zhao received his Bachelor (2002) and PhD (2007) degrees in Microbiology from Nankai University in China, before moving to the US to do postdoctoral work at Arizona State University. In 2011, he was recruited as Principle Investigator by Chinese Academy of Sciences under the support of the Hundred Talents Program. His research focuses on the production of platform chemicals from renewable biomass resource in engineered microorganisms. His goal is to establish biosynthetic systems for bulk chemicals, understand the physiology of recombinant strains from the molecular level, and improve the strain performance using synthetic and systematic biology methods.
Abstract
Abstract : Biosynthesis of the platform chemical 3-hydroxypropionate