CURRICULUM VITAE

Yang Tian

The University of Illinois at Chicago

The Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and

The Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy

900 South Ashland Avenue (M/C 870)

Chicago, IL 60607

Lab Phone: (312) 996-1687

Fax: (312) 413-9303

Email: tiany@uic.edu

HOMETOWN

I come from Wuhan city, a beautiful city in mid-China with more than 8 million people.

EDUCATION

M.S. Biology Aug, 2003 Southeast Missouri State University, MO

B.S. Biology May, 1999 Wuhan University, China

GRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT

Currently, I am working on the Bacillus anthracis Menaquinone Biosynthetic Enzymes MenE and MenB. Through the processes of cloning, expression, purification, high-throughput screening and x-ray structure-based drug design, we are trying to find inhibitors for those essential enzymes as the leading compounds for potential anti-anthracis drugs.

EXPERIENCE

2004-, University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.

Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Andrew Mesecar. Research focuses Bacillus Anthracis Menaquinone Biosynthetic Enzymes MenE and MenB.

2003 – 2004 University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicinal Chemistry. Teaching Assistant for Pharmacy courses.

2002 – 2003 Southeast Missouri State University, MO, Department of Biology. Teaching Assistant for Biology courses.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2003, Academic Distinguish Award from the Graduate College, Southeast Missouri State University, MO. This award is given to graduates with GPA 4.0.

MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Student member of American Crystallographic Association (ACA)

LABORATORY SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES

Cloning and construction of expression vectors

Optimizing of expression conditions

Protein Purification- column chromatography