曹名锋

个人简历：

2021-     维多利亚vic309官网，教授、博导、课题组长
2018-2021 美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校，研究员（Research Scientist，合作导师：赵惠民教授）
2017-2021 美国ESTose Biorenewables初创公司，联合创始人、研发主任
2013-2018 美国爱荷华州立大学，博士后（合作导师：邵增怡教授）
2011-2013 中科院天津工业生物技术研究所,  助理研究员（合作导师：孙际宾研究员）
2006-2011 南开大学，博士（导师：宋存江教授、李后魂教授）
2002-2006 烟台大学，本科（导师：王敏强教授）

目前学术兼职：Biotechnology Reports主编，Biotechnology for Biofuels, Microbial Cell Factories, Journal of Applied Microbiology, BMC Microbiology, BMC Biotechnology等杂志副主编；智利国家科学技术发展基金（FONDECYT）评审专家。

研究兴趣：
合成生物学，代谢工程，基因编辑，酶工程

近期主要代表论著：

1. 1. C. Lopez, M. Cao*, Z. Yao, Z. Shao*. Revisiting the unique structure of autonomously replicating sequences in Yarrowia lipolytica and its role in pathway engineering. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-021-11399-4

2. 2. T. Wang*, B. Si, Z. Gong, Y. Zhai, M. Cao*, C. Peng. Co-hydrothermal carbonization of food waste-woody biomass blend: interaction effects on the hydrochar properties and nutrients characteristics. Bioresource Technology, 2020, 316: 123900

3. 3. M. Cao^#, V. Tran^#, H. Zhao. Unlocking nature’s biosynthetic potential by directed genome evolution. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2020, 66: 95-104

4. 4. Y. Zhao,Z. Yao,D. Ploessl,M. Monti, D. Schindler, M. Gao, Y. Cai, M. Qiao, C. Yang*, M. Cao*, Z. Shao*. Leveraging the Hermes transposon to accelerate the development of nonconventional yeast-based microbial cell factories. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2020, 9(7): 1736-1752

5. 5. M. Cao^#, Z. Fatma^#, X. Song, P. Hsieh, V. Tran, W. Lyon, M. Sayadi, Z. Shao, Y. Yoshikuni, H. Zhao. A genetic toolbox for metabolic engineering of Issatchenkia orientalis. Metabolic Engineering, 2020, 59: 87-97

6. 6. M. Cao^#, M. Gao^#, M. Suástegui, Y. Mei, Z. Shao. Building microbial factories for the production of aromatic amino acid pathway derivatives: from commodity chemicals to plant-sourced natural products. Metabolic Engineering. 2020, 58: 94-132

7. 7. J. Lian^#, C. Schultz^#, M. Cao^#, M. HamediRad^#, H. Zhao. Multi-functional genome-wide CRISPR system for high throughput genotype-phenotype mapping, Nature Communications. 2019, 10:5794

8. 8. V. Tran^#, M. Cao^#, Z. Fatma, X. Song, H. Zhao. Development of a CRISPR/Cas9-based tool for gene deletion in Issatchenkia orientalis. mSphere. 2019, 4(3): e00345-19

9. 9. M. Cao, M. Gao, D. Ploessl, Z. Shao. CRISPR-mediated genome editing and gene repression in Scheffersomyces stipitis. Biotechnology Journal.2018, 13, 1700598

10. 10. M. Cao^#, J. Feng^#, S. Sirisansaneeyakul, C. Song, Y. Chisti. Genetic and metabolic engineering for microbial production of poly-γ-glutamic acid. Biotechnology Advances, 2018, 36: 1424-1433

11. 11. M. Cao, A. Seetharam, A. Severin, Z. Shao. Rapid isolation of centromeres fromScheffersomyces stipitis. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2017, 6(11), 2028-2034

12. 12. M. Cao, M. Gao, C. Lopez-Garcia, Y. Wu, A. Seetharam, A. Severin, Z. Shao. Centromeric DNA facilitates nonconventional yeast genetic engineering. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2017, 6(8): 1545-1553

13. 13. D. Ploessl, Y. Zhao, M. Cao, S. Ghosh, C Lopez-Garcia, M. Sayadi, S Chudalayandi, A. Severin, L. Huang, M. Gustafson, Z. Shao. A repackaged CRISPR platform unlocks the utility of non-homologous end joining in microbial factory engineering. Nature Chemical Biology. 2021, Accepted

14. 14. Y. Wang^#, P. Xue^#, M. Cao, T. Yu, S. Lane, H. Zhao. Directed Evolution: Methodologies and Applications. Chemical Reviews. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00260

15. 15. J. Feng, J. Zhang, Y. Ma, Y. Feng, S. Wang, N. Guo, H. Wang, P. Wang, P. Jiménez-Bonilla, Y. Gu, J. Zhou, Z. Zhang, M. Cao, D. Jiang, S. Wang, X. Liu, Z. Shao, I. Borovok, H. Huang, Y. Wang. Renewable fatty acid ester production in Clostridium. Nature Communications. 2021, 12:4368