Dr.YAN, Aixin

Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU

BSc (Shanxi); PhD (Peking)

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KBSB 7S01

Teaching Areas

Biological Sciences Laboratory Course
Microbial Physiology and Biotechnology
Clinical Microbiology and Applied Immunology

Research Interests

Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Antimicrobial Resistance
Microbial Stress Responses
Host-pathogen Interface
Genomics and Transcriptomes
Gene Regulation

Current Research

Origin and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and combating strategies
Biofilm formation and dual control of biofilm and antibiotic resistance
CRISPR-Cas in genomic manipulation and antimicrobial resistance
Bacterial Physiology and Virulence at the Host-Pathogen Interface

Research Team

PhD students:
Mr. XU, Zeling (BSc Zhejiang University)
Ms. XIA, Tingying (BSc Zhejiang University of Technology; Msc Fudan University)
Mr. WANG, Pengchao (BSc University of Science and Technology of China)
Ms. LI, Yanran (BSc, Sun Yat-sen University)
Ms. TIAN, Mengdan (BSc, Wuhan University)

Fellowships

State University of New York at Stony Brook
Duke University
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Publications and News

Congratulations to Mr. XU Zeling for being awarded the J.G. Phillips Memorial Scholarship 2016
Congratulations to Mr. LAI Yong for the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Travel Grant for the EMBO Synthetic Biology in Action, , June 8-20, 2015, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Congratulations to Miss GAO Xiang for the Travel award of the 112th General Meeting of American Society of Microbiology (ASM), June 16-19, 2012, San Francisco, USA
Congratulations to Miss SHAN Yue for the Travel Award of the 2011 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Meeting, August 2-7, 2011, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Congratulations to Miss XIAO Min Feng for the Carl Storm International Diversity Fellowship on the Multi-drug Efflux Systems Gordon Research Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 2011
Congratulations to Summer Research Fellowship, Mr LUK Chak Hon, Faculty of Science, HKU, 2012
Congratulations to Best Oral Presentation Award, Undergraduate Research Colloquium Presentation 2012-2013, Mr LUK Chak Hon, Faculty of Science, HKU, 2012
Congratulations to Overseas Research Fellowship, Mr. LEUNG Man Him, Sammy, Faculty of Science, HKU, 2011
Congratulations to Summer Research Fellowship, Miss LIU Jun Yan, Faculty of Science, HKU, 2010
Congratulations to Miss LAM Yuen Man for winning the First prize for Undergraduate Research Colloquium Presentation, , Faculty of Science, HKU, 2009

Awards and Honours

2014-2016 Visiting Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Japan,
2013 Young Investigator's Award, Hong Kong Society of Immunology,
2013 Best Oral Presentation Award, The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Immunology
2011 Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) Young Scientist Award, "7th European Workshop on Bacterial Respiratory Chains", Backagården, Höör,, Lund, Sweden,
2010 HKU Overseas Fellowship Award
2007 Traveling Award for the 11th EMBO-FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on "Molecular and Cellular Biology of Membranes", Corsica, France.
2004 Traveling Award for the US-Japan Glyco 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
2004 Traveling Award of the IUBMB/ASBMB 2004 meeting, Boston, MA, USA,
2001 Excellent graduate student of Peking University, 2001.
2000 Excellent Young Scientist Award in the Peptide Field bestowed by the 6th Chinese International Peptide Symposium (CPS), Mount Huang, China.