Name: WANG Weixiang

Education

March 2004: Ph.D in Biochemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

June 1995: M.S. in Plant Biochemistry, Southwest Agricultural University, Chongqing, China

June 1992: B.S. in Plant Genetics and Breeding, Southwest Agricultural University, Chongqing, China

Professional Experience

2005-present: Professor, School of Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China.

March.2012-Feb. 2013: Visiting Scientist, Centre for Human Nutrition, Department of Medicine, David Geffen Schoolof Medicine, and University of California at Los Angeles, USA.

June. 2006-Jan. 2007: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, ARO, Volcani Centre, Israel. (MASHAV Fellowship)

1999-2001: Research Fellow, Institute of Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

1995-1998: Research Fellow, Institute of Food Biochemistry, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China.

Teaching Experience (full responsibility)

Undergraduate courses: Cell Biology, Process in Biochemical Separation, Enzyme Engineering

Graduate courses: Advanced Food Biochemistry, Food Enzymology

Research Interests

(1) Isolation, characterization and molecular mechanisms of natural products;

(2) Proteomics, metabolism, cellics and nutrition, toxicology, cancer, chronic diseases;

(3) Nanotechnology;

(4) Abiotic stress

Representative Publications in English

1.        Weixiang Wang, Shengping Fang, Xueyuan Cheng, Jing Zhang. Purification, characterization and sonication degradation of hydroxyl radical scavenging polysaccharides from Ligusticum chuanxiong hort.  (submitted)

1.        Weixiang Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Bruria Heuer. Changes of Antioxidant Enzymes during Salt Stress on Seedling Leaves of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)(submitted)

2.        Hu Zhang, Weixiang Wang, Chunshan Quan, Shengdi Fan (2010). Engineering Considerations for Process Development in Mammalian Cell Cultivation. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 11(1): 103-112

3.        Jiajin Zhuo, Weixiang Wang, Yun Lu, Wu Sen, Xiaofeng Wang(2009). Osmopriming-Regulated Changes of Plasma Membrane Composition and Function were Inhibited by Phenylarsine Oxide in Soybean Seeds. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 51 (9) : 858-867.

4.        Weixiang Wang, Lingbo Wei, Hu Zhang. (2007) Characterization of Heat-stable Antifreeze Protein from A. mongolicus. Journal of Sichuan University (Natural Science),44(4):912-917

5.        Hu Zhang, Weixiang Wang, Fan Sh.D. (2005) Power consumption and mixing in a miniaturized bioreactor. Progress in Natural Science, 15:117-123

6.        Weixiang Wang, Lingbo Wei, Guanlin Wang (2003). Multi-step purification of an antifreeze protein from Ammopiptanthus mongolicus by chromatographic and electrophoretic methods. Journal of Chromatographic Science , 41:489-493

7.        Weixiang Wang, Yunbiao Fei, Lingbo Wei.(2003) Purification of boiling-soluble antifreeze protein from the legume, Ammopiptanthus mongolicus. Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 33(1): 67-80.

Patent:

      A rapid method for extract from olive leaves (CN201110131899.7)

Contact

Tel: 0086-28-87728018

Fax: 0086-28-87720552

Email:  wangweixiang2001@yahoo.com.cn

Address: School of Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China