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Fan Bai    Assistant Professor

Education and Work Experience

2006-2010  Jilin Agricultural University  Bachelor

2010-2013  University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)  Master

2013-2017  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)  Doctor

2018-2021  Peking University  Postdoctor

2021-2024  DICP CAS  Postdoctor

2024-Now   DICP CAS  Assistant Professor

Research Interest

Metabolic engineering of methylotrophic bacteria

Tel0411-88133490  Email: baifan1215@dicp.ac.cn

Featured Publications

1. Bai F., Cai P., Yao L., Shen Y.W., Li Y.X., Zhou Y.J.*, Inducible regulating homologous recombination enables precise genome editing in Pichia pastoris without perturbing cellular fitness, Trends Biotechnol., 2025, 43(6), 1385-1402.

2. Bai F., Zhou Y.J.*, Yeast single-cell proteins promote the development and application of food industry, Biotechnol. Bull. 2025, 41(11), 14-21. (in Chinese)

3. Wang H.Y., Bai F., Lu H.Z, Zhou Y.J.*, Understanding methanol metabolism through systems biology: advances and future perspectives, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol., 2025, 96, 103370.

4. Qiao S.J., Bai F., Cai P., Zhou Y.J., Yao L.*, An improved CRISPRi system in Pichia pastoris, Synth. Syst. Biotechnol., 2023, 8, 479-485.

5. Bai F., Yu L.H., Shi J.N., Li-Beisson Y.H., Liu J.*, Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases activate fatty acids for lipid synthesis, remodeling and energy production in Chlamydomonas, New Phytol.,  2022, 233, 823-837.  

6. Bai F., Zhang Y., Liu J.*, A bZIP transcription factor is involved in regulating lipid and pigment metabolisms in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Algal Res., 2021, 59, 102450.

7. Bai F., Gusbeth C., Frey W., Nick P., Nanosecond pulsed electric fields modulate the expression of the astaxanthin biosynthesis genes psy, crtR‑b and bkt 1 in Haematococcus pluvialis, Sci Rep., 2020, 10, 15508.