Research
We are engineering enzymes for advanced biomanufacturing.
Enzymes are specialized proteins within living cells that are tasked with performing chemical reactions. They play not only a central role in physiological processes, but also essential catalysts in industrial biotransformation, laundry detergents, clinical diagnosis, etc. Recent developments in materials science, nanotechnology and synthetic biology are advancing the applications of enzymes from the aqueous condition to non-aqueous conditions, from a single enzymatic reaction to multienzyme reactions, and from catalysis to smart, programmable and controllable applications. Engineering enzymes for practical applications will reshape many traditional processes (such as pharmaceutical, food industry, environmental remediation, etc) toward greener, smarter and more efficient processes.
Enzyme Engineering and Immobilization
Frequently native enzymes are not suitable for industrial or clinical use due to their low activity and/or stability. We engineer enzymes through rational mutation and immobilization to improve their activity, stability and reusability. Usually, the incorporation of functional supporting materials renders enzymes with new properties in addition to catalysis and thus opens new avenues for advanced applications. The obtained enzyme catalysts are applied to the synthesis of fine chemicals or biosensing.
Interfacial Enzyme Catalysis
The implementation of enzymes at interfaces (e.g. air-water, water-oil, water-solid interfaces) is of particular interest when dealing with insoluble substrates such as oils, lignocelluloses, plastics and so forth. The catalytic behaviors of enzymes at the interfaces are often different from that in bulk solutions. We try to understand the mechanism of interfacial enzymatic catalysis from aspects of structural changes of proteins and the interplay between reaction and diffusion.
Multienzyme and Chemoenzymatic Catalysis
Cascade reactions catalyzed by multiple enzymes (or sometimes combined with organic synthesis) hold new opportunities in biotransformation and have attracted interest from both academia and industry. Our research focuses on both understandings of cascade reaction kinetics and the construction of high-efficiency multienzyme processes. We are also interested in constructing enzyme reaction networks capable of performing emergent, programmable and predictable functions.
Flow-Chemistry for Biocatalysis
Continuous-flow biocatalysis is the state-of-the-art in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, chiral intermediates, and other high-value-added chemicals. Enzymes are often immobilization and placed in packed bed reactors, and the starting materials and reagents are continuously flown through the reactors with pumping systems. In this way, reaction and separation can take place simultaneously, thus enormously simplifying and intensifying the process.
Members
We are a group of youths for innovation, entertainment, and most importantly, self-development.
Yifei Zhang
Principal Investigator
Professor
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
2015—2020, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University, NYC, NY, USA
2010—2015, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2006—2010, B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
张一飞，北京化工大学教授，博士生导师，国家海外高层次人才计划青年项目入选者，国家重点研发计划青年项目首席科学家。清华大学化学工程系学士（2010）、博士（2015），美国哥伦比亚大学博士后（2015-2020），2020年底加入北京化工大学、北京软物质科学与工程高精尖创新中心。长期从事生物催化、固定化酶以及多酶体系反应动力学的基础和应用研究，致力于为绿色生物催化过程提供催化剂制备方案和过程控制方法。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家重点研发计划青年项目等。在Nature Catalysis (封面)、Nature Communications、Nature Reviews Chemistry、ACS Central Science、ACS Catalysis、ACS Nano等高水平期刊发表论文50余篇，授权专利3项。部分研究成果被中国国际电视台CGTN、The Conversation、Phys.org、Inkjet Wholesale News等知名媒体以及官方博客如 In The Pipeline、Columbia Engineering等报道。 担任Science, JACS, ACS Catalysis等学术期刊审稿人。2019年在Publons全球审稿人数据库中被评为生物与生物化学领域的前1% 审稿人。凭借其在生物催化领域做出的系列工作，获得美国2020年布拉瓦尼克区域青年科学家奖最终提名奖（Finalist of the 2020 Blavatnik Regional Awards For Young Scientists）。
Graduate Students
Hao Xing
邢皓
PhD Student (2021)
Zhenkun Zhang
张振坤
PhD Student (2021)
Ning Nie
聂宁
PhD Student (2021)
Yujing Ding
丁于敬
PhD Student (2022)
Shanshan Zhang
张珊珊
PhD Student (2022)
Shengyan Hou
侯盛研
Master Student (2022）
Xiaofan Lin
林晓帆
PhD Student (2023）
Decai Liu
刘德财
Master Student (2023）
Ekram Akram
伊科拉木·艾克然木
PhD Student (2024）
Yunfan Liu
刘昀帆
Master Student (2024）
Wenhao Meng
孟文豪
PhD Student (2022)
Yunzhenshan Gao
高运蓁山
Master Student (2022)
Xin Xu
许昕
PhD Student (2023)
Rohan Ali
罗汉
PhD Student (2023）
Ke Wei
魏科
Master Student (2023)
Yanmei Zhang
张艳梅
PhD Student (2024)
Zhipeng Yuan
袁志鹏
Master Student (2024)
Chaosheng Peng
彭超省
PhD Student (2022)
Yujin Xia
夏育金
Master Student (2022)
Yun Wang
王赟
PhD Student (2023)
Zejiao Liu
刘泽娇
Master Student (2023)
Jingjing Zhao
赵晶晶
Master Student (2023)
Zhaorui Feng
冯昭睿
Master Student (2024)
Heyi Fan
范贺怡
Master Student (2024)
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
王浩然 Haoran Wang （Bachelor, 2021）
朱国正 Guozheng Zhu （Master, 2023）
张寅晨 Yinchen Zhang （Master, 2023）
佟子怡 Ziyi Tong（Master, 2024）
王勇杰 Yongjie Wang （Master, 2024）
李文超 Wenchao Li （Master, 2024）
李鑫炜 Xinwei Li （Master, 2024）
赵子夜 Ziye Zhao （Master, 2024）
伊克拉木 Ekram Akram （Master, 2024）
范恒飞 Hengfei Fan（Bachelor, 2024）
Publications
We gain insights and knowledge through research!
2021 - now
Youqing Wang, Xukai Ye, Yue Feng, Haoqian Wang, Xiaofan Lin, Xin Ma*, Yifei Zhang*. BBATProt: A framework predicting biological function with enhanced feature extraction via explainable deep learning. Submitted.
Yongjie Wang, Ekram Akram, Yujing Ding, Chengzhi He, Yifei Zhang*. Fusion of hydrophobicanchor peptides promotes the hydrolytic activity of PETase but not the extent of PET depolymerization. ChemCatChem, 2024, e202401252.
Shuang Chen,Ekram Akram, Weili Qiao, YifeiZhang*, Shozeb Haider*, Yufei Cao*. A Mechanistic Understanding of the Activity-Stability Trade-off inPETase. bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.09.598049
Ziyi Tong#, Shenyan Hou#, Zhenkun Zhang, Yifei Zhang*. Biochemical approaches for decoding the information stored with metabolites. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2024, 422, 136618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2024.136618
Yunzhenshan Gao, Hao Xing, Yifei Zhang*. Fabrication of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)-based microporous sponges for oil-water separation. Separation and PurificationTechnology, 2025, 354, 128721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.128721.
Yujing Ding, Shanshan Zhang, Henry Hess, Xian Kong, Yifei Zhang*. Replicating enzymatic activity by positioning active sites with synthetic protein scaffolds. bioRxiv 2024.01.31.577620.
Ziye Zhao, Ning Nie, Xinwei Li, Ye Shi, Xudong Liu, Yifei Zhang*. Enzymatic phosphorylation of uridine and cytidine using calcium-based dual enzyme nanoflowers. Food Bioengineering, 2024, 3, 1-9.
Rohan Ali, Yifei Zhang*. Machine learning meets enzyme engineering: examples in the design of PET hydrolases. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2024, 18, 149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-024-2500-7
Ning Nie, Ziye Zhao, Xinwei Li, Yunting Liu, Yifei Zhang*. A proline-based artificial enzyme that favors aldol condensation enables facile synthesis of aliphatic ketones via tandem catalysis. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2024, doi/10.1021/acssynbio.4c00123
Ekram Akram, Yufei Cao, Hao Xing, Yujing Ding, Yuzheng Luo, Ren Wei, Yifei Zhang* On the temperature dependence of enzymatic degradation of poly(ethylene terephthalate). Chinese Journal of Catalysis. 2024, 60, 284-293. DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64628-5.
Wenchao Li, Chen Wang, Yifei Zhang*, Yuan Lu*. Lipid nanocarrier-based mRNA therapy: challenges and promise for clinical transformation. Small. 2024, 2310531.
Yinchen Zhang#, Nie Ning#, Haoran wang, Ziyi Tong, Hao Xing, Yifei Zhang*. Smart enzyme catalysts capable of self-separation by sensing the reaction extent. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 2023, 239, 115585. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2023.115585. (# contributed equally)
Chao Du, Yuling Zhou, Lin Liu, Meixing Wang, Sijing Jiang, Yifei Zhang*, and Guimin Zhang*. Bacterial Surface-Assembled Chitinosome for Dismantling Chitin into N-Acetyl Glucosamine. ACS Sustainable Chemical Engineering. 2023, 11, 11239–11247.
Yifei Zhang*. A relay for improving the catalytic efficiency and thermostability of PET hydrolases. Chem Catalysis, 2022, 2, 2420-2422. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2022.09.029
Yifei Zhang, Henry Hess*. Converting microscale linear to rotary motion in kinesin-powered systems. Supramolecular Materials. 2022, 1, 100022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supmat.2022.100022
Yan Xiong#, Stanislav Tsitkov#, Henry Hess, Oleg Gang*, Yifei Zhang*. Microscale colocalization of cascade enzymes yields activity enhancement. ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 10383. (# contributed equally)
Chang Ge, Zheng Yu, Huakang Sheng, Xiaolin Shen, Xinxiao Sun, Yifei Zhang, Yajun Yan, Jia Wang*, Qipeng Yuan* Redesigning regulatory components of quorum-sensing system for diverse metabolic control. Nature Communications. 2022, 13, 2182.
Yinchen Zhang, Ning Nie, Yifei Zhang*. Toward modular construction of cell-free multienzyme systems. Chinese Journal of Catalysis. 2022, 43 (7), 1749-1760.
Yifei Zhang*, Yunzhenshan Gao, You Yong, Lectin-mediated coimmobilization of cascade glycoenzymes, Methods in Molecular Biology, 2022, 2487, 189–195.
Yifei Zhang*, Henry Hess*. Chemically powered swimming and diffusion in the microscopic world. Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021, 5, 500–510.
Yifei Zhang*, Henry Hess*. Actuating macroscopic machines with nanoscopic engines, Matter, 2021, 4, 1-2.
Before 2020
Yifei Zhang*, Henry Hess. Inhibitors in commercially available 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6- sulfonate) affect enzymatic assays, Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92, 1502–1510.
Stanislav Tsitkov, Yuchen Song, Juan B Rodriguez III, Yifei Zhang, Henry Hess*. Kinesin-Recruiting Microtubules Exhibit Collective Gliding Motion while Forming Motor Trails. ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 16547–16557.
Yifei Zhang*, Henry Hess. Microenvironmental engineering: an effective strategy for tailoring enzymatic activities. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, 28, 2028-2036 (Invited contribution to the Special Issue on Biocatalysis).
Yifei Zhang, Henry Hess*. Enhanced diffusion of catalytically active enzymes. ACS Central Science, 2019, 5, 939-948.
Weina Xu, Zhongwang Fu, Gong Chen, Zheyu Wang, Yupei Jian, Yifei Zhang, Guoqiang Jiang, Diannan Lu, Jianzhong Wu, Zheng Liu*. Graphene oxide enabled long-term enzymatic transesterification in an anhydrate gas flux. Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 2684.
Yifei Zhang, Megan J. Armstrong, Neda M. Bassir Kazeruni, Henry Hess*. Aldolase does not show enhanced diffusion in dynamic light scattering experiments. Nano Letters, 2018, 18, 8025–8029.
Yifei Zhang, Stanislav Tsitkov, Henry Hess*. Complex dynamics in a two-enzyme reaction network with substrate competition, Nature Catalysis, 2018, 1, 276–281.
(Featured on the Cover, also see the Behind the Paper Post in Nature Research Chemistry Community)
Amy Tsui-Chi Lam, Stanislav Tsitkov, Yifei Zhang, Henry Hess*. Reversibly bound kinesin-1 motor proteins propelling microtubules demonstrate dynamic recruitment of active building blocks. Nano Letters, 2018, 18, 1530–1534.
You Yong, Rui Su, Xuerun Liu, Weina Xu, Yifei Zhang, Rui Wang, Pingkai Ouyang, Jianzhong Wu, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*. Lectin corona enhances enzymatic catalysis on the surface of magnetic nanoparticles. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 129, 26–32.
Yifei Zhang, and Henry Hess*. Toward rational design of high-efficiency enzyme cascade. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 6018–6027.
Yifei Zhang, Qin Wang, Henry Hess*. Increasing enzyme cascade throughput by pH-engineering the microenvironment of individual enzymes. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 2047–2051.
Yifei Zhang, Stanislav Tsitkov, Henry Hess*. Proximity does not contribute to activity enhancement in the glucose oxidase-horseradish peroxidase cascade. Nature Communications, 2016, 7, 13982.
Yifei Zhang#, You Yong#, Jun Ge, Zheng Liu*. Lectin agglutinated multienzyme catalyst with enhanced substrate affinity and activity. ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6, 3789−3795.
Oda Yuki, Yifei Zhang, Jun Ge, Zheng Liu*. Epoxidation of fatty acids by pluronic-conjugated lipase in organic media. Catalysis Letters, 2016, 146, 1073−1078.
Hou Miao, Rui Wang, Xiaoling Wu, Yifei Zhang, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu. Synthesis of lutein esters by using a reusable lipase-pluronic conjugate as the catalyst. Catalysis Letters, 2016, 145, 1825−1829.
Yifei Zhang, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*. Enhanced activity of immobilized or chemically modified enzymes. ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5, 4503−4513. (Invited Review, ESI highly cited paper)
Highlighted by Prof. Christopher W. Jones, the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Catalysis, this paper was among the most cited papers in ACS Catalysis with corresponding authors from China. Also, it was the most cited paper in biocatalysis and enzymology by Feburary 2020.
For more details: ACS Catalysis Highlights Its Most Cited Papers from Around the Globe: China
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 4, 2762–2763.
张一飞，戈钧*，刘铮. 基于刺激响应性高分子的智能酶催化剂研究进展. 高分子通报, 2015, 9, 198−209.
Xiaoling Wu, Jun Ge*, Jingying Zhu, Yifei Zhang, You Yong, Zheng Liu*. A general method for synthesizing enzyme-polymer conjugates in reverse emulsions using pluronic as a reactive surfactant. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 9674−9677.
Zongjun Li, Yifei Zhang, Diannan Lu*, Zheng Liu*, Uniform mPEG-b-PMETAC enables pH-responsive delivery of insulin. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015, 132, 42596.
Yifei Zhang, Fengjiao Lyu, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*. Ink-jet printing an optimal multi-enzyme system. Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 12919−12922. (Highlighted by Chemical Communications Blog; Reported by news outlets such as The Conversation, Phys.org, Inkjet Wholesale News and etc.)
Rui Wang, Miao Hou, Yifei Zhang, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*. Enzymatic Synthesis of Lutein Dipalmitate in Organic Solvents. Catalysis Letters, 2015, 145, 995–999.
Fengjiao Lyu, Yifei Zhang, Richard N. Zare, Jun Ge*, and Zheng Liu*. One-pot synthesis of protein-embedded metal-organic frameworks with enhanced biological activities. Nano Letters, 2014, 14, 5761–5765. (ESI highly cited paper)
Zhixian Li, Yifei Zhang, Yechao Su, Pingkai Ouyang, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*. Spatial co-localization of multi-enzymes by inorganic nanocrystal-protein complexes. Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 12465.
Rui Wang, Yifei Zhang, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*. Activation of enzyme nanogel in organic solvents by PEG-substrate joint imprinting. RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 40301−40304.
Xiaoling Wu, Rui Wang, Yifei Zhang, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*. Enantioselective ammonolysis of phenylglycine methyl ester with lipase–pluronic nanoconjugate in tertiary butanol. Catalysis Letters, 2014, 144, 1407−1410.
Yifei Zhang, Qile Chen, Jun Ge* and Zheng Liu*. Controlled display of enzyme activity with a stretchable hydrogel. Chemical Communications, 2013, 49, 9815−9817.
Yifei Zhang, Kehang Han, Diannan Lu* and Zheng Liu*. Reversible encapsulation of lysozyme within mPEG-b-PMAA: experimental observation and molecular dynamics simulation. Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 8723−8729.
Yifei Zhang, Yang Dai, Miao Hou, Tian Li, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*. Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of valrubicin using pluronic conjugated lipase with temperature responsiveness in organic media. RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 22963−22966.
Jingying Zhu, Yifei Zhang, Diannan Lu, Richard N. Zare, Jun Ge*, and Zheng Liu*. Temperature-responsive enzyme-polymer nanoconjugates with enhanced catalytic activities in organic media. Chemical Communications, 2013, 49, 6090−6092.
Rui Wang, Yifei Zhang, Jinhai Huang, Diannan Lu, Jun Ge* and Zheng Liu*. Substrate imprinted lipase nanogel for one-step synthesis of chloramphenicol palmitate. Green Chemistry, 2013, 15, 1155−1158.
Rui Wang, Yifei Zhang, Diannan Lu, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*, Richard N. Zare*. Functional protein- organic/inorganic hybrid nanomaterials. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 2013, 5, 320−328.
Zhixian Li, Yifei Zhang, Pingkai Ouyang, Mengmeng Lin, Jun Ge*, and Zheng Liu*. Lipase-catalyzed one-step and regioselective synthesis of clindamycin palmitate. Organic Process Research & Development, 2013, 17, 1179−1182.
Lin Zhu, Lu Gong, Yifei Zhang, Rui Wang, Jun Ge*, Zheng Liu*, Richard N. Zare*. Rapid detection of phenol using a membrane containing laccase nanoflowers. Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2013, 8, 2358−2360.
Mengmeng Lin, Diannan Lu, Jingying Zhu, Cheng Yang, Yifei Zhang and Zheng Liu*. Magnetic enzyme nanogel (MENG): a universal synthetic route for biocatalysts. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 3315−3317.
Lab News
News, media, and updates
2024
Otc 12, 2024 - Yunzhenshan Gao and Shenyan Hou for receiving the National Scholarship for Graduate Students!
Sep 21, 2024 - Prof. Zhang is among World's Top 2% Scientists.
Sept 15-20, 2024 - Prof. Zhang participated in a delegation to Germany, and give talks at Reutlingen University.
Sept 9, 2024 - Tong's paper on the information encoding with metabolites has been accepted by Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Sep 8, 2024 - The Zhang Group warmly welcomes all fresh students!
They are PhD students Ekram and Yanmei, and Master Students Zhaorui, Zhipeng, Yunfan, and Heyi!
June 21, 2024 - Rohan's reviewer paper and Ziye Zhao's research paper is published.
June 19, 2024 - Congratulations to Ekram, Ziye, Xinwei, Yongjie, Ziyi and Wenchao on your graduation! Ekram won the Excellent Master's Thesis Award in BUCT.
April 8, 2024, Nie's study on the reaction mechanism of proline-based artificial enzyme has been published in ACS Synthetic Biology.
June 16, 2024 - Prof. Zhang gave an oral presentation in the 34th CCS Congress in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.
March 4, 2024 - Prof. Zhang gave an invited talk in the conference of 2024 BIOCHINA in Jinan, Shandong Province.
Feb 22, 2024 - A research paper entitled "On the Temperature Dependence of Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)" was accepted by Chinese Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations to Ekram!
Jan 30, 2024 - Our group held a new-year party with Prof. Guimin Zhang's Group.
Jan 29, 2024 - Wenchao Li published a review paper in Small. Congratulations!
Jan 23, 2024 - Being invited by our lab, Prof. Zhongyue Yang gave a seminar talk at BUCT.
2023
December 1st, 2023 - Prof. Zhang gave an invited oral presentation at the 7th Sino-Japan Joint Symposium on Enzyme Technology.
Sep 5th, 2023 - The Zhang Group warmly welcomes all fresh graduates!
July 28 - 30, 2023 - Prof. Zhang and Yujing Ding attended the 7th Chinese National Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Annual Meeting (Beijing). Prof. Zhang gave an invited oral presentation and Yujing presented his current research at the PhD student forum.
July 25th, 2023 - Prof. Zhang attended the 8th International Conferences on Biorefinery and Biomanufacturing (ICB 2023, Athens, Greece) and gave an invited oral presentation.
June 19th, 2023 - Congratulations, Yinchen and Guozheng, on your graduation!
June 2 - 3, 2023 - Akram presented a poster presentation in the 2nd Western China Symposium on the Internatinal Frontier of Synthetic Biomanufacturing. @Yichang, Hubei
May 27 - 28, 2023 - Prof. Zhang gave an invited talk in the China-UK Workshop onCatalysis for a Sustainable Future at Tianjin University. Presentation: Our Current Understanding on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate).
April 27 - 28, 2023 - Prof. Zhang participated in a delegation of young scientists in synthetic biology.
April 22 - 24, 2023 - Prof. Zhang gave an invited talk in the 12th China Congress on Particle Technology. @Haikou, Hainan
April 1, 2023 - Prof. Zhang gave an invited talk at Huaiyin Normal University.
Jan 1, 2023 - Wish everyone a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year!
October 14, 2022 - Congratulations to Yinchen Zhang for receiving the National Scholarship for Graduate Students.
September 1 2022 - The Zhang Group warmly welcomes all fresh graduates!
August 1 - 4, 2022 - Yinchen Zhang won the Best Poster Award in the 5th Young Scholar Forum of Biochemical Engineering (第五届生物化工青年学者论坛暨第十届生物化工技术创新及产业发展研讨会), Congratulations!
July 26 - 27, 2022 - The 2022 China-US Symposium on metabolic engineering and green manufacturing was held virtually. Prof. Yifei Zhang Chaired the first session of the wonderful event.
July 10, 2022 - Prof. Zhang gave an invited talk at the 1st Western China Symposium on the Internatinal Frontier of Synthetic Biomanufacturing, and won the Excellent Presentation Award.
June 2022 - The protocol paper by Yifei Zhang, Yunzhenshan Gao and You Yong has been online.
May 2022 - The paper that we collaborated with Prof Gang from Columbia University has been accepted by ACS Nano. Congratulations to Dr. Xiong and Dr. Tsitkov! This paper was featured as a supplementary Cover in ACS Nano.
May 2022 - A review paper entitled "Toward modular construction of cell-free multienzyme systems" was published online in Chinese Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations to Yinchen and Ning Nie!
March 2022 - The commencement of the project 2021YFC2104100 supported by the National Key R&D Program was held. The Advisory Committee is composed of 17 experts including 14 academicians.
Jan 2022 - Prof. Zhang was appointed as a member of editorial board for Food Bioengineering!
December 2021 - As the project leader, Prof. Yifei Zhang successfully won the National Key R&D funding for Young Scientists, rank 1/15. We thank our collaborators Prof. Yunting Liu from HEBUT and Prof. Hui Li from NJUT.
October 2021 - Dr. Tao Cai was invited by Prof. Yifei Zhang to give a talk at BUCT, introducing his latest Science paper Cell-free chemoenzymatic starch synthesis from carbon dioxide.
September 2021 - The vedio Meet the Chemistry Honorees of the 2020 Blavatnik Regional Honorees was released, please check on the official website at http://blavatnikawards.org/honorees/profile/yifei-zhang/ (which is on YouTube).
September 2021 - Prof. Yifei Zhang participated in The Science and Technology in Society forum (2021 STS forum) virtually.
September 2021 - Hao Xing, Zhenkun Zhang, Ning Nie, Yongjie Wang, Ziyi Tong, Ziye Zhao and Ekram Akram joined the lab!
August 2021 - Prof. Zhang received his first NSFC grand!
July 2021 - Prof. Yifei Zhang was appointed as a doctoral supervisor.
May 2021 - Zhang and Hess published a Perspective in Nature Review Chemistry.
March 2021 - Together with Professor Henry Hess, we published a Preview in Matter.
Feb 2021 - Guozheng Zhu joined the lab!
December 2020 - Yinchen Zhang joined the lab, welcome!
November 2020 - Dr. Yifei Zhang started his own lab, the Laboratory of Green Biocatalysis, at BUCT, although the construction took for months due to the pandemic.
November 2020 - Dr. Yifei Zhang was appointed as Professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology.
October 2020 - Dr. Yifei Zhang joined in Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
September 2020 - Dr. Yifei Zhang was hornered as one of the finalist of the 2020 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists.
In the Media
软物质高精尖中心张一飞教授在《Nature Reviews Chemistry》和《Matter》期刊发表综述和评论
张一飞教授与Henry Hess教授合作，系统地总结了微观世界中化学反应驱动的扩散或泳动现象的尺寸效应，讨论了常见的微纳机器自推动的机制，辨析了以酶为代表的生物大分子的扩散增强现象。
详见高精尖中心网站。
Meet the Chemistry Honorees of the 2020 Blavatnik Regional Honorees
Released by The New York Academy of Sciences.
Recognizing the Tri-State area’s most talented and promising postdoctoral researchers, the Blavatnik Regional Awards named three honorees in the chemistry category.
Chinese scientists bag all Chemistry accolades in New York Awards
This year, Chinese scientists swept the regional chemistry division that covers New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, taking the top prize as well as two finalist positions.
Now you can turn your inkjet printer into a chemistry lab and use it to diagnose diabetes
Reported by Phys.org, The Recycler and The Conversation.
Also see Chinese Innovators Use Colour Printers to Study Biochemical Processes in Inkjet Wholesale News.
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