2008 to Present Research AssociateShanghai Jiao Tong University
2007 to 2008 Research Assistant, Inst. of Biomedical Manufacturing and Life Quality EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong University
2007 to 2007 Project Leader, Design and Simulation of a Humanoid RobotSchenck Shanghai Machinery Corporation
2007 to 2007Project Team Member, Design and Simulation of Ocean Wave Generator 2006 to 2006
Education:
Washington University St. Louis, MO 2008 Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical EngineeringWashington University St. Louis, MO 2008 to 2010 Master of Science in Mechanical EngineeringShanghai Jiao Tong University 2004 to 2008 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
The invention identifies an interface domain for interaction between two or more dimers of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) proteins formed between amino acid residues Gln8 (Q8), Ile12 (I12), and Leu15 (L15) of helices 1 and 2, Met28 (M28) and Glu29 (E29) of helix 3 of a first STAT protein partner of the dimer, and Leu77 (L77) and Leu78 (L78) in helix 7 of a second STAT protein partner of the dimer. The interface domain is useful for designing and identifying compounds capable of enhancing or inhibiting binding between STAT protein dimers and/or DNA binding sites, and thus useful for identifying compounds able to modulate STAT protein dimer-dimer induction of gene expression.