Aixin Yan

Teaching Areas

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

Research Interests

• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• CRISPR-Cas
• 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

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

Companies

• Assistant Professor The University of Hong Kong (2008)
• Research Associate University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006 — 2008)

Education

• Ph.D. Peking University