Qi Xu

Researcher IV-Molecular Biology


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Research Interests

Qi Xu joined the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 2004 as a Research Associate in the Chemical Sciences team. His research focuses on nanobiotechnology. His main research interest is array quantum dots (QDs) on cellulose using cellulose binding modules (CBMs) and investigating their possible application pathways in energy transferring and biomaterials. His research also includes the QDs' communication and the interaction of protein and oligopeptide with QDs. His earlier research work involved construction of bacterial cellulosome system, novel CBM investigation, and plant phosphate transportor gene cloning. He has published 20 papers.

Education

  • Ph.D., Cytogenetics, Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1996

  • B.A., Biochemistry, Rice University, 1967

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 2000–2004

  • International Fellow, IACR-Rothamsted, UK, 1999–2000

  • Visiting Scientist, State Key Lab of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1998–1999

Featured Publications

  1. "A novel Acetivibrio cellulolyticus anchoring scaffoldin that bears divergent cohesions," Journal of Bacteriology (2004)

  2. "Architecture of the Bacteroides cellulosolvens cellulosome: Description of a cell surface-anchoring scaffoldin and a family 48 cellulase," Journal of Bacteriology (2004)

  3. "A novel family of carbohydrate-binding modules identified with Ruminococcus albus proteins," FEBS Letters (2004)

  4. "The cellulosome system of Acetivibrio cellulolyticus includes a novel type of adaptor protein and a cell-surface anchoring protein," Journal of Bacteriology (2003)

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