Chemical Biology of the Cell

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University

EDUCATION:
• PhD, Columbia University 2003
• BS, Tsinghua University 1998

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
• 2003-2006 Jane Coffin Childs Fellow, Harvard Medical School
• 2003 Hammet Award, Columbia University
• 2001 Arun Guthikonda Memorial Fellow, Columbia University
• 1998 Graduate with Honor, Tsinghua University
• 1997 First Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Tsinghua University
• 1996 First Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Tsinghua University
• 1995 Haolaixi Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Tsinghua University
• 1994 Haolaixi Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Tsinghua University

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Hening Lin’s lab is broadly interested in understanding the chemical/molecular basis of biological processes and trying to use the molecular understanding of these biological processes to benefit human well-being. Specifically, they are interested in studying several interesting enzyme-catalyzed protein post-translational modifications. They combine organic synthesis, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, and cell biology to study the enzymology of the biosynthetic enzymes, identify the modified proteins, and study how the modification affects protein structure/function and thus the biological significance of the modification.