Jin Cui, PhD, Principal Investigator 

EDUCATION

09/2012-03/2015    Ph.D., Osaka University  

09/2007-07/2010    M.S., Beijing University of Technology

09/2002-07/2006    B.E., Harbin Institute of Technology

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

03/2023-current    Principal Investigator, Center for Innovative Drug Development, Great Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), Fudan University

04/2019-03/2023   Senior Researcher (with tenure), Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Japan

06/2021-04/2022   Visiting Scholar, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Japan

09/2017-03-2019   Researcher (with tenure), Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Japan

10/2015-08/2017   JSPS Postdoc Fellow, Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Japan

04/2015-09/2015   Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Japan

07/2010-06/2012   Medicinal Chemistry Research Scientist, Beijing Hanmi Pharm. Co., Ltd., China

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Samanta, S.; Noda, H.; Watanabe, T.*; Cui, J.*; Shibasaki, M.* Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Benzofuran-3(2H)-ones to α,β-Unsaturated Thioamides: Stereodivergent Synthesis of Rocaglaol. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202415805.

2. Samanta, S.; Cui, J.*; Otsuka, Y.; Watanabe, T.*; Shibasaki, M.* Direct Catalytic Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of α-Substituted Benzyl Nitriles to Alkyl Acrylates. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 2255-2259.

3. Cui, J.*; Oriez, R.; Samanta, S.; Noda, H.*; Watanabe, T.; Shibasaki, M.* Catalytic Asymmetric Vinylogous Conjugate Addition of Butenolide to 2-Ester-Substituted Chromones: Access to Chiral Chromanone Lactones via Trapping of a Copper(I) Enolate by Trimethyl Borate. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8367-8371.

4. Cui, J.; Ogasawara, Y.; Kurata, I.; Matoba, K.; Fujioka, Y.; Noda, N. N.; Shibasaki, M.; Watanabe T. Targeting the ATG5-ATG16L1 protein-protein interaction with a hydrocarbon-stapled peptide derived from ATG16L1 for autophagy inhibition. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 17671-17679. Selected as Supplementary Cover

5. Cui, J.*; Oriez, R.; Noda, H.; Watanabe, T.; Shibasaki, M.* Concise and stereodivergent approach to chromanone lactones through copper-catalyzed asymmetric vinylogous addition of siloxyfurans to 2-ester-substituted chromones. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202203128. Selected as Inside Back Cover

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Email： cuijin@ipm-gba.org.cn