Topic: Chemical Approaches to Probe the Functions of Protein O-GlcNAcylation

Speaker: Dr. Jiaoyang Jiang

School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Time: 10:00am on July 7th (Tuesday)

Place: Meeting Room 408, Building 24

Organizer: School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University

Brief Introduction of Speaker

Dr. Jiaoyang Jiang, (Ph.D.-Chemistry), Assistant Professor of School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison. She received her B. Sc. in Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Brown University. Dr. Jiang received her postdoctoral training in Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School. She was recruited to School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor in 2013. Dr. Jiang’s research is in the Studying the molecular mechanism and biological function of protein glycosylation using chemical biology, enzymology, mass spectrometry, crystallization, cell biology, and high-throughput screening. She was involved in teaching five courses including Natural Product Synthesis, Biosynthesis, and Drug Discovery (Phmsci786), Medicinal Chemistry II (Phmsci532), Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Phmsci780). She has published 15 research articles and 2 patents, and obtained various honors and awards including Young Chemical Biologist Award and First Prize Poster Award & Travel Award.