[Graduation] The Lu group celebrates newly minted PhD and BS

June 2023
Three graduate students successfully defended their PHD theses on May 27th.
Dr. Zhang Zhengchu, Class of 2017, will continue his postdoc research in the group.
Dr. Lu Jianhua (Excellent PhD thesis of PKU) and Dr. Zhang Yi, Class of 2018, will join Dalian Changfeng as a scientist and Jiangsu Xishan Senior High School as a teacher.

Ji Yulong, Class of 2019, received his B.S. degree in chemistry and will pursue PhD in the University of Tokyo at Japan.

We wish all of them great success in their new journey.

[PUBLICATION] Guangqi's paper published in Nature Synthesis

May 2023

In the search for synthetic mimics of proteins, we developed a high-throughput platform utilizing the unique chemistry of selenolate on the side chain of synthetic polypeptides. The method is amenable to automation and with the assists of machine learning, functional polypeptides with desired catalytic activity were identified at an much improved rate and efficiency. Check out the study at [LINK]; please also check out the News covering the story by Nat. Synth. [Link]

[Fairwell] Dr. Wei Xiong leaves the Lu group

Jan. 2023
Dr. Wei Xiong, once a PhD student and then a postdoc of the Lu group, finishes his 8-year journey at PKU. He will join Prof. Gutekunst' group as a postdoc at Georgia Tech. We sincerely thank him for his dedication and contribution to the group, and wish him all the best and continous success in his new role.

[Farewell] Dr. Wu Guangqi joined MIT as a postdoc

May 2022

This month, we say goodbye to beloved Guangqi, who finished his 7-year journey as a PhD student from 2015 to 2020 and then a postdoc from 2020 to 2022 in the Lu lab. Guangqi will join Dr. Coley's group at MIT as a postdoc soon. We thank him for his time, service, and legacy, and wish him all the best in his new adventure.

[PUBLICATIONS] Dr. Zhang Chong’s paper published in Chinese J. Polym. Sci.

Mar. 2022

In this work, we reviewed the state-of-the-art progresses of α-helical polypeptides for biomedical applications, with a special emphasis on the manipulation of helix-to-coil dynamic transition, conformation-associated anti-biofouling coatings, cellular uptake regulation, and reducing immunogenicity of polypeptide-protein conjugates. Well done, Zhang Chong!

http://www.cjps.org/article/doi/10.1007/s10118-022-2688-2?pageType=en