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Dr Hong Gao is a Senior Lecturer in Biology at Teesside University, affiliated with the School of Science, Engineering and Design and the SHLS Life Sciences Centre for Biodiscovery. She holds a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from Tsinghua University (2005) and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the same institution (2000). Her career includes roles as Assistant and Associate Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and postdoctoral research at the University of East Anglia, St Andrews, Edinburgh, and York, supported by a Marie-Curie Fellowship.
Research Interests:
- Natural product discovery and biosynthesis
- Synthetic biology
- Bioproduction optimization
- Metabolic engineering of Streptomyces and other actinomycetes
- Antibiotic and anticancer agent development
Her work focuses on engineering microbial systems for enhanced production of valuable compounds, particularly secondary metabolites with pharmaceutical applications. Recent research highlights include optimizing marinomycin synthesis and developing serine integrase tools for genetic manipulation in Streptomyces species.
Grants & Projects:
- Platform Cell Factory (UKRI BBSRC, 2021–2025)
- EQATA: Equitable Access to Antibiotics in Africa (2020–2022)
- THYME: Redox Balancing for Ethanol Production (2019–2021)
Awards: Marie-Curie International Incoming Fellowship (2011).
Dr Gao teaches Food Biotechnology and contributes to interdisciplinary research bridging chemical engineering, microbiology, and synthetic biology.
