Microbial cell factories and metabolic engineering, synthetic biotechnology, biosensors.

Education

2016.09 to 2020.09：PhD, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2013.09-2016.06：Master's degree, College of Food Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, China

2009.09-2013.06：Bachelor's degree, College of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, China

Professional Experience

2025.11 to present：Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

2024.12-2025.10：Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Researcher

2020.10-2024.12：Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoctoral Researcher

2021, National Youth Science Foundation of China

2021, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Dongqin Ding^#, Yaru Zhu^#, Danyang Bai, Tongxin Wan, Sang Yup Lee*, Dawei Zhang*. Monitoring and dynamically controlling glucose uptake rate and central metabolism. Nature Chemical Engineering. 2025 Jan 17;2: 50–62.

Dongqin Ding, Danyang Bai, Jinlong Li, Zhitao Mao, Yaru Zhu, Pi Liu, Jianping Lin, Hongwu Ma, Dawei Zhang*. Analyzing the genetic characteristics of a tryptophan-overproducing Escherichia coli. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 2021 Aug;44(8):1685-1697.

Dongqin Ding^#, Jinlong Li^#, Danyang Bai, Huan Fang, Jianping Lin*, Dawei Zhang*, Biosensor-based monitoring of the central metabolic pathway metabolites, Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 2020 Nov 1;167: 112456.

Dongqin Ding, Yongfei Liu, Yiran Xu, Ping Zheng, Haixing Li, Dawei Zhang*, Jibin Sun. Improving the production of L-phenylalanine by identifying key enzymes through multi-enzyme reaction system in vitro. Scientific Reports. 2016 Aug 25;6:32208.

Wei Sun, Dongqin Ding, Danyang Bai, Yang Lin, Yaru Zhu, Cuiying Zhang and Dawei Zhang. Transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis of L-phenylalanine overproduction in Escherichia coli. Microbial Cell Factories. 2023 Apr 6;22(1):65.

Xiaotong Xie, Dongqin Ding, Danyang Bai, Yaru Zhu, Wei Sun, Yumei Sun, Dawei Zhang. Melatonin biosynthesis pathways in nature and its production in engineered microorganisms. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 2022 Jan 18;7(1):544-553.

Zhu Li, Dongqin Ding, Huiying Wang, Linxia Liu, Huan Fang, Tao Chen*, Dawei Zhang*. Engineering Escherichia coli to improve tryptophan production via genetic manipulation of precursor and cofactor pathways. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 2020 Jul 2;5(3):200-205.

Danyang Bai, Dongqin Ding, Jinlong Li, Lina Cong*, Dawei Zhang*. Pinpointing the L-phenylalanine binding sites of TyrR using biosensors and computer-aided simulation. Biotechnol Lett. 2019 Mar;41(3):401-408.

Haixing Li, Dongqin Ding, Yusheng Cao, Bo Yu, Liang Guo, Xiaohua Liu*. Partially overlapping primer-based PCR for genome walking. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 26;10(3), e0120139.