🔥 About Me

*PhD Position Searching*
I am looking for Biomedical Sciences/Immunology PhD Position in 24 Spring and Fall

I am a research specialist in the neuro-immuno-oncology laboratory at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University.

Currently, I am supervised by Professor Verena Staedtke and Professor Renyuan Bai.

My research centers on engineering T cells to combat cancer by harnessing their potent anti-tumor capabilities and exploring relative signaling pathways by using diverse animal models. Also, I am interested in AAV-corresponding gene therapy and tumor hypoxia microenvironment. Specifically:

Immunology
Molecular Biology
Pathology

Resume : Detailed Industry and Research Experience

🔥 News

2023.09: Transfer from Johns Hopkins University SOM to Kennedy Krieger Institute.
2023.08: 🐈🐈 Welcome to our new family member! Her name is Molly!
2023.08: 🎉🎉 Personal Website Online
2022.07: Join Verena Staedtke and Renyuan Bai’s Lab in JHU.
2022.05: Get M.S.E degree from JHU
2020.05: Get Bachelor degree (first-class) from XJTLU

🏫 Education

Sept 2021 - May 2022, M.S.E in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
Sept 2016 - Jun 2020, B.S. with Honours in Biological Sciences (First Class), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou, CHN.

💸 Industry / Research Experience

Jul 2020 - Nov 2020 |Sequanta Technologies @ Shanghai

Supervisor : Jiawei Wang
Role : Intern of Bioinformatics R&D Team
Main Directions : WGS, WES, RNA-seq analysis and Development of Onco-Code Panel

Nov 2020 - Feb 2021 |Zhangmen Education Inc @ Shanghai

Supervisor : Yifan Wu
Role : Data Analysis Intern in Marketing Department
Main Directions : Data Analysis (SQL) and Product Optimization

📝 Publications & Manuscripts

Journal Seminars in Cancer Biology (In Submission) Hypoxic Targeting via Oncolytic Bacteria, Verena Staedtke, Nihao SUN, Renyuan Bai.
Manuscript in Preparation Development of an AAV Gene Replacement Therapy for NF1”, Renyuan Bai, Nihao Sun et al.
Manuscript in Preparation Catecholamine Pathway Is a Major Regulator of CAR T Cell Function, Renyuan Bai, Nihao SUN, et al
Manuscript Early Prediction of Length of Stay in Hospitalized Patients with Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury, *Heramb Gupta, *Darsh Patel, *Shreya Hari, *Steven Solar, *Nihao SUN, Runtian Tang, J. L. Greenstein, C. O. Taylor, R. D. Stevens

📝 Posters & Course Projects

Poster 2019

Identification of the Host Proteins Associated with Honey Bee Virus (DWV) Replication

Nihao SUN, Jiayun Xu, and Meng Yuan.

PDF Link Seminar

We found that antibody recognizing the specific protein domain at the viral surface efficiently blocks DWV infection and expressed and purified the peptide of DWV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase to raise the antibody.

Course Project 2019

Functional Characterization of Af-pyrG gene by reverse Genetics

Nihao SUN, Likun Sun and Weiming Tan.

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It tried to characterize Af-pyrG gene functions in Aspergillus fumigates by reverse mutation. Future work needs to be done to explore exact functions of this gene based on BLAST results.