曹利民

2008年2月畢業於天津大學化工學院，獲工學博士學位。

2011.1-至今首都師範大學生命科學學院副教授

2010.4-2010.10 加拿大薩斯喀徹温大學醫學院博士後

2008.4-2010.4 基因港（香港）科技有限公司及香港中文大學從事纖維素乙醇研究，Senior Scientist

2003.9-2008.2 參與代謝工程釀酒酵母工業菌株提高乙醇產量的研究（863計劃）；主要構建的優化工程菌株“FTG2” 獲得了美國EdenIQ公司總額為95萬美元資金，用於技術許可費和合作開發資助。

釀酒酵母戊糖和己糖代謝工程；合成生物學生產生物乙醇，丁醇和柴油等重要生物基化學品；纖維素和半纖維素降解的分子機制。

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[2] Cao, L.M., Kong, Q.X., Zhang, A.L., and Chen, X. (2010). Overexpression of SYM1 in a gpdDelta mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with modified ammonium assimilation for optimization of ethanol production. J Taiwan Inst Chem E41, 2-7.

[3] Kong, Q.X., Cao, L.M., Zhang, A.L., and Chen, X. (2007a). Overexpressing GLT1 in gpd1Delta mutant to improve the production of ethanol of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol73, 1382-1386.

[4] Kong, Q.X., Gu, J.G., Cao, L.M., Zhang, A.L., Chen, X., and Zhao, X.M. (2006). Improved production of ethanol by deleting FPS1 and over-expressing GLT1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnol Lett28, 2033-2038.

[5] Kong, Q.X., Zhang, A.L., Cao, L.M., and Chen, X. (2007b). Over-expressing GLT1 in a gpd2Delta mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to improve ethanol production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol75, 1361-1366.

[6] Xu, X.J., Cao, L.M., and Chen, X. (2008). Elementary flux mode analysis for optimized ethanol yield in anaerobic fermentation of glucose with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Chinese J Chem Eng16, 135-142.

[7] Zhang, A., Kong, Q., Cao, L., and Chen, X. (2007). Effect of FPS1 deletion on the fermentation properties of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Lett Appl Microbiol44, 212-217.