Dr. Xia received her PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from KAIST. Her current research focuses on developing synthetic biology tools and creating microbial hosts for the design and sustainable production of advanced protein-based functional materials.
Wei SP†, Qian ZG†, Hu CF†, Pan F, Chen MT, Lee SY, Xia XX*. Formation and functionalization of membraneless compartments in Escherichia coli. Nat. Chem. Biol., 2020, 16(10):1143-1148.
Qin N, Qian ZG, Zhou C, Xia XX*, Tao TH*. 3D electron-beam writing at sub-15 nm resolution using spider silk as a resist. Nat. Commun., 2021, 12: 5133.
Jin Q†, Pan F†, Hu CF, Lee SY, Xia XX*, Qian ZG*. Secretory production of spider silk proteins in metabolically engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum for spinning into tough fibers. Metab. Eng., 2022, 70: 102-114.