Associate Senior Research Fellow | Institute of Tsinghua university in shenzhen | China
Dr. Yaping Sun is an accomplished molecular biologist and Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Tsinghua University, Shenzhen. She is internationally recognized for her contributions to protein structural biology, epigenetic regulation, and DNA polymerase engineering. Her interdisciplinary research bridges fundamental molecular mechanisms with translational biotechnology, advancing both basic biology and applied diagnostics. Dr. Sun has revealed mechanisms of parental histone inheritance, developed engineered DNA polymerases with enhanced activity, and established microfluidics-based enzyme evolution platforms. She leads competitively funded programs, with 5 published documents, 10 citations by 7 documents, and an h-index of 2.
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