Wang Jiajun, an SBC Engineering student and graduate from the class of 2012, has recently published two major research papers in collaboration with academics and professionals from Nation Technology GmbH, Jacobs University in Bremen, Ionera Technologies GmbH, the University of Gothenburg and the University of Freiburg. Wang Jiajun is a PhD student at Jacobs University in Bremen and technical consultant at Nanion Technology GmbH in Germany.
His first research paper, entitled “Cell-Free Expression of a Functional Pore-only Sodium Channel” was published on March 11, 2015 by Elsevier, the world’s leading provider of science and health information. Elsevier publishes nearly 2,200 journals and reaches more than 30 million scientists, students and health and information professionals worldwide. In this paper, Wang discussed and proved that voltage-gated sodium channels participate in the propagation of action potentials in excitable cells. Eukaryotic NavS are pseudo homotetrameric polypeptides, comprising four repeats of six transmembrane segments (S1–S6). (The paper is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104659281500042X)
His second research paper “Antibiotic Translocation through Porins Studied in Planar Lipid Bilayers Using Parallel Platforms” was published on March 20, 2015 in the journal of Royal Society of Chemistry, a not-for-profit organisation with a heritage of 170 years, withthan 51,000 members and an international publishing and knowledge business. (1)They are the UK’s “professional body for chemical scientists, supporting and representing members and bringing together chemical scientists from all over the world”. The paper offered a comparative study of the three different techniques Orbit16, Port-a-Patch and BLM applied used in the investigation of antibiotic translocation. Among them, Orbit16 and Port-a-patch are principally designed by Nanion Technologies GmbH. (The paper is available at http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/an/c4an02335h)
Wang Jiajun studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at SBC and graduated with a First Class Degree in 2012. He obtained his Master’s Degree with Merit at the University of Southampton in 2013. With recommendation from his supervisor at the University of Southampton, he won the opportunity to pursue a PhD at Jacobs University in Bremen of Germany with a full scholarship. His research project focuses on an investigation of the penetration strategies of molecules through the bacteria cell membrane at the basis of influx and efflux. In Wang’s work, the interactions of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) with antibiotic molecules are analysed on the single molecular level. His study also includes the development of the latest parallel analysis station at very high resolution.
Dr Adrian Chong, Head of the School of the Engineering at SBC, had this to say: “It is with great pride that we see today how Jiajun has graduated from our engineering course and gone on to do the school proud by expanding the strong academic foundation he has received in SBC to contribute back to the world of academia. I am extremely heartened to see our graduates accomplish much in the academic realm. This gives us even greater confidence in our curriculum and its rigour in adequately equipping our students for the real world.”
