1994 - 1998  BS in Department of Pharmacy, Peking University Healthy Science Center

2000 - 2004  PhD in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland

2004 - 2005  Research Scientist inCalibrant Biosystems Inc.

2005 - 2011  Research fellow/Research Associate in Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University

2011 -           Principal Investigator in CAS Institute of Biophysics

Protein modification is one of the significant mechanisms of protein function and disease progression. Our research interests focus on determining protein modifications associated with disease, especially for glycoproteins and their glycosylation. These include: the development of new technologies for low-abundance proteom and glycan analyses; discovery and verify disease biomarkers using high throughput approaches of clinical proteomics and glycomics.The aim of our researches is to provide a greater understanding of human proteome and glycans in the diagnosis and management of human disease.

1. Zou W. J., Huang C. C., Sun Q., Zhao K. L., Gao H. Y., Su³, Li Y.*. A stepwise mutagenesis approach using histidine and acidic amino acid to engineer highly pH-dependent protein switches, 3-Biotech, 2022, 12,21.

2. Liu L.^#, Xie W. C.^#, Song Z. J., Wang T. Y., Li X. S., Gao Y.*, Li Y.*, Zhang J. Q., Guo X. H. Addition of 3-methoxytyramine or chromogranin A to plasma free metanephrines as the initial test for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: Which is the best diagnostic strategy, Clinical Endocrinology. 2021,8:1-7.

3. Song Z. J., Gao H. Y., Xie W. C., Sun Q., Liang K.*, Li Y.*. Quantitative MALDI-MS assay of steroid hormones in plasma based on hydroxylamine derivatization, Analytical Biochemistry, 2021,616,114089.

4. Huang C. C., Tan Z. S., Zhao K. L., Zou W. J., Wang H., Gao H. Y., Sun S. W., Bu D. B., Chai W. G.*, Li Y.*. The Effect of N-glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein on The Virus Interaction with The Host Cell ACE2 Receptor, iScience, 2021, 24, 103272.

5. Wang H.^#, Wang Y.^#, Hou M. J., Zhang C. M., Wang Y. J., Guo Z. D., Bu D. B., Li Y., Huang C. C.*, Sun S. W.*. HepParser: An Intelligent Software for Deciphering Low Molecular Weight Heparin Based on Mass Spectrometry, Frontiers in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, 2021, 9, 723149.

6. Wang J. Y., Huang C. C., Zhou J. Y., Zhao K. L., Li Y.*. Causal link between immunoglobulin G glycosylation and cancer: A potential glycobiomarker for early tumor detection, Cellular Immunology, 2021,361,104282.

7. 关丽芬^#，王俊妍^#，李炜煊，黄纯翠，李岩*. 体外培养细胞系与人体蛋白质N糖基化的差异研究，癌症进展，已接收.

8. 孙青，梁锴，李岩*.血液样本质量的评估技术进展. 生物化学与生物物理进展，2021,48 (8):938-946.

9. Huang C. C.^#, Wang H.^#, Bu D. B., Zhou J. Y., Dong J. C., Zhang J. W., Gao H. Y., Wang Y. J., Chai W. G.*, Sun S. W.*, Li Y.*. Multistage Mass Spectrometry with Intelligent Precursor Selection for N-Glycan Branching Pattern Analysis, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020, 237, 116122.

10. Huang C. C., Sun S. W., Yan J. Y., Wang H., Zhou J. Y., Gao H. Y., Xie W. C., Li Y.*, Chai W. G.*. Identification of carbohydrate peripheral epitopes important for recognition by positive-ion multistage mass spectrometry, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020, 229, 115528.

11. Wang H., Zhang J. W., Dong J. C., Hou M. J., Pan W. Y., Bu D. B., Zhou J. Y., Zhang Q., Wang Y. J., Zhao K. L., Li Y., Huang C. C.*, Sun S. W.*. Identification of glycan branching patterns using multistage mass spectrometry with spectra tree analysis, Journal of Proteomics, 2020, 217, 103649.

12. Zhou J. Y., Gao H. Y., Xie W. C., Li Y.*. Bovine serum albumin affects N-glycoforms of murine IgG monoclonal antibody purified from hybridoma supernatants, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020,104, 1583-1594.

13. Huang C. C., Yan J. Y., Zhan L. P., Zhao M, Zhou J. Y., Gao H. Y., Xie W. C., Li Y.*, Chai W. Linkage and sequence analysis of neutral oligosaccharides by negative-ion MALDI tandem mass spectrometry with laser-induced dissociation, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2019, 1071, 25-35.

14. Wang Y. J., Bu D. B., Huang C. C., Wang H., Zhou J. Y., Dong J. C., Pang W. Y., Zhang J. W., Zhang Q., Li Y., Sun S. W.*. Best-first search guided multistage mass spectrometry-based glycan identification. Bioinformatics, 2019, 35, 2991-2997.

15. Sun D. H., Hu F. L., Gao H. Y., Song Z. J., Xie W. C., Wang P., Shi L. J., Wang K., Li Y., Huang C. C.*, Li Z. G.*. Distribution of abnormal IgG glycosylation patterns from rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis patients by MALDI-TOF-MSn, Analyst, 2019, 144, 2042-2051.

16. Ju F. S., Zhang J. W., Bu D. B., Li Y., Zhou J. Y., Wang H., Wang Y. J., Huang C. C.*, Sun S. W.*. De Novo glycan structural identification from mass spectra using tree merging strategy, Computational Biology and Chemistry, 2019, 80, 217-224.

17. Zhang W. W., Gao H. Y., Sun Q, Liang K, Xie W. C., Li Y.*. LC-MS/MS studies on sample quality control of Fabry Disease, Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2019,46(8):823-34.

18. Zhou J. Y., Gao H. Y., Xie W. C., Li Y.*. FcγR-binding affinity of monoclonal murine IgG1s carrying different N-linked Fc oligosaccharides, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2019,520(1): 8-13.

19. Sun S. W., Huang C. C., Wang Y. J., Liu Y. M., Zhang J. W., Zhou J. Y., Gao F., Yang F, Chen R. S., Mulloy B., Chai W. G., Li Y.*, Bu D. B.*. Toward Automated Identification of Glycan Branching PatternsUsing Multistage Mass Spectrometry with Intelligent Precursor Selection, Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90 (24): 14412-14422.

20. Liang K., Gao H. Y., Gu Y. J., Yang S. J., Zhang J. L., Li J. J., Wang Y. L., Wang Y.J., Li Y.*. Graphene oxide aggregate-assisted LDI-MS for the direct analysis of triacylglycerol in complex biological samples，Analytica Chimica Acta, 2018,1035（4）:108-118.

21. Zhao Q. Q., Zhan T. C., Deng Z. A., Li Q. Q., Liu Y. M., Yang S. J., Ji D. B., Li Y.*. Glycan analysis of colorectal cancer samples reveals stage-dependent changes in CEA glycosylation patterns, Clinical Proteomics, 2018, 15(9).

22. Wang X. N., Deng Z. A., Huang C. C., Zhu T., Lou J. T., Wang L., Li Y.*. Differential N-glycan patterns identified in lung adenocarcinoma by N glycan profiling of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections, Journal of proteomics, 2018, 172: 1-10.

23. Huang C. C., Liu Y. M., Wu H. M., Sun D. H., Li Y.*. Characterization of IgG glycosylation in rheumatoid arthritis patients by MALDI-TOF-MSn and capillary electrophoresis, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2017, 409(15): 3731-3739.

24. Chen H. H., Deng Z. A., Huang C. C., Wu H. M., Zhao X., Li Y.*. Mass spectrometric profiling reveals association of N-glycan patterns with epithelial ovarian cancer progression, Tumor Biology, 2017, 39(7).

25. Zhao K. L., Huang C. C., Wu H. M., Li Y.*. Progress in Understanding of Glycan Structure Analysis Based on Mass Spectrometry, Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2017, 44(1): 49-57.

26. Liang K., Wu H. M., Li Y.*. Immune-Enrichment of Insulin in Bio-fluids on Gold-Nanoparticle Decorated Target Plate and In-situ Detection by MALDI MS, Clinical Proteomics, 2017, 14: 5.

27. Liang K., Liu F., Fan J., Sun D., Liu C., Bernard D. W., Li,Y., Yokoi K., Katz M. H., Koay E. J., Zhao Z., Hu T. Y. *. Nanoplasmonic Quantification of Tumor-derived Extracellular Vesicles in PlasmaMicrosamples for Diagnosis and TreatmentMonitoring, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2017, 1: 0021.

28. Zhou J.Y., Li Q. Q., Huang C. C., Wu H. M., Li Y.*. Recent Advances in the Structural Analysis of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide and Its Oligosaccharide Chains, Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2017, 44(1): 49-57.

29. Liang K., Wu H. M., Hu T. Y., Li Y.*. Mesoporous Silica Chip-Enabled Peptide Profiling as an Effective Platform for Controlling Bio-Sample Quality and Optimizing Handling Procedure, Clinical Proteomics, 2016, 13: 34.

30. Huang C. C., Zhan T. C., Liu Y. M., Wu H. M., Li Y.*. Characterization of IgG glycosylation in rheumatoid arthritis patients by MALDI-TOF-MSn and Capillary Electrophoresis, Glycobiology, 2016, 1486.

31. Sun S. W., Huang C. C., Wang Y. J., Liu Y. M., Chai W. G., F. Yang, Zhang J. W., Gao F., Chen R. S., Li Y., Bu D. B.*. Towards automated identification of glycan branching patterns using multistage mass spectrometry with intelligent precursor selection, Glycobiology, 2016, 1458.

32. Zhang Z. Q., Li Y.*. The application of mass spectrometry in clinical biochemistry, Laboratory Medicine, 2015, 30(5): 407-409.

33. Zhao Q. Q., Zhang Z. Q., Li Y.*. The application of mass spectrometry for protein markers discovery in cancer detection, Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2015, 8(2): 82-84.

34. Yuan S. S., Li Q. Q., Zhang Y., Huang C. C., Wu H. M., Li Y., Liu Y. L., Yu N., Zhang H., Lu G. Z., Gao Y. M., Gao Y., Guo X. H.*. Changes in Anti-thyroglobulin IgG Glycosylation Patterns in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Patients, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2015, 100(2): 717-724.

35. Huang C. C., Zhan T. C., Liu Y. M., Li Q. Q., Wu H. M., Ji D. B., Li Y.*. Glycomic profiling of carcinoembryonic antigen isolated from human tumor tissue, Clinical Proteomics, 2015, 12(1): 17.

36. Li Y., Shah P., De Marzo A. M., Van Eyk J. E., Li Q. Q., Chan D. W., Zhang H.*. Identification of glycoproteins containing specific glycans using a lectin-chemical method, Analytical Chemistry, 2015,87(9): 4683-7.