Research Seminar of Prof. Liang Tong from Columbia University

Short Biography:

Liang Tong, Ph.D.

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Chair
Department of Biological Sciences
1212 Amsterdam Avenue
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-5203
FAX: (212) 865-8246
e-mail: ltong@columbia.edu
http://tonglab.biology.columbia.edu

EXPERIENCE:

September, 1997 - present
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor (Feb. 15 - present), Chair (July 13 - present)

August, 1992 - August, 1997
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut

Principal Scientist (Jan. 96 - Aug. 97), Senior Scientist (Aug. 92 - Dec. 95)

August, 1989 - July, 1992
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Prof. Michael G. Rossmann)

August, 1984 - July, 1989
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Research Assistant (Prof. Sung-Hou Kim)

January, 1983 - July, 1983
Peking University, Beijing, China Undergraduate Research Assistant (Prof. You-Qi Tang)

EDUCATION:
Ph. D., Biophysical Chemistry (Protein Crystallography). December, 1989
University of California, Berkeley
B. Sc., Chemistry. July, 1983 Peking University (Beijing, P.R. China)

HONORS:
Phi Beta Kappa, 1989; Sigma Xi, 1991.
The Vice President's Golden Achievement Award, 1996. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Ridgefield, CT.
The first Boehringer Ingelheim worldwide Research and Development Award, 1997.
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2009.

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Protein and Peptide Letters, Regional Editor (Oct. 2006 -)

J. Biol. Chem. (July 2006 - Dec. 2009)
Science in China B: Chemistry (Nov. 2008 -)

Faculty of 1000 (2004 - 2007)

PATENT:
1. Carboxyltransferase domain of acetyl-CoA carboxylase. U.S. Patent 7,884,189 B2 (issued 2/8/11)

PUBLICATIONS:

245 total, 210 research papers + 35 reviews/book chapters

Including Science 5 and Nature 15