• B.S., 1996, Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China
• M.S., 1999, Chemical Engineering (Biochemical Engineering), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Ph.D., 2003, Plant Biology (Fungal Genetics and Biology), University of Georgia, USA
• Postdoctoral research, 2007, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (Medical Mycology), Duke University Medical Center, USA

Joined the Department of Biology in 2008
Associated Faculty Member of Health Science Center School of Graduate Studies since 2012

Awards:

1. ICAAC Young Investigator Award, the American Society of Microbiology (ASM), 2009
2. Teaching Excellence Award (SLATE), TAMU, 2009
3. Eukaryotic Cell Outstanding Young Investigator Award, the American Society of Microbiology (ASM), 2009
4. Teaching Excellence Award (SRATE), TAMU, 2011

Lin Lab Website

Xiaorong Lin
Assistant Professor

3258 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3258

Office:
Biological Sciences Building West
Room 435D
979-845-7274

Lab:
Biological Sciences Building West
Room 435
979-845-7259

Fax: 979-845-2891
Email: xlin@mail.bio.tamu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research in our laboratory focuses on medical mycology:  (1) We study the molecular mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis.  (2) We investigate novel drugs that have the potential to be used to treat fungal infections.  The long term goal of our research is to seek better approaches for diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of fungal diseases.

1. Wang L, Zhai B, and Lin X*. (in press) The link between morphotype transition and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS Pathogens
2. Zhai B, Cheng W, Wang L, Sachs MS*, and Lin X*. (2012) The antidepressant sertraline provides a promising therapeutic option for neurotropic cryptococcal infections. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print].
3. Qin Q, Luo J, Lin X,  Pei J, Frerichs MG, Ficht TA, and de Figueiredo P (2011). Functional analysis of host factors that mediate the intracellular lifestyle of Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS Pathogens.
4. Wang L and Lin X* (2011). Mechanisms of same sex mating in Cryptococcus neoformans. Fungal Genetics and Biology. Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print].
5. Zhai B and Lin X* (2011). Recent progress on antifungal drug development. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.
6. Lin X*, Jackson JC, Feretzaki M, Xue C, and Heitman J (2010). Transcription factorsMat2 and Znf2 operate cellular circuits orchestrating opposite and same-sex mating in Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS Genetics. 3;6(5):e1000953.
7. Zhai B, Zhou H, Yang L, Zhang J, Jung K, Giam C, Xiang X, and Lin X* (2010). Polymyxin B, in combination with fluconazole, exerts a potent fungicidal effect. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. May;65(5):931-8.
8. Lin X*. (2009) Cryptococcus neoformans: morphogenesis, infection, and evolution.    Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 9:401-416.
9. Jackson J, Higgins L, and Lin X*. (2009) Conidiation color mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus are highly pathogenic to the heterologous insect host Galleria mellonella. PLoS ONE.4(1), e4224 (1-14).
10. Lin X, Patel S, Litvintseva A, Floyd A, Mitchell TG, and Heitman J.  (2009) Diploids in the Cryptococcus neoformans serotype Apopulation homozygous for the a mating type originate via unisexual mating. PLoS Pathogens. 5(1), e1000283 (1-18).

(* corresponding author)
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