Sheng Yin

Contact Details 

Email: yinsheng@btbu.edu.cn

Telephone/Mobile (optional): +86 010 68984547

Office: Room 311, Building 8, East Campus, Beijing Technology and Business University, 11 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, P. R. China

Position

Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Food Science and Chemical Engineering.

Education Background

2002-2006 BSc in Bioengineering, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University

2006-2011 Ph. D. in Food Science, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University

2011-2012 Postdoc, Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Research Field/Interests

1. Biosynthesis and regulation of high-value-added metabolites in food microorganism.

2. Food microorganismMetabolism in Chinese traditional fermented foods and its contribution to the characteristic product quality formation.

3. Fermentation and application of food microorganism (Probiotics).

Research Grants

1. Identification of key enzymes and the pathway-specific regulation mechanism of higher alcohols biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Joint Program of Beijing NaturalScience Foundation and Beijing Municipal EducationCommission,2019-2022).

2. Study of the molecular mechanism of Monascus pigments biosynthesis in Monascus purpureus by proteomics (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015-2017).

3. Construction of a novel food-grade vector for lactic acid bacteria that uses aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase as the selection marker (Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 2015-2017).

Publications

1. Wu Yiping; Zha Musu; Yin Sheng*; et al. Novel Method for L-Methionine Production Catalyzed by the Aminotransferase ARO8 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 2018, 66 (24): 6116-6122.

2. Zha Musu; Sun Baoguo; Yin Sheng*; et al. Generation of 2-Furfurylthiol by Carbon-Sulfur Lyase from the Baijiu Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae G20. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 2018, 66(9): 2114-2120.

3. Zha Musu; Yin Sheng*; Sun Baoguo; et al. STR3 and CYS3 Contribute to 2-Furfurylthiol Biosynthesis in Chinese Sesame-Flavored Baijiu Yeast. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 2017, 65(27): 5503-5511.

4. Yin Sheng; Lang Tiandan; Xiao Xiao; et al. Significant Enhancement of Methionol Production by Co-expression of the Aminotransferase Gene ARO8 and the Decarboxylase Gene ARO10 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2015, 362(5), fnu043.

5. Yin Sheng; Zhou Hui; Xiao Xiao; et al. Improving 2-Phenylethanol Production via Ehrlich Pathway Using Genetic Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains. Current Microbiology, 2015.5, 70(5): 762-767.

6. Yin Sheng; Zhai Zhengyuan; Wang Guohong; et al. A Novel Vector for Lactic Acid Bacteria that Uses a Bile Salt Hydrolase Gene as a Potential Food-grade Selection Marker. Journal of Biotechnology, 2011, 152: 49-53.

7. An Haoran; Zhai Zhengyuan; Yin Sheng; et al. Coexpression of the Superoxide Dismutase and the Catalase Provides Remarkable Oxidative Stress Resistance in Lactobacillus rhamnosus. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 2011, 59: 3851-3856.

8. Wang Guohong; Yin Sheng; An Haoran; et al. Coexpression of Bile Salt Hydrolase Gene and Catalase Gene Remarkably Improves Oxidative Stress and Bile Salt Resistance in Lactobacillus casei. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2010, 38: 985-990.

9. Yin Sheng; Hao Yanling; Zhai Zhengyuan; et al. Functional analysis of the plasmid pM4 replicon from Lactobacillus plantarum M4: determination of the minimal replicon and functionality identification of the putative sso. Plasmid, 2009, 62:166-171.

10.Yin Sheng; Hao Yanling; Zhai Zhengyuan; et al. Characterization of a cryptic plasmid pM4 from Lactobacillus plantarum M4. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2008, 285:183-187.

Teaching Interests

Food Safety, Functional Food, Modern Microbiology and Fermentation Engineering,

Genetic EngineeringPrinciple and Application