NAME: Lin, Dachuan

POSITION TITLE: Assistant Professor, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shenzhen University School of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING

A.   Personal Statement

My long-standing research interests fall in the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

B.   Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

09/2012–1/2014   Research assistant, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, China

12/2017 – present      Assistant Professor, Shenzhen University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Organizing International Meetings

None

Other Experience and Honors

None

C.   Contributions to Science

My current research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance as a basis for drug discovery, especially in tuberculosis.

D.   Research Support

None

E.    Peer-reviewed publications (*:co- first author)

1.    Dachuan Lin, Meiying Yan, Song Lin, Sheng Chen. Increasing prevalence of hydrogen sulfide negative Salmonella in retail meats. Food Microbiology. Volume 43, October 2014, Pages 1-4. 

2.    Dachuan Lin, Kaichao Chen, Ruichao Li, Jiubiao Guo, Wen Yao, Sheng Chen. Selection of target mutation in rat gastrointestinal tract E. coli by minute dosage of enrofloxacin. Front Microbiol. Volume 5, September 2014, 468. 

3.    Dachuan Lin, Sheng Chen. First detection of conjugative plasmid-borne fosfomycin resistance gene fosA3 in Salmonella isolates of food origin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. Volume 59(2), February 2015, Page 1381-3.

4.     Dachuan Lin, Kaichao Chen, Chan EW-C, Sheng Chen. Increasing prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant food-borne Salmonella strains harboring multiple PMQR elements but not target gene mutations. Scientific reports, Volume 5, October 2015, 14754.

5.    Dachuan Lin, Miaomiao Xie, Ruichao Li, Kaichao Chen, Chan EW-C, Sheng Chen. IncFII conjugative plasmid-mediated transmission of bla_NDM-1 elements among animal-borne E. coli strains. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 61, January 2017,  e02285-16.

6.    Dachuan Lin, Kaichao Chen, Miaomiao Xie, Lianwei Ye, Eward Wai-Chi Chan, Sheng Chen. Effect of ceftiofur and enrofloxacin on E. coli sub-population in pig gastrointestinal tract. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance,  (2017).

7.    Wang, J*., D.-C. Lin*, X.-M. Guo, H.-K. Wei, X.-Q. Liu, X.-J. Chen, J.-Y. Guo, Z.-L. Zeng and J. H. Liu. Distribution of the Multidrug Resistance Gene cfr in Staphylococcus Isolates from Pigs, Workers, and the Environment of a Hog Market and a Slaughterhouse in Guangzhou, China. Foodborne pathogens and disease. 2015,12(7): 598-605.