Dr Zihao (Jerry) Yang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology
Peng Group

Jerry specialises in molecular microbiology, synthetic biology, genetics and biochemistry.
Dr. Jerry Yang is a Postdoctoral researcher with a background in molecular microbiology, synthetic biology, genetics, and biochemistry. Currently based at IDEA Bio (UQ), he works at the interface of synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology, focusing on engineering yeast cell factories for the biosynthesis of natural and therapeutic compounds.
Key Publications
Loss of cardiolipin and porins bypasses the essentiality of the sigma E cell envelope stress response in Escherichia coli