Part 1 Basic Information
Name: Di Mao
Address: School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, No. 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
Email: 153066414@qq.com
Part 2 Personal Profile
Dr. Di Mao is a Master's Supervisor at the School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University. His research focuses on medicinal chemistry.
Part 3 Education
•2011.10—2017.05, Kyoto University, Medical Science, Ph.D.
•2007.09—2010.06, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Medicinal Chemistry, M.S.
•2002.09—2006.06, China Pharmaceutical University, Chinese Traditional Medicine, B.S.
Part 4 Work Experience
•2021.5-Present, School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Principle Investigator
•2020.04—2021.03, University of the Ryukyus, PostDoc
•2015.04—2020.03, Kyoto University, Research Assistant, PostDoc, Program-Specific Assistant Professor
Part 5 Research Interests
1.Design and Synthesis of New Bioactive Molecules
2.Drug Design and Synthesis
3.Natural Products-Based Chemical Biology for Drug Discovery.
Part 6 Research Achievements
6.1 Research Projects
•2024-2027, National Natural Science Foundation of China
•2020-2021, JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan
6.2 Publications
1.Mao, D., Su X., Liu, C., Wei, B., Yang, Y., Li, X., Chen, C., Zou, Y., Ling, Z., Kakeya, H., Ding, L., Lu, S.* Structure Revision, Absolute Configuration Determination, and Biological Evaluation of Furanonaphthoquinone I. J. Nat. Prod. 2026, 89, 3, 992-999.
2. Zhang, Y., Ren, L., Kakeya, H., Liu, C.,* Mao, D.,* Lu, S.* Recent Progress in Nonanolides of Natural Origin: Structures, Synthesis, Biosynthesis, and Bioactivities. Chem. Rec. 2025, 25, e202500123.
3.Mao, D.#, Wei, B.#, Liu, C., Zhang, B., Zhang, Z., Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Ding, B., Ye, H., Wang, J., Sun, L., Gai, Y., Yu, P., Kakeya, H., Lu, S.* Discovery, total synthesis, and biological evaluation of tyrcinnamins as antibacterial agents and tyrosinase activators. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2025, 291, 117665.
4.Takemoto, Y.#, Mao, D.#, Punzalan, L., Götze, S., Sato, S., Uesugi, M. Discovery of a Small Molecule-Dependent Photolytic Peptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1142−1146.
5.Mao, D., Watson Chung X. K., Andoh-Noda, T., Qin, Y., Sato, S., Takemoto, Y., Akamatsu, W., Okano, H., Uesugi, M. Chemical Decontamination of iPS Cell-Derived Neural Cell Mixtures. Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 1355-1358.
6.Mao, D., Ando,S., Sato, S., Qin,Y., Hirata, N., Katsuda, Y., Kawase, E., Kuo, T.F., Minami, I., Shiba, Y., Ueda, K., Nakatsuji,N., Uesugi,M. A Synthetic Hybrid Molecule for the Selective Removal of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cell Mixtures. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1765-1770.
7.Kuo, T.F.#, Mao, D.#, Hirata, N., Khambu, B., Kimura, Y., Kawase, E., Shimogawa, H., Ojika, M., Nakatsuji, N., Ueda, K., Uesugi, M. Selective Elimination of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by a Marine Natural Product Derivative. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 9798-9801.
