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This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2013CB734001) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31470206 and 31571281).
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Huarong Tan obtained his Ph.D. in microbial genetics in 1991 at the University of East Anglia, England. In 1992, he started to work on the molecular regulation of differentiation and secondary metabolites in Streptomyces. In 1994, he was appointed as full Professor in molecular genetics at the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). From 1999 to 2008, he served as the Deputy Director of the Institute of Microbiology, CAS. From 2001 to 2011, he was a Vice President of Chinese Society for Microbiology. From 2013 to the present, he has been a Vice President of Chinese Society for Genetics. From 2014 to the present, he has been a member of editorial board for Molecular Microbiology. From 2010 to the present, he has been a member of editorial board for Science China Life Sciences. From 2006 to the present, he has been an Editor in Chief for Acta Microbiologica Sinica. He has published more than 130 papers on his research field.
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Li, Y., Tan, H. Biosynthesis and molecular regulation of secondary metabolites in microorganisms. Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 935–938 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9115-x
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