Professor Jiashu Sun
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST)
Biography
Jiashu Sun received her PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in 2010 under the mentorship of Prof. Deyu Li. She joined the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), as an Assistant Professor in 2011 and has been a professor and researcher since 2016. The Sun lab leverages interdisciplinary tools, including microfluidics, functional DNA materials, and machine learning, to develop low-cost, point-of-care, ultrasensitive assays for liquid biopsy. The lab has engineered a viscoelastic microfluidic platform for label-free, high-resolution isolation of circulating tumor cells and extracellular vesicles. Additionally, a thermophoretic microfluidic platform combined with functional DNA materials has been devised to directly profile proteins, nucleic acids, and glycans associated with extracellular vesicles in blood samples.
The molecular signature of EVs provides valuable information for early diagnosis, classification, therapeutic monitoring, and prognosis of various cancers.
Jiashu has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in leading international journals including Nat. Biomed. Eng., Sci. Adv., Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., ACS Nano, Nano Lett. and scored an H-index of 60. The Sun lab is committed to translating microfluidic research into practical applications that deliver real clinical impact.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, Sensors & Diagnostics
RSC prizes and awards
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