Department of Natural Medicines,School of pharmaceutical Sciences,Peking University

Feng XU Ph. D.

Assistant Professor

Tel.: 010-82802534

Email: xufeng76@bjmu.edu.cn

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1976.4	Born in -->-->-->-->-->Zhoukou, Henan Province
1997.7	B.Sc.	Pharmaceutics, Beijing Medical University
1997.8-1999.8	Pharmacist	Beijing Shijingshan Hospital
2005.7	Ph.D.	Pharmacognosy, Peking University
2005.12-2007.3	COE researcher School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, JAPAN
2007.5-2009.10	Postdoctoral Fellow School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University
2009.11-present	Assistant Professor School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Exploring the effective substances of traditional Chinese medicines and traditional Chinese medical formulae

2. Study on ADME properties of natural medicines and natural products

3. Finding natural medicines and natural products which can prevent or treat stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.

HONORS

1. Excellent Postdoc of Peking University, 2009

2. Teaching Award (third class) for young teachers, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2010

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Miao SUN, Ting ZHOU, Liang ZHOU, Qiang CHEN, Yan YU, Huan YANG, Kai-Yin ZHONG, Xi-Meng ZHANG, Feng XU, Shao-Qing CAI, Albert YU, Hui ZHANG, Rui-Zhong XIAO, Dong-Sheng FAN, De-Hua Chui. Formononetin protects neurons against hypoxia-induced cytotoxicity through upregulation of ADAM10 and sAbPPa. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2012, 28(4):795-808.

2. Shao-Qing CAI, Dong-Hui YANG, Feng XU. An approach to multicomponent and multitarget actions of a Chinese medicine prescription, Buyang Huanwu decoction. The 50^th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy. 2009, June 27~July 1, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

3. Feng XU, Chika MORI, Nobuko KAKIUCHI, Masayuki MIKAGE. Selection of the suitable soil for cultivating Ephedra herb in Kanazawa. The 127^th annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. 2007, Mar., Toyama, Japan

4. Feng XU, Nobuko KAKIUCHI, Masayuki MIKAGE. Monthly variation of ephedrine alkaloids contents of Ephedra sinica and E. gerardiana cultivated in Kanazawa. The 53^rd annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy. 2006, Oct., Saitama, Japan.

5. Feng XU, Yue ZHANG, Sheng-Yuan XIAO, Xiao-Wei LU, Dong-Hui YANG, Xiao-Da YANG, Chang-Ling LI, Ming-Ying SHANG, Peng-Fei TU, Shao-Qing CAI. Absorption and metabolism of Astragali Radix decoction: in silico, in vitro, and a case study in vivo. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 2006, 34(6): 913-924.

6. Shao-Qing CAI, Feng XU. Studies on the effective substances of Buyang Huanwu Decoction-Absorption of seven crude drugs. China-Japan Jointed Symposium on Natural Medicine. April 28, 2006, Nanjing, China.

Faculty

Xu Feng