Jun Qu PhD

Jun Qu

Jun Qu
PhD

Contact Information
318 Pharmacy Building
Buffalo, New York 14214-8033
Phone: (716) 645-4821
Fax: (716) 645-4821
junqu@buffalo.edu



Professional Summary:

Jun Qu is a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of SUNY-Buffalo and the group leader of the Proteomics and Pharmaceutical Analysis lab in New York Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. His research is focused on the characterization of protein biotherapeutics and Clinical/Pharmaceutical Proteomics using novel LC/MS-based strategies. His research programs include i) highly sensitive and accurate investigation of biotherapeutics/markers/targets in pharmaceutical and clinical systems using innovative LC/MS approaches; ii) high-resolution and large-scale expression profiling of pathological proteomes using MS1-based proteomic methods; and iii) Sensitive identification, localization and quantification of post-translational modifications in tissue proteomes. His lab possesses many state-of-the-art LC/MS instruments, including Orbitrap Fusion Lumos MS, TSQ Altis triple-quadrupole MS, various high-performance LC systems, and state-of-the-art sample preparation techniques. A number of key analytical advances have been developed by his lab that greatly enhanced the depth, sensitivity and throughput for protein analysis.His group is one of the current world leaders in LC-MS-based study of biotherapeutics in pre-clinical models, as well as MS1-based quantitative proteomics and has >110 peer reviewed publications and >60 grants funded as PI or co-I.

Education and Training:

  • PhD, Tsinghua University (2002)

Employment:

  • Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, department of Pharmaceutical sciences School of Pharmacy (2018-present)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (2013-present)
  • Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, department of Pharmaceutical sciences School of Pharmacy (2012-present)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Department of Biochemistry Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2011-present)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, University at Buffalo, Department of Ophthalmology Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2010-present)
  • chief scientist, New York Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life ScienceNew York Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Science (2007-present)
  • Graduate Faculty, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, department of Pharmaceutical sciences School of Pharmacy (2007-present)
  • Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, department of Pharmaceutical sciences School of Pharmacy (2009–2013)
  • Research Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, department of Pharmaceutical sciences School of Pharmacy (2004–2008)

Awards and Honors:

  • UB Exceptional Scholar Sustained Achievement Award (2019)
  • Outstanding speaker award, Indian APA conference (2019)
  • Outstanding contribution award for medicinal analysis (2015)
  • Thermo Scientific Research Award (2015)
  • Selected by the Chemistry Department of Tsinghua University as one of the ten most prominent alumni graduated 2000-2010. (2012)
  • Delegate of the International Task Force for Vitamin D and MS Prevention (2011)
  • Fellow of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center (2011)
  • American Heart Association Scientist Development Award (2011)
  • Clinical and Translational Award of SUNY (2010)
  • Chinese Association for Instrumental Analysis (2004)
  • outstanding academic delegate and met with Chinese President Jiang Zhemin (2001)
  • Chinese-Glories Scholarship (2000)
  • Dr. Mei Yiqi Scholarship (1999)
  • Dupont Distinguished Student Scholarship (1998)

Research Expertise:

  • Pharmaceutical Analysis: Targeted quantification of regulatory, marker proteins for clinical study, using highly-sensitive nano-LC/SRM-based methods. A number of key analytical advances have been developed in his laboratory, which greatly enhance the proteomic coverage, sensitivity and throughput for proteomic research.
  • Proteomics: i) high-resolution and large-scale expression profiling of pathological proteomes (e.g. for cardiovascular diseases, colon cancer and infectious diseases) for the discovery of disease/therapeutic biomarkers using gel-free LC/MS methods; ii) Sensitive identification, localization and quantification of post-translational modifications in complex proteomes; Here, novel anti-PTM-peptide capture procedures, and alternating collision induced dissociation /electron transferring dissociation methods are employed to obtain abundant PTM information;


Professional Memberships:

  • AAPS (2011)
  • American Heart Association (2011)
  • American Heart Association (AHA) (2011–present)
  • American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) (2011–present)
  • Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) (2011–present)
  • International Society of Heart Research (ISHR) (2010–present)
  • American Society of Mass Spectrometry (2004)
  • American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) (2004–present)

Presentations:

  • "Extensive investigation of ocular tissue disposition of antibody-drug conjugates and the ocular toxicity using novel LC-MS-based strategies" Protein Therapeutics Symposium; Center of Protein Therapeutics Symposium (2019)
  • "Sensitive, accurate investigation of biotherapeutics and biomarker/target levels in both fresh and FFPE tissues, and application in Inflammatory bowel diseases" Protein Therapeutics Symposium; ; Center of Protein Therapeutics Symposium (2019)
  • "Novel strategies for global and targeted proteomics" invited seminar; Wake Forest University; Wake Forest University (2019)
  • "Towards Highly Sensitive and Accurate Analysis of Novel Biotherapeutics in Tissues" India APA meeting (2019)
  • "Novel methods to characterize biotherapeutics and biomarkers in tissues" Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (2018)
  • "Characterization of protein therapeutics and targets in tissue" annuval meeting of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists; ; Invited talk (2018)
  • "Comprehensive tissue analysis by LC-MS" ThermoFisher User meeting (2018)
  • "Comprehensive tissue analysis by LC-MS" ThermoFisher User meeting (2018)
  • "Comprehensive tissue analysis by LC-MS" ThermoFisher User meeting (2018)
  • "Novel bioanalytical methods to investigate cancer biotherapeutics" annual Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis conference; ; Invited talk (2018)
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Service Activities:

  •  Evaluation of tenure and promotion case for Roswell Park Cancer Institute Evaluation of tenure and promotion case for Roswell Park Cancer Institute; Committee Member (2019)
  •  Evaluation of tenure and promotion case Evaluation of tenure and promotion case for University of Rochester; Other (2017)
  • Session organizer and chair Session organizer and chair: US Human Proteome Organization; Chair (2017)
  •  Chair Chair, Committee on Career and Professional Development, Chinese American Association of Mass Spectrometry (2107-); Chair (2017–present)
  • Session Chair Session Chair: Eastern Analytical Symposium (2016)
  •  Grant reviewing panel Grant reviewing panel: Hong Kong Research Grants Council: Collaborative Grants Scheme; Grant Reviewer (2016)
  • Faculty senator Faculty Senate Committee; Member (2016–present)
  • UB Faculty Senate; Member (2016–present)
  • UB Faculty Senate 2016-present UB Faculty Senate; Senator (2016–present)
  •  Grant reviewing panel  Grant reviewing panel: NASA Human Exploration Research Opportunities Omics grants; Grant Reviewer (2015–2016)
  •  Committee organizer  Committee organizer for Early Career Competition, HUMAN PROTEOME ORGANIZATION; Committee Member (2015)
  • Session organizer Session organizer of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry 2015 conference; Other (2015)
  • Committee 2015-present Committee for selection of applicants to NSF-Major Research Instrumentation Program of UB; Committee Member (2015–present)
  • Committee for selection of NSF-Major Research Instrumentation Program of UB; Member (2015–present)
  •  Co-Organizer  Co-Organizer of the Clinical Day, HUMAN PROTEOME ORGANIZATION 2014; Committee Member (2014)
  • Reviewer Reviewer for Buffalo IMPACT grants; Reviewer (2014)
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences Comprehensive Program Review: Graduate Program Review Committee; Member (2012–present)
  • Departmental Seminar Series; Chair (2012–2013)
  • recruitment of research assistant professor; Member (2012–present)
  • UB-UZ AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP); Advisor (2012–present)
  • Chair 2012–2013 Chair of Departmental Seminar Series; Chair (2012–2013)
  • review committee; Member (2012)
  • Committee member 2012 Committee member for the recruitment of research assistant professor (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences); Committee Member (2012)
  •  Abstract reviewer and oral session co-organizer Abstract reviewer and oral session co-organizer, 2012 American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Meeting; Reviewer (2012)
  • Curriculum Committee; Member (2011–present)
  • Faculty & Staff” subcommittee of the Self-Study Committee of School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Member (2010)
  • Runing the proteomics and pharmaceutical analysis facility Assist and provide expertise and resource to the faculty member in PHC and other departments for proteomic analysis and pharmaceutical analysis. collaborated with >20 groups.; Other (2009)
  • thesis committee; Member (2007–2012)
  • Journal peer-review activities Analytical Chemistry, Circulation Research, Journal of Chromatography A, Journal of Chromatography B, Journal of Separation Sciences, Journal of Proteomics, Proteomics, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Journal of Proteome Research, Journal of American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, American Association of Pharmaceutical Science Journal, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Proteomics, Molecular Vision, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Method, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports .; Peer Reviewer (2005–present)
  • Running the COE proteomics core facility; Other

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Contact Information

318 Pharmacy Building
Buffalo, New York 14214-8033
Phone: (716) 645-4821
Fax: (716) 645-4821
junqu@buffalo.edu