Dr. Tu focuses on preparing and prosecuting US and international patent applications. He has had 18 years of hands-on research experience at the forefront of chemistry, chemical biology, biophysics and computational biology working with universities in both China and the U.S.

Education

• Rutgers University – New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ
  • Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, China
  • M.S., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
• Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China
  • B.S., Bioengineering

Bar Admissions

• United States Patent and Trademark Office

Experience

Dr. Tu had 18 years of hands-on research experience at the forefront of chemistry, chemical biology, biophysics and computational biology. Dr. Tu has determined many 3-D dimensional structures of macromolecules related to AIDS, retinal diseases, neurotoxins, etc. and characterized their properties by means of various biophysical or biochemical tools. Dr. Tu had also managed an X-ray diffraction facility.

Presentations

• The macular degeneration-linked C1QTNF5 (S163) mutation causes higher-order structural rearrangements. J Struct Biol. 2014 Apr;186(1):86-94
• Crystal structure of the globular domain of C1QTNF5: Implications for late-onset retinal macular degeneration. J Struct Biol. 2012 Dec;180(3):439-46
• Structural basis of HIV-1 resistance to AZT by excision. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2010 Oct;17(10):1202-9