Name: Gu Wei

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: Han

Title: Associate Professor

Education: Doctoral

Degree: PhD (Science)

Political affiliation: Member of the Communist Party of China

University: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Graduation: 2013.07

Field: Botany

Research interests: Ethnobotany; natural medicinal chemistry

Telephone: 18302512576

E-mail: guwei2009@126.com

Honours (with year)

Guizhou Provincial High-level Innovative Talent (“Thousand” level), 2021

Research projects led in the past five years

(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Regional Science Fund 32060081, Metabolomics-based ethnobotanical study of medicinal Rosa species in Guizhou, 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31, CNY 350,000, ongoing, PI;

(2) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Regional Science Fund 31860074, Ethnobotanical study of Gesneriaceae in the karst areas of Guizhou, 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31, CNY 400,000, completed, PI;

(3) Sub-project of the NSFC–Guizhou Karst Science Research Center joint fund, “Chemical basis of Lysionotus pauciflorus” (U1812403-3-7), 2019-01-01 to 2023-12-31, CNY 300,000 direct funding, completed, PI;

(4) Guizhou Provincial Department of Science and Technology, key project of the Natural Science Fund, “Multi-omics study of the distribution of phenylethanoid glycosides in medicinal Gesneriaceae of Guizhou and their antidepressant mechanisms” (Qiankehe Jichu-ZK[2024] key 084), 2024-04-01 to 2028-03-31, CNY 300,000, ongoing, PI;

(5) Guizhou Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Science and Technology Support Program, “High value-added application and development of the Miao medicine Blumea balsamifera” (Qiankehe Zhicheng [2018] 2799), 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31, CNY 300,000 direct funding, completed, PI.

Representative papers as first or corresponding author in the past five years (with CAS journal zone and impact factor)

1. J. Yang, J. Qiu, Y. Hu, Y. Zhang, L. Chen, Q. Long, J. Chen, J. Song, Q. Rao, Y. Li*, W. Gu*, X. Hao*, A natural small molecule induces megakaryocytic differentiation and suppresses leukemogenesis through activation of PKCd/ERK1/2 signaling pathway in erythroleukemia cells, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2019, 118, 109265. (IF=7.5; CAS zone 1)

2. Y. Zhang, Q. Liu, B. Liu, Z. Shu, J. Han, H. Liu, M. Cao, X. Yang, W. Gu*, G. Liu*. Dihydromyricetin inhibited ovalbumin-induced mice allergic responses by suppressing the activation of mast cells. Food and Function, 2019, 10, 7131-7141. (IF=6.1; CAS zone 1)

3. Y. Zhang, Z. Shu, Q. Liu, Y. Zhou, J. Zhang, H. Liu, M. Cao, X. Yang, W. Gu*, G. Liu*. Nevadensin relieves food allergic responses and passive cutaneous anaphylaxis in mice through inhibiting the expression of c-Kit receptors. Food and Function, 2020, 11, 10375. (IF=6.1; CAS zone 1)

4. W. Gu, X. Hao, Z. Wang, J. Zhang, L. Huang, S. Pei*. Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants from the Dragon Boat Festival herbal markets of Qianxinan, southwestern Guizhou, China. Plant Diversity, 2020, 42, 427-433. (IF=4.8; CAS zone 1)

5. W. Gu*, Y. Wei, X. Fu, R. Gu, J. Chen, J. Jian, L. Huang, C. Yuan, W. Guan*, X. Hao. HS-SPME/GC×GC-TOFMS-based flavoromics and antimicrobial properties of the aroma components of Zanthoxylum motuoense. Foods, 2023, 12, 2225. (IF=5.2; CAS zone 2)

6. M. Ni, J. Chen, M. Fu, H. Li, S. Bu, X. Hao *, W. Gu *. UPLC-ESI-MS/MS Based Analysis of Various Edible Rosa Fruits Concerning Secondary Metabolites and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant Activities. Foods, 2024, 13, 796. (IF=5.2; CAS zone 2)

Research results and awards in the past five years

(1) Guangxi Science and Technology Award (Natural Science, second prize): Ethnobotanical study of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival medicine markets in Guangxi (ranked third); 2022

(2) Guangxi Academy of Sciences Science and Technology Award (special prize): Ethnobotanical study of the Dragon Boat Festival medicine markets of the Zhuang and Yao in Guangxi (ranked sixth); 2021

(3) Guizhou Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Award (third prize): Discovery of antitumour polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols from ethnomedicinal Clusiaceae of Guizhou (ranked fourth); 2022

(4) Guizhou Science and Technology Award (Natural Science, third prize): Discovery of novel antitumour polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols from medicinal Clusiaceae of Guizhou (ranked fifth); 2024