Changmin Peng

Dr. Changmin Peng

biochemistry department, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Biography

I am a Research Scientist in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. I received my Ph.D. in fermentation engineering from Tianjin University of Science and Technology and received extensive training in molecular biology and cancer signaling at the National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), focusing on DNA damage response and O-GlcNAcylation. My current research centers on the biological functions and non-canonical enzymatic activities of histone deacetylases (HDACs), especially HDAC11. I am investigating how HDAC11 acts as a lysine defatty-acylase and how this activity affects protein stability, localization, and downstream signaling pathways involved in cancer progression and immune regulation. This work contributes to our understanding of HDAC biology and helps identify potential therapeutic targets.

Affiliations

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

biochemistry department

Honors and Awards

journal

Outstanding Reviewer Award

Verified

MDPI

Awarded by Pharmaceuticals in 2025

Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher

George Washington University, Washington, USA

01 Jun 2019 - present

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

National Center for Protein Sciences, Beijing, China

01 Jan 2014 - 01 Sep 2017