Zur Person

Seit 03/2024	Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc) in der Professur für Pilz-Biotechnologie in der Holzwissenschaft
03/2022 – 12/2023	Postdoktorand am HZI (Abteilung für Mikrobielle Wirkstoffe, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Deutschland) (Prof. Dr. Marc Stadler)
03/2021 - 02/2022	Postdoktorand am Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Labor für Pilzgenetik und Stoffwechsel) (Miroslav Kolařík, PhD.)
10/2016 - 09/2020	Promotion in Naturstoffchemie, (Abteilung für Mikrobielle Wirkstoffe, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Deutschland) (Prof. Dr. Marc Stadler)
09/2013 - 06/2016	M.Sc. Biophysik, Shaanxi Normal Universität, Xi’an, China
09/2009 - 06/2013	B.Sc. Biologie, Yuncheng Universität, Yuncheng, China

Forschungsschwerpunkte

• Identification of bioactive metabolites, evaluation of bioactivities of secondary metabolites, genome assembly and analysis, investigation of biosynthesis of secondary metabolites

• Promotionsthema: "Tropical Basidiomycota–a prolific source of novel natural products with prominent biological activities"

• Masterthema: "Identification and comparative genomics study of the TPS family of cruciferous plants"

Veröffentlichungen

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3540-8247

• Cedeño-Sanchez M, Cheng T, Lambert C, Kolarík M, Kuhnert E, Cox R, Kalinowski J, Verwaaijen B, Stadler M. Unraveling intragenomic polymorphisms in the high-quality genome of Hypoxylaceae: a comprehensive study of the rDNA cistron. Mycological Progress. 2024, 23: 5. 

• Cheng T, Veselská T, Křížková B, Švec K, Havlíček V, Stadler M, Kolařík M. Insight into the genomes of dominant yeast symbionts of European spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus. Front. Microbiol. 2023, 14: 930. 

• Cheng T, Kolařík M, Quijada L, Stadler M. A re-assessment of Taxomyces andreanae, the alleged taxol-producing fungus, using comparative genomics. IMA Fungus. 2022, 13 (1): 17. 

• Mapook A, Hyde KD, Hassan K, Kemkuignou BM, Čmoková A, Surup F, Kuhnert E, Paomephan P, Cheng T, et al. Ten decadal advances in fungal biology leading towards human well-being. Fungal Divers. 2022, 116 (1): 547-614. 

• Cheng T, Chepkirui C, Decock C, Matasyoh JC, Stadler M. Heimiomycins A–C and calamenens from the African Basidiomycete Heimiomyces sp. J.Nat.Prod. 2020, 83: 2501-2507. 

• Cheng T, Chepkirui C, Decock C, Matasyoh JC, Stadler M. Sesquiterpenes from an eastern African medicinal mushroom belonging to the genus Sanghuangporus. J.Nat.Prod. 2019, 82: 1283-1291.