Career Summary

• Since 07/2023 doctoral student in the research group of Dr. Arnab Nayak, Institute of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School.
• 2020-2023 MSc in Engineering in Bio-engineering (Biology and Medicine) at the Northeast Forestry University, China.
• 2016-2020 BSc. In Seed Science and Engineering at the Northeast Agricultural University, China.

Main Research Focus

• Emerging role of the SUMO pathway in myogenic differentiation and muscle function.

Expertise

Western blot; ELISA; Yeast two-hybrid; In vitro Protein Ubiquitination Assays; Molecular cloning; Expression (in E. coli.) and purification of recombinant protein; Polyclonal Antibody Preparation; Protein structure prediction; Real time qPCR.

Pulication

• TAK-981-mediated inhibition of global SUMOylation spares skeletal muscle function, Mugeng Li, Katharina Brandt, Amel Nassar-Grioua, Luis Vincens Gand, Maja Milanovic, Ulrich Keller,Theresia Kraft, Mamta Amrute-Nayak, Arnab Nayak, ScienceDirect, Available online 17 September 2026, 102468, doi.org/10.1016/j.gendis.2026.102468

• Reorientation of the SUMOylation landscape and altered L3mbtl2-mediated transcriptional activity in cancer-associated muscle contractile dysfunction, Luis Vincens Gand, Mugeng Li, Katharina Brandt, Baoyu Zhou, Amel Nassar-Grioua, Julien Gondin, Edgar Becker, Andreas Pich, Theresia Kraft, Mamta Amrute-Nayak & Arnab Nayak, Cell Death Discovery, Cell Death Discov, 2026 Sep 9;12(1):360.doi: 10.1038/s41420-026-03337-y, PubMed

Awards

• National Motivational Scholarship, highest scholarship, Minisitry of Education of China.
• First-class Scholarship for Postgraduates, Northeast Forestry University.
• First-class Scholarship in Agronomy, Northeast Agricultural University.
• The Title of 'Merit student', Northeast Agricultural University.