Lingyi L. Deng, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Deng has served as Director of BUSM's Analytical Instrumentation Core since 2008. Her expertise includes Glycobiology, Carbohydrate biochemistry, Metabolic biochemistry and physiology, Lipid biochemistry, Enzymology, Bacterial cell wall biology, and Bacteriology.

Publications

  • Published 11/29/2025

    Sebastiani P, Reed E, Chandler KB, Lopez P, Lords H, Bae H, Costello CE, Au M, Deng LL, Li M, Xiang Q, Noh H, Pflieger L, Funk C, Rappaport N, Nygaard M, Short MI, Brent M, Monti S, Andersen SL, Perls TT. A Robust Serum Proteomic Signature of the E2 Allele of Apolipoprotein E. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2026 Jan; 13(4):e09764. PMID: 41316897.

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  • Published 5/28/2025

    Sebastiani P, Reed E, Chandler KB, Lopez P, Lords H, Bae H, Costello CE, Au M, Deng LL, Li M, Xiang Q, Noh H, Pflieger L, Funk C, Rappaport N, Nygaard M, Short MI, Brent M, Monti S, Andersen SL, Perls TT. Robust Serum Proteomic Signatures of APOE2. bioRxiv. 2025 May 28. PMID: 40501769.

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  • Published 12/2/2022

    Au MB, Haserick JR, Chen Y, Gibson FC, Deng LL. Structural Identification of Lipid-a: A Glycosyl Lipid Involved in Oligo- And Polysaccharides Metabolism in Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus). Curr Microbiol. 2022 Dec 02; 80(1):16. PMID: 36459236.

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  • Published 1/2/2019

    Gustine JN, Au MB, Haserick JR, Hett EC, Rubin EJ, Gibson FC, Deng LL. Cell Wall Hydrolytic Enzymes Enhance Antimicrobial Drug Activity Against Mycobacterium. Curr Microbiol. 2019 Apr; 76(4):398-409. PMID: 30603964.

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  • Published 1/1/2019

    Deng LL . Discovery of More Powerful Enhancers to Improve the Efficacy of Existing Antibiotics and Antimicrobial – a strategy to treat drug resistant bacterial and mycobacterial pathogens. EC Microbiology. 2019; 15(5).

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Director, Analytical Instrumentation Core
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • University of Minnesota, PhD
  • University of Science and Technology of China, MS