Infectious Diseases, Genes

Writing Pedagogy, Life Education, General Education, Viral Immunology, Vaccines and Antibody Research on Emerging Infectious Diseases

2013–2019: Ph.D. in Biology, Tsinghua University

2025–Present: Lecturer & Assistant Director, Teaching Center for Writing and Communication (TCWC), Tsinghua University; Publicity Committee Member of the Center’s Party Branch

2023–2025: Lecturer, TCWC, Tsinghua University; Publicity Committee Member of the Center’s Party Branch

2022–2023: Lecturer, TCWC, Tsinghua University

2020–2022: Full-time Instructor, TCWC, Tsinghua University; Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Education, Tsinghua University

Member, Vaccine Education Professional Committee, China Association for Vaccines

The Power of Vaccines (co-taught)

Tsinghua University Annual Excellence in Teaching Award (2023)

First Prize, General Education Research Paper Award, Federation for General Education (2022)

Tsinghua University Model Teacher for Ideological and Political Education (2022)

Tsinghua University Model Course for Ideological and Political Education: Writing and Communication – Infectious Diseases (2022)

Academic Research

Jia Wenxu. Exploring Ideological and Political Education in Writing Courses Based on the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. In Walking in the Same Direction: A Collection of Teaching Cases for Ideological and Political Education at Tsinghua University, edited by Peng Gang, pp. 366–377. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2024.

Mi Zhen, Jia Wenxu. Exploration and Innovation in Curriculum Design for General Education Writing Courses: A Case Study of Life Science-Related Themes. General Education Review, Issue 1, 2023, pp. 57–71.

Jia Wenxu. Re-exploration of Differentiating Instruction in General Education Courses. Higher Education Forum, Issue 10, 2023, pp. 30–35.

Dou Jifang, Jia Wenxu, Cao Liuxing. “Homogeneity” or “Heterogeneity”? Exploration and Practice of Classified Teaching Theory in Grouping for Debate in Small Classrooms.” Higher Education Forum, Issue 3, 2023, pp. 18–22.

National Invention Patent: “A Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Based on Chimpanzee Adenovirus Type 68 and MERS-CoV Full-Length Spike Protein,” Patent No. ZL 2018 1 0628239.1. Inventors: Zhang Linqi, Zhou Dongming, Jia Wenxu, Zhang Chao, Shi Xuanling.

Zhang S, Jia W, Zeng J, Li M, Wang Z, Zhou H, Zhang L, Wang X. Cryoelectron microscopy structures of a human neutralizing antibody bound to MERS-CoV spike glycoprotein. Front Microbiol. 2022 Sep 28;13:988298.

Jia, W., Channappanavar, R., Zhang, C., Li, M., Zhou, H., Zhang, S., Zhou, P., Xu, J., Shan, S., Shi, X., et al. (2019). Single intranasal immunization with chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine induces sustained and protective immunity against MERS-CoV infection. Emerg Microbes Infect 8, 760-772.

Xu, J., Jia, W., Wang, P., Zhang, S., Shi, X., Wang, X., and Zhang, L. (2019). Antibodies and vaccines against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Emerg Microbes Infect 8, 841-856.

Li M, Guo J, Lu S, Zhou R, Shi H, Shi X, Cheng L, Liang Q, Liu H, Wang P, Wang N, Wang Y, Fu L, Xing M, Wang R, Ju B, Liu L, Lau SY, Jia W, Tong X, Yuan L, Guo Y, Qi H, Zhang Q, Huang Z, Chen H, Zhang Z, Chen Z, Peng X, Zhou D, Zhang L. Single-Dose Immunization With a Chimpanzee Adenovirus-Based Vaccine Induces Sustained and Protective Immunity Against SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Front Immunol. 2021 Jun 28;12:697074.

Zhou, H., Chen, Y., Zhang, S., Niu, P., Qin, K., Jia, W., Huang, B., Zhang, S., Lan, J., Zhang, L., et al. (2019). Structural definition of a neutralization epitope on the N-terminal domain of MERS-CoV spike glycoprotein. Nat Commun 10, 3068.

Zhang, S., P. Zhou, P. Wang, Y. Li, L. Jiang, W. Jia, H. Wang, A. Fan, D. Wang, X. Shi, X. Fang, M. Hammel, S. Wang, X. Wang, and L. Zhang. (2018). Structural Definition of a Unique Neutralization Epitope on the Receptor-Binding Domain of MERS-CoV Spike Glycoprotein, Cell Rep, 24: 441-52.

Shi, B., J. Li, X. Shi, W. Jia, Y. Wen, X. Hu, F. Zhuang, J. Xi, and L. Zhang. (2017). TALEN-Mediated Knockout of CCR5 Co

Research Projects

Principal Investigator: Teaching Reform Project (Phase V), TCWC, Tsinghua University (2024) – “Development and Preliminary Application of a College Student Writing Anxiety Scale.”

Principal Investigator: Tsinghua University Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project (2022) – “The Positive Effect of Constructivist-Based ‘Process Writing Portfolio’ on Students’ ‘Writing Anxiety’: A Case Study of General Education Writing Courses.”

Principal Investigator: Teaching Reform Project (Phase III), TCWC, Tsinghua University (2022) – “Exploration and Practice of the Process-Communication Writing Pedagogy in Undergraduate General Education Writing Instruction.”

Principal Investigator: Teaching Reform Project (Phase II), TCWC, Tsinghua University (2021) – “Exploring the Application of ‘Stratified Teaching’Pedagogy in Mandatory General Education Courses: A Case Study of Tsinghua University’s ‘Writing and Communication’ Course.”

Participant: Tsinghua University Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project (2021) – “Exploration and Practice of the General Education Concept in Thematic Writing Courses.”

Participant: Guoqiang Research Institute Project, Tsinghua University (2021) – “Chinese Processing and Application Based on Weakly Supervised Statistical Learning (Construction of an AI Grading Platform).”