BS (1995) - MS (1998) in China; PhD (Medical College of Wisconsin, 2004); postdoc ( 2004-2008, Harvard Medical School); Jan 2009 - 2015, Assistant Professor of UTEP-Biology; 2015-present: Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

• Outstanding Performance Award - ORSP (05/01/2017-05/31/2017)
• ASM 2016 General Meeting Minority Travel Award - Americal Society for Microbiology (06/18/2016)
• Outstanding Performance Award - UTEP- Office of Research and Sporsored Projects (05/21/2012)
• COURI award - UTEP-College of Science (11/20/2010)
• Member of Sigma Xi - the Scientific Research Society - Sigma Xi (05/01/2006-05/31/2006)
• Graduate student travel award - Medical College of Wisconsin (05/01/2003-05/31/2003)
• Graduate student travel award - Medical College of Wisconsin (05/01/2002-05/31/2002)

• Bacterial Pathogenesis, Harvard Medical School (2008)
• Ph D in Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin (2004)
• MS in China Agriculture University (1998)
• BS in China Agriculture University (1995)

• Smartphone-based point-of-care multiplexed-genes detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on a low-cost paper/polymer hybrid microfluidic device IEEE (2023), Hamed Tavakoli, Jianjun Sun, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A mathematic equation derived from host-pathogen interactions elucidates the significance of integrating modern medicine with traditional Chinese medicine to treat infectious diseases Journal of Integrative Medicine 21 4 (2023), Jianjun Sun.
• Promoting self‐healing power and balancing immune response: a holistic, effective strategy of traditional Chinese medicine in treating COVID‐19 Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine 5 (2022), Jianjun Sun.
• Development of a mathematic equation for host-pathogen interaction: shifting the paradigm of the pathogen-targeted medicine to the host-based medicine Center for Open Science (2022), Jianjun Sun.
• Post-translational knockdown and post-secretional modification of EsxA determine contribution of EsxA membrane permeabilizing activity for mycobacterial intracellular survival Virulence 12 1 (2021), Yanqing Bao, Lin Wang, Jianjun Sun.
• Computational Study on the Function of Palmitoylation on the Envelope Protein in SARS-CoV-2 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 17 10 (2021), Shengjie Sun, Chitra Karki, Javier Aguilera, Alan E. Lopez Hernandez, Jianjun Sun, Lin Li.
• Computational Study on the Function of Palmitoylation on the Envelope Protein in SARS-CoV-2 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2021), Shengjie Sun, Chitra Karki, Javier Aguilera, Alan E. Lopez Hernandez, Jianjun Sun, Lin Li.
• A Small Protein but with Diverse Roles: A Review of EsxA in Mycobacterium–Host Interaction Cells 10 7 (2021), Yanqing Bao, Lin Wang, Jianjun Sun.
• A Fluorescence Dequenching-based Liposome Leakage Assay to Measure Membrane Permeabilization by Pore-forming Proteins BIO-PROTOCOL 11 10 (2021), Javier Aguilera, Salvador Vazquez-Reyes, Jianjun Sun.
• Measuring Cytosolic Translocation of Mycobacterium Marinum in RAW264.7 Macrophages with a CCF4-AM FRET Assay BIO-PROTOCOL 11 8 (2021), Javier Aguilera, Jianjun Sun.
• Development of an In Vitro Membrane Model to Study the Function of EsxAB Heterodimer and Establish the Role of EsxB in Membrane Permeabilizing Activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogens 9 12 (2020), Salvador Vazquez Reyes, Supriyo Ray, Javier Aguilera, Jianjun Sun.
• 1+1 > 2: Integration of the Host-directed Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Virus-targeted Modern Medicine in Control of COVID-19 Clinical Cancer Drugs 7 2 (2020), Jianjun Sun.
• Low-Cost Quantitative Photothermal Genetic Detection of Pathogens on a Paper Hybrid Device Using a Thermometer Analytical Chemistry 92 21 (2020), Wan Zhou, Jianjun Sun, XiuJun (James) Li.
• Low-Cost Quantitative Photothermal Genetic Detection of Pathogens on a Paper Hybrid Device Using a Thermometer Analytical Chemistry 92 21 (2020), Wan Zhou, Jianjun Sun, XiuJun (James) Li.
• The ESX-1 Virulence Factors Downregulate miR-147-3p in Mycobacterium marinum-Infected Macrophages Infection and Immunity 88 6 (2020), Xiaoshu Zuo, Lin Wang, Yanqing Bao, Jianjun Sun.
• A computational model of ESAT-6 complex in membrane Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (2020), Chitra Karki, Yuejiao Xian, Yixin Xie, Shengjie Sun, Alan E. Lopez-Hernandez, Brenda Juarez, Jun Wang, Jianjun Sun, Lin Li.
• Nα-Acetylation of the virulence factor EsxA is required for mycobacterial cytosolic translocation and virulence Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 17 (2020), Javier Aguilera, Chitra B. Karki, Lin Li, Salvador Vazquez Reyes, Igor Estevao, Brian I. Grajeda, Qi Zhang, Chenoa D. Arico, Hugues Ouellet, Jianjun Sun.
• Membrane Insertion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis EsxA in Cultured Lung Epithelial Cells Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2020), Qi Zhang, Javier Aguilera, Salvador V. Reyes, Jianjun Sun.
• Nα-Acetylation of the virulence factor EsxA is required for mycobacterial cytosolic translocation and virulence Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 17 (2020), Javier Aguliera, Chitra Karki, Lin Li, Salvador Vasquez-Reyes, Igor Estavo, Brian Grajeda, Qi Zhang, Chenoa D. Arico, Hugues Ouellet, Jianjun Sun.
• N$\alpha$-Acetylation of the virulence factor EsxA is required for mycobacterial cytosolic translocation and virulence Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 17 (2020), Javier Aguilera, Chitra B. Karki, Lin Li, Salvador V. Reyes, Igor Estevao, Brian I. Grajeda, Qi Zhang, Chenoa D. Arico, Hugues Ouellet, Jianjun Sun.
• Editorial: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Virulence. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 9 (2019), Jianjun Sun, P A. Champion, F Bigi.
• Morphology-based classification of mycobacteria-infected macrophages with convolutional neural network: reveal EsxA-induced morphologic changes indistinguishable by naked eyes. Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine 212 (2019), Y Bao, X Zhao, L Wang, Wei Qian, Jianjun Sun.
• Effects of membrane lipid composition on Mycobacterium tuberculosis EsxA membrane insertion: A dual play of fluidity and charge. Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) 118 (2019), Supriyo Ray, S Vazquez Reyes, Chuan Xiao, Jianjun Sun.
• Effects of membrane lipid composition on Mycobacterium tuberculosis EsxA membrane insertion: A dual play of fluidity and charge. Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) 118 (2019), Supriyo Ray, S Vazquez Reyes, Chuan Xiao, Jianjun Sun.
• A low-cost microfluidic platform for rapid and instrument-free detection of whooping cough. Analytica chimica acta 1065 (2019), M Dou, J Sanchez, H Tavakoli, J E. Gonzalez, Jianjun Sun, J Dien Bard, XiuJun (James) Li.
• A low-cost microfluidic platform for rapid and instrument-free detection of whooping cough. Analytica chimica acta 1065 (2019), M Dou, J Sanchez, H Tavakoli, J E. Gonzalez, Jianjun Sun, J Dien Bard, XiuJun (James) Li.
• An autophagy-inducing and TLR-2 activating BCG vaccine induces a robust protection against tuberculosis in mice. NPJ vaccines 4 (2019), A Khan, P Bakhru, S Saikolappan, K Das, E Soudani, C R. Singh, J L. Estrella, D Zhang, C Pasare, Y Ma, Jianjun Sun, J Wang, R L. Hunter, N Tony Eissa, S Dhandayuthapani, C Jagannath.
• Mycobacterium marinum down-regulates miR-148a in macrophages in an EsxA-dependent manner. International immunopharmacology 73 (2019), H Wu, Y Bao, L Wang, XiuJun (James) Li, Jianjun Sun.
• Mycobacterium marinum down-regulates miR-148a in macrophages in an EsxA-dependent manner. International immunopharmacology 73 (2019), H Wu, Y Bao, L Wang, XiuJun (James) Li, Jianjun Sun.
• Low-cost fabrication of a paper-based microfluidic using a folded pattern paper. Analytica chimica acta 1053 (2019), L Xie, X Zi, H Zeng, Jianjun Sun, L Xu, S Chen.
• A novel deep learning scheme for morphology-based classification of mycobacterial infection in unstained macrophages bioRxiv (2019), Xinzhuo Zhao, Yanqing Bao, Lin Wang, Wei Qian, Jianjun Sun.
• Featured New Investigator Articles VOLUME 212, October 2019 Morphology-based classification of mycobacteria-infected macrophages with convolutional neural network: reveal EsxA-induced morphologic changes indistinguishable by naked eyes CTC analysis: an (2019), Yanqing Bao, Xinzhuo Zhao, Lin Wang, Wei Qian, Jianjun Sun, El Paso, Izhar S. Batth, Abhisek Mitra, Sierra Rood, Scott Kopetz, others.
• Fine-grained lung nodule segmentation with pyramid deconvolutional neural network 10950 (2019), Xinzhuo Zhao, Wenqing Sun, Wei Qian, Shouliang Qi, Jianjun Sun, Bo Zhang, Zhigang Yang.
• Deep CNN models for pulmonary nodule classification: Model modification, model integration, and transfer learning. Journal of X-ray science and technology 27 4 (2019), X Zhao, S Qi, B Zhang, H Ma, Wei Qian, Y Yao, Jianjun Sun.

• How Does Traditional Chinese Medicine Control Infectious Diseases? A Modern Perspective Derived from the Model of Host-Pathogen Interaction (2023), Volume Hong Kong, Jianjun Sun.
• The pathways to future integrative medicine (2023), Volume Chengdu, China, Jianjun Sun.
• The Roles of EsxA N-terminal acetylation in Mtb pathogenesis (2023), Volume San Antonio, Jianjun Sun.
• Structure and function of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factors (2019), Volume El Paso, Jianjun Sun.
• Mycobacterium marinum down-regulates miR-147 in macrophages in an EsxA/B-dependent manner (2019), Volume El Paso, Xiaoshu Zuo, Lin Wang, Yanqing Bao, Jianjun Sun.
• Conditional Knockdown of ESAT-6/CFP-10 protein exhibits differential effects than gene knockout on mycobacterial invasion in lung epithelial cells (2019), Volume El Paso, Lin Wang, Jianjun Sun, Yanqing Bao.
• Characterization of EsxA/B heterodimer activity in a novel liposomal system (2019), Volume El Paso, Vazquez Reyes Salvador, Supriyo Ray, Jianjun Sun.

• Rapid Point-of-Care Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Using a Thermometer.
• Membrane Interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factors