Published over 20 research papers in journals like Nature, Science, and Nature Plants
2017-present - University of Science and Technology of China - Specially Appointed Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
2009: Jiangsu Longliqi-Tsinghua University Biology Scholarship
2012: National Scholarship for Doctoral Students
2014: Second Prize for Excellent Doctoral Dissertation at Tsinghua University
2014: Third Prize of Life Sciences Joint Center Research Award
2014: Life Sciences Joint Center Postdoctoral Special Fund
2016: Appointed as 'Outstanding Scholar' at Tsinghua University Structural Biology Center
2017: Qiushi Outstanding Young Scholar Award
2019: Zhongying Young Scholar Award
Research
Molecular mechanisms of plant hormone transmembrane transport and signal transduction
Structure and function of the Arabidopsis ABC transporter ABCB19 in brassinosteroid export., Wei Ying, Yaowei Wang, Hong Wei, Yongming Luo, Qian Ma, Heyuan Zhu, Hilde Janssens, Nemanja Vukašinović, Miroslav Kvasnica, Johan M Winne, Yongxiang Gao, Shutang Tan, Jiří Friml, Xin Liu, Eugenia Russinova, Linfeng Sun., 2024
Structural insights into the calcium-coupled zinc export of human ZnT1., Chunqiao Sun, Bangguo He, Yongxiang Gao, Xingbing Wang, Xin Liu, Linfeng Sun., 2024
Structural basis for abscisic acid efflux mediated by ABCG25 in Arabidopsis thaliana., W. Ying, L. Liao, H. Wei, Y. Gao, X. Liu, L. Sun., 2023
Chemical inhibition of Arabidopsis PIN-FORMED auxin transporters by the anti-inflammatory drug naproxen., Jing Xia, Mengjuan Kong, Zhisen Yang, Lianghanxiao Sun, Yakun Peng, Yanbo Mao, Hong Wei, Wei Ying, Yongxiang Gao, Jiří Friml, Jianping Weng, Xin Liu, Linfeng Sun, Shutang Tan., 2023
Molecular architecture and gating mechanisms of the Drosophila TRPA1 channel., X. Wang, Y. Li, H. Wei, Z. Yang, R. Luo, W. Zhang, X. Liu, L. Sun., 2023
Molecular mechanisms of N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid, a chemical tool in plant biology and agriculture., M. Kong, X. Liu, L. Sun, S. Tan., 2022
Structural insights into human CCAN complex assembled onto DNA., T. Tian, L. Chen, Z. Dou, Z. Yang, X. Gao, X. Yuan, C. Wang, R. Liu, Z. Shen, P. Gui, M. Teng, X. Meng, D. Hill, L. Li, X. Zhang, X. Liu, L. Sun, J. Zang, X. Yao., 2022
Structural insights into auxin recognition and efflux by Arabidopsis PIN1., Z. Yang, J. Xia, J. Hong, C. Zhang, H. Wei, W. Ying, C. Sun, Lianghanxiao Sun, Y. Mao, Y. Gao, S. Tan, J. Friml, D. Li, X. Liu, L. Sun., 2022
Structure of the Arabidopsis guard cell anion channel SLAC1 suggests activation mechanism by phosphorylation., Y. Li, Y. Ding, L. Qu, X. Li, Q. Lai, P. Zhao, Y. Gao, C. Xiang, C. Cang, X. Liu, L. Sun., 2022
Cryo-EM structure of the human concentrative nucleoside transporter CNT3., Y. Zhou, L. Liao, C. Wang, J. Li, P. Chi, Q. Xiao, Q. Liu, L. Guo, L. Sun, D. Deng., 2020
Structural insights into a plant mechanosensitive ion channel MSL1., Y. Li, Y. Hu, J. Wang, X. Liu, W. Zhang, L. Sun., 2020
Cryo-EM structure of human bile salts exporter ABCB11., L. Wang, W. Hou, L. Chen, Y. Jiang, D. Xu, L. Sun, C. Zhou, Y. Chen., 2020
Cryo-electron Microscopy Structure and Transport Mechanism of a Wall Teichoic Acid ABC Transporter., L. Chen, W. Hou, T. Fan, B. Liu, T. Pan, Y. Li, Y. Jiang, W. Wen, Z. Chen, L. Sun, C. Zhou, Y. Chen., 2020
Cryo-EM structure of human lysosomal cobalamin exporter ABCD4., D. Xu, Z. Feng, W. Hou, Y. Jiang, L. Wang, L. Sun, C. Zhou, Y. Chen., 2019
Structure of the hyperosmolality-gated calcium permeable channel OSCA1.2., X. Liu, J. Wang, L. Sun., 2018
Cryo-EM structure of L-fucokinase/GDP-fucose pyrophosphorylase (FKP) in Bacteroides fragilis., Y. Liu, H. Hu, J. Wang, Q. Zhou, P. Wu, N. Yan, HW. Wang, JW. Wu, L. Sun., 2018
Analysis of 138 pathogenic mutations in presenilin-1 on the in vitro production of Aβ42 and Aβ40 peptides by γ-secretase., Sun L, Zhou R, Yang G, Shi Y., 2017
Structural biology of intramembrane proteases: mechanistic insights from rhomboid and S2P to γ-secretase., Sun L, Li X, Shi Y., 2016
Structural basis of human γ-secretase assembly., Sun L, Zhao L, Yang G, Yan C, Zhou R, Zhou X, Xie T, Zhao Y, Wu S, Li X, Shi Y., 2015
Functional architecture of MFS D-glucose transporters., Madej MG, Sun L, Yan N, Kaback HR., 2014
Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of glucose transporters GLUT1-4., Sun L, Zeng X, Yan C, Sun X, Gong X, Rao Y, Yan N., 2012
An atomic structure of human γ-secretase., Bai XC, Yan C, Yang G, Lu P, Ma D, Sun L, Zhou R, Scheres SH, Shi Y., 2015
Crystal structure of the γ-secretase component nicastrin., Xie T, Yan C, Zhou R, Zhao Y, Sun L, Yang G, Lu P, Ma D, Shi Y., 2014
Three-dimensional structure of human γ-secretase., Lu P, Bai XC, Ma D, Xie T, Yan C, Sun L, Yang G, Zhao Y, Zhou R, Scheres SH, Shi Y., 2014
Dynamics of the L-fucose/H+ symporter revealed by fluorescence spectroscopy., Sugihara J, Sun L, Yan N, Kaback HR., 2012
Structure of a fucose transporter in an outward-open conformation., Dang S, Sun L, Huang Y, Lu F, Liu Y, Gong H, Wang J, Yan N., 2010
Structure and mechanism of an amino acid antiporter., Gao X, Lu F, Zhou L, Dang S, Sun L, Li X, Wang J, Shi Y., 2009
