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Name	Tao Yuyong
Contact Information	taoyy@ustc.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Anhui

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Name

Tao Yuyong

Contact Information

taoyy@ustc.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Anhui

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Science and Technology of China
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2012 - PhD: University of Science and Technology of China Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talent Youth Program
Work Experience	2013-2016 - Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology - Postdoctoral Research 2016-2017 - University of Toronto, Donnelly Centre - Postdoctoral Research
Awards	Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talent Youth Program

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Science and Technology of China

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2012 - PhD: University of Science and Technology of China
Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talent Youth Program

Work Experience

2013-2016 - Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology - Postdoctoral Research
2016-2017 - University of Toronto, Donnelly Centre - Postdoctoral Research

Awards

Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talent Youth Program

Areas of Focus	Membrane Protein Structure and Function Research Antibody Design and Protein Engineering Synthetic Biology
Publications	A method for structure determination of GPCRs in various states, Guo Q, He B, Zhong Y, Jiao H, Ren Y, Wang Q, Ge Q, Gao Y, Liu X, Du Y, Hu H, Tao Y., 2023 Engineering a modular double-transmembrane synthetic receptor system for customizing cellular programs, Zhou J, Ge Q, Wang D, Guo Q, Tao Y., 2023 An epitope-directed selection strategy facilitating the identification of Frizzled receptor selective antibodies, Ge Q, Teng M, Li X, Guo Q, Tao Y., 2023 Structural basis of the ligand binding and signaling mechanism of melatonin receptors, Wang Q, Lu Q, Guo Q, Teng M, Gong Q, Li X, Du Y, Liu Z, Tao Y., 2022 Interface switch mediates signal transmission in a two-component system, Wang M, Guo Q, Zhu K, Fang B, Yang Y, Teng M, Li X, Tao Y., 2020 A potent synthetic nanobody with broad-spectrum activity neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Omicron variant BA.1 through a unique binding mode, Zhao D, Liu L, Liu X, Zhang J, Yin Y, Luan L, Jiang D, Yang X, Li L, Xiong H, Xing D, Zheng Q, Xia N, Tao Y, Li S, Huang H., 2022 Structure of a eukaryotic SWEET transporter in a homo-trimeric complex, Tao Y, Cheung L, Li S, Eom J, Chen L, Xu Y, Perry K, Frommer W, Feng L., 2015 Tailored tetravalent antibodies potently and specifically activate Wnt/Frizzled pathways in cells, organoids and mice, Tao Y, Mis M, Blazer L, Ustav M Jnr, Steinhart Z, Chidiac R, Kubarakos E, O'Brien S, Wang X, Jarvik N, Patel N, Adams J, Moffat J, Angers S, Sidhu SS., 2019 Structures of bacterial homologues of SWEET transporters in two distinct conformations, Xu Y, Tao Y, Cheung L, Fan C, Chen L, Xu S, Perry K, Frommer W, Feng L., 2014

Areas of Focus

Membrane Protein Structure and Function Research
Antibody Design and Protein Engineering
Synthetic Biology

Publications

A method for structure determination of GPCRs in various states, Guo Q, He B, Zhong Y, Jiao H, Ren Y, Wang Q, Ge Q, Gao Y, Liu X, Du Y, Hu H, Tao Y., 2023
Engineering a modular double-transmembrane synthetic receptor system for customizing cellular programs, Zhou J, Ge Q, Wang D, Guo Q, Tao Y., 2023
An epitope-directed selection strategy facilitating the identification of Frizzled receptor selective antibodies, Ge Q, Teng M, Li X, Guo Q, Tao Y., 2023
Structural basis of the ligand binding and signaling mechanism of melatonin receptors, Wang Q, Lu Q, Guo Q, Teng M, Gong Q, Li X, Du Y, Liu Z, Tao Y., 2022
Interface switch mediates signal transmission in a two-component system, Wang M, Guo Q, Zhu K, Fang B, Yang Y, Teng M, Li X, Tao Y., 2020
A potent synthetic nanobody with broad-spectrum activity neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Omicron variant BA.1 through a unique binding mode, Zhao D, Liu L, Liu X, Zhang J, Yin Y, Luan L, Jiang D, Yang X, Li L, Xiong H, Xing D, Zheng Q, Xia N, Tao Y, Li S, Huang H., 2022
Structure of a eukaryotic SWEET transporter in a homo-trimeric complex, Tao Y, Cheung L, Li S, Eom J, Chen L, Xu Y, Perry K, Frommer W, Feng L., 2015
Tailored tetravalent antibodies potently and specifically activate Wnt/Frizzled pathways in cells, organoids and mice, Tao Y, Mis M, Blazer L, Ustav M Jnr, Steinhart Z, Chidiac R, Kubarakos E, O'Brien S, Wang X, Jarvik N, Patel N, Adams J, Moffat J, Angers S, Sidhu SS., 2019
Structures of bacterial homologues of SWEET transporters in two distinct conformations, Xu Y, Tao Y, Cheung L, Fan C, Chen L, Xu S, Perry K, Frommer W, Feng L., 2014

Membrane Proteins Structural Biology Signal Transduction Antibody Design Protein Engineering Synthetic Biology Cell Signaling Transmembrane Transport Molecular Mechanisms Therapeutic Development

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