Professor | Xin Liang | Asia Growth Partners

Name

Xin Liang

Contact Information

xinliang@tsinghua.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Tsinghua University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1999-2003 Bachelor: Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2003-2007 PhD: Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2008-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Work Experience	2008-2014 - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics - Postdoctoral Researcher 2015-2019 - Max Planck Partner Group - Group Leader 2015- - Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences - Assistant Professor, Associate Professor
Awards	2015-: Max Planck Partner Group Award

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Tsinghua University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1999-2003 Bachelor: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2003-2007 PhD: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2008-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Work Experience

2008-2014 - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics - Postdoctoral Researcher
2015-2019 - Max Planck Partner Group - Group Leader
2015- - Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences - Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

Awards

Areas of Focus	Cytoskeleton dynamics and its molecular mechanisms of regulation Molecular basis of mechanotransduction based on cytoskeleton in Drosophila
Publications	TUBright: A Peptide Probe for Imaging Microtubules, X. Liang, J. Zhou, 2022 alpha1A and alpha1C form microtubules to display distinct properties mainly mediated by their C-terminal tails, X. Liang, L. Bao, 2022 Dynamic instability of dendrite tips generates the highly branched morphologies of sensory neurons, X. Liang, J. Howard, 2022 Katanin p60-like 1 sculpts the cytoskeleton in mechanosensory cilia, X. Liang, 2021 The narrowing of dendrite branches across nodes follows a well-defined scaling law, X. Liang, J. Howard, 2021 Functional exploration of heterotrimeric kinesin-II in IFT and ciliary length control in Chlamydomonas, X. Liang, J. Pan, 2020 The microtubule end-binding affinity of EB1 is enhanced by a dimeric organization that is susceptible to phosphorylation, X. Liang, 2020 Microtubule nucleation and dynamic instability in interphase fission yeast, X. Liang, 2019 Ultrastructural organization of NompC in the mechanoreceptive organelle of Drosophila campaniform mechanoreceptors, X. Liang, 2019 Spectraplakin Shot Maintains Perinuclear Microtubule Organization in Drosophila Polyploid Cells, X. Liang, J.C. Pastor-Pareja, 2019

Areas of Focus

Cytoskeleton dynamics and its molecular mechanisms of regulation
Molecular basis of mechanotransduction based on cytoskeleton in Drosophila

Publications

TUBright: A Peptide Probe for Imaging Microtubules, X. Liang*, J. Zhou*, 2022
alpha1A and alpha1C form microtubules to display distinct properties mainly mediated by their C-terminal tails, X. Liang*, L. Bao*, 2022
Dynamic instability of dendrite tips generates the highly branched morphologies of sensory neurons, X. Liang, J. Howard*, 2022
Katanin p60-like 1 sculpts the cytoskeleton in mechanosensory cilia, X. Liang*, 2021
The narrowing of dendrite branches across nodes follows a well-defined scaling law, X. Liang, J. Howard, 2021
Functional exploration of heterotrimeric kinesin-II in IFT and ciliary length control in Chlamydomonas, X. Liang*, J. Pan*, 2020
The microtubule end-binding affinity of EB1 is enhanced by a dimeric organization that is susceptible to phosphorylation, X. Liang*, 2020
Microtubule nucleation and dynamic instability in interphase fission yeast, X. Liang*, 2019
Ultrastructural organization of NompC in the mechanoreceptive organelle of Drosophila campaniform mechanoreceptors, X. Liang*, 2019
Spectraplakin Shot Maintains Perinuclear Microtubule Organization in Drosophila Polyploid Cells, X. Liang, J.C. Pastor-Pareja*, 2019

Cytoskeleton Dynamics Molecular Mechanisms Regulation Mechanotransduction Drosophila Cell Biology Genetics Signal Transduction Mechanical Forces

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