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Maojun Yang
Life Science
Tsinghua University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English, German
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Structural Biology Cell Biology Molecular Biology Biochemistry Cell Signaling Energy Metabolism Protein Structure Drug Design Clinical Research Biomolecular
Areas of Focus
  • Structural biology, cellular and molecular biology, and biochemistry research focusing on cell signal sensing and energy metabolism
Work Experience
  • 2008-2013 Special Research Fellow, Doctoral Supervisor
  • 2013-present Professor, Doctoral Supervisor at Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
  • 1995-1999 Bachelor: Jilin University
  • 1999-2003 PhD: Peking Union Medical College
  • 2003-2004 Senior Visiting Scholar: University of Lübeck
  • 2004-2008 Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Publications
  • The coupling mechanism of mammalian mitochondrial complex I, Gu et.al., 2022
  • Mechanism of siRNA production by a plant Dicer-RNA complex in dicing-competent conformation, Wang et.al., 2021
  • Cryo-EM structure of the mammalian ATP synthase tetramer bound with inhibitory protein IF1, Gu et.al., 2019
  • Structural basis of ubiquitin modification by the Legionella effector SdeA, Dong et.al., 2018
  • Architecture of human mitochondrial respiratory megacomplex I2III2IV2, Guo et.al., 2017
  • Structure of mammalian respiratory supercomplex I1III2IV1, Wu et.al., 2016
  • The architecture of the mammalian respirasome, Gu et.al., 2016
  • TMCO1 Is an ER Ca(2+) Load-Activated Ca(2+) Channel, Wang et.al., 2016
  • Architecture of the Mammalian Mechanosensitive Piezo1 Channel, Ge et.al., 2015
  • Structure of the eukaryotic MCM complex at 3.8 Å, Li et.al., 2015
  • Structural basis for hijacking CBFβ and CUL5 E3 ligase complex by HIV-1 Vif, Guo et.al., 2014
  • Structural insight into the type-II mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenases, Feng Y et.al., 2012
  • Structural insight into brassinosteroid perception by BRI1, She et.al., 2011
Awards
  • Beijing Science and Technology Award, Second Class
  • 2016 Top Ten Advances in Life Sciences in China
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