Professor | Maojun Yang | Asia Growth Partners

Name	Maojun Yang
Contact Information	maojunyang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English, German
Province	Beijing

Name

Maojun Yang

Contact Information

maojunyang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English, German

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Tsinghua University
Faculty	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
Work Experience	2008-2013 Special Research Fellow, Doctoral Supervisor 2013-present Professor, Doctoral Supervisor at Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences
Awards	Beijing Science and Technology Award, Second Class 2016 Top Ten Advances in Life Sciences in China

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Tsinghua University

Faculty

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

Work Experience

2008-2013 Special Research Fellow, Doctoral Supervisor
2013-present Professor, Doctoral Supervisor at Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences

Awards

Beijing Science and Technology Award, Second Class
2016 Top Ten Advances in Life Sciences in China

Areas of Focus	Structural biology, cellular and molecular biology, and biochemistry research focusing on cell signal sensing and energy metabolism
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

Areas of Focus

Structural biology, cellular and molecular biology, and biochemistry research focusing on cell signal sensing and energy metabolism

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

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