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Changcheng Yin
Basic Medical Sciences
Peking University
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Protein Structure
Muscle Contraction
Calcium Release
Ryr
Physical Coupling
Hepatitis E Virus
Antigenic Sites
Receptor Binding
Vaccine Design
Drug Design
Areas of Focus
- Structural Biology
- Cryo-Electron Microscopy
- X-ray Crystallography
Work Experience
- 1985-1989 Assistant/Lecturer in Biological Sciences and Technology Department, Tsinghua University
- 1990-1991 Visiting Scholar at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 1998-2001 Postdoctoral Researcher in Crystallography, Birkbeck, University of London
- 2001-2002 Assistant Professor in Life Sciences, National University of Singapore
- 2002-present Professor in Biophysics Department, Peking University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1978-1982 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry: Jilin University
- 1982-1985 Master of Biochemistry: Peking Union Medical College
- 1993-1998 PhD in Biophysics: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
- Recipient of the 'Cross-Century Excellent Talents' by the Ministry of Education (2003)
Publications
- Intrinsic lattice formation by the ryanodine receptor calcium-release channel, Yin CC, Lai FA, 2000
- Ryanodine receptor array: not just a pretty pattern?, Yin CC, D'Cruz LG, Lai FA, 2008
- Structure of the hepatitis E virus-like particle suggests mechanisms for virus assembly and receptor binding, Guu TS, Liu Z, Ye Q, Mata DA, Li K, Yin C, Zhang J, Tao YJ, 2009
- Structure of the rabbit ryanodine receptor RyR1 at near-atomic resolution, Yan Z, Bai XC, Yan C, Wu J, Li Z, Xie T, Peng W, Yin CC, Li X, Scheres SH, Shi Y, Yan N, 2015
- Structural insights into Ca(2+)-activated long-range allosteric channel gating of RyR1, Wei R, Wang X, Zhang Y, Mukherjee S, Zhang L, Chen Q, Huang X, Jing S, Liu C, Li S, Wang G, Xu Y, Zhu S, Williams AJ, Sun F, Yin CC, 2016
