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Yan Kaige
Life Science
Southern University of Science and Technology
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Kinetochore
Centromere
Assembly
Mechanisms
Nucleoprotein
Macromolecular
Complex
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Areas of Focus
- Study of kinetochore (centromere) assembly mechanisms
- Study of nucleoprotein macromolecular complex mechanisms
Work Experience
- 2020-present - Southern University of Science and Technology - Assistant Professor
- 2016-2020 - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-2016 PhD: Tsinghua University
- 2007-2011 Bachelor: Nankai University
- Published multiple papers in top journals as first author
Publications
- Structure of the inner kinetochore CCAN complex assembled onto a centromeric nucleosome, Yan, K. et al., 2019
- Architecture of the CBF3-centromere complex of the budding yeast kinetochore, Yan, K. et al., 2018
