Areas of Focus
- DNA Nanotechnology
- Engineered Exosomes for Early Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Biomolecular Force Intelligent Sensors
Work Experience
- 2017.07 - Present: Distinguished Research Fellow, Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor at Xi'an Jiaotong University
- 2015.03 - 2017.07: Postdoctoral Researcher at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Collaborative Supervisor: Itamar Willner)
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2015 - PhD in Physical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Supervisor: Hu Jun)
- 2005 - Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Soochow University
- Published over 20 high-level SCI-indexed research papers
- Holds 2 authorized patents in China
Publications
- Functional and Biomimetic DNA Nanostructures on Lipid Membranes, Wu, N.; Chen F.; Zhao Y.; Yu X.; Wei J.; Zhao Y.X., 2018
- Programmed Dissociation of Dimer and Trimer Origami Structures by Aptamer-Ligand Complexes, Wu, N.; Willner, I., 2017
- Programming Enzyme-Initiated Autonomous DNAzyme Nanodevices in Living Cells, Chen, F.; Bai, M.; Cao, K.; Zhao, Y.; Cao, X. W.; Wei, J.; Wu, N.; Li, J.; Wang, L. H.; Fan, C. H.; Zhao, Y. X., 2017
- pH-Stimulated Reconfiguration and Structural Isomerization of Origami Dimer and Trimer Systems, Wu, N.; Willner, I., 2016
- DNAzyme-Controlled Cleavage of Dimer and Trimer Origami Tiles, Wu, N.; Willner, I., 2016
- Molecular Threading and Tunable Molecular Recognition on DNA Origami Nanostructures, Wu, N.; Czajkowsky, D. M.; Zhang, J. J.; Qu, J. X.; Ye, M.; Zeng, D. D.; Zhou, X. F.; Hu, J.; Shao, Z. F.; Li, B.; Fan, C. H., 2013
- In situ monitoring of single molecule binding reactions with time-lapse atomic force microscopy on functionalized DNA origami, Wu, N.; Zhou, X. F.; Czajkowsky, D. M.; Ye, M.; Zeng, D. D.; Fu, Y. M.; Fan, C. H.; Hu, J.; Li, B., 2011
- Switchable Reconfiguration of a Seven-Ring Interlocked DNA Catenane Nanostructure, Lu, C.-H.; Cecconello, A.; Qi, X.-J.; Wu, N.; Jester, S.-S.; Famulok, M.; Matthies, M.; Schmidt, T.-L.; Willner, I., 2015
- Single-molecule imaging of DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment) activity by atomic force microscopy, Chao, J.; Zhang, P.; Wang, Q.; Wu, N.; Zhang, F.; Hu, J.; Fan, C. H.; Li, B., 2016
- Programmable Engineering of a Biosensing Interface with Tetrahedral DNA Nanostructures for Ultrasensitive DNA Detection, Lin, M. H.; Wang, J. J.; Zhou, G. B.; Wang, J. B.; Wu, N.; Lu, J. X.; Gao, J. M.; Chen, X. Q.; Shi, J. Y.; Zuo, X. L.; Fan, C. H., 2015
- Probing tethered targets of a single biomolecular complex with atomic force microscopy, Wu, N.; Wang, Q.; Zhou, X. F.; Jia, S. S.; Fan, Y. J.; Hu, J.; Li, B., 2013
Awards
- 2018: First Prize of the Scientific and Technological Award of the Chinese Association for Instrumental Analysis
- 2014: President's Excellent Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2013: National Scholarship for PhD Students
- 2013: Excellent Service Certificate at AFM BioMed Conference, Shanghai
- 2011: Bruker Nano Excellent Graduate Student Award
