Areas of Focus
- Protein crystallization
- Effects of magnetic and gravitational fields on biological molecules
Work Experience
- 1997-1998 - Lecturer at School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 1998 - Promoted to Associate Professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 2000-2001 - Researcher at Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
- 2001-2002 - JST Foreign Research Fellow at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 2002-2003 - JSPS Foreign Research Fellow at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 2003-2004 - JSPS Foreign Research Fellow at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science
- 2006 - Promoted to Professor at School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Current - Vice Dean of the School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1991 - Bachelor in Metal Materials and Heat Treatment from Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 1993 - Master in Metal Materials and Heat Treatment from Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 1996 - PhD in Metal Materials and Heat Treatment from Northwestern Polytechnical University
Publications
- Promoting protein crystallization using a plate with simple geometry, R. Q. Chen, D. C. Yin, Y. M. Liu, Q. Q. Lu, J. He, Y. Liu, 2014
- A quality comparison of protein crystals grown under containerless conditions generated by diamagnetic levitation, silicone oil and agarose gel, H. L. Cao, L. H. Sun, J. Li, L. Tang, H. M. Lu, Y. Z. Guo, J. He, Y. M. Liu, X. Z. Xie H. F. Shen, C. Y. Zhang, W. H. Guo, L. J. Huang, P. Shang, J. H. He, D. C. Yin, 2013
- Fast preparation of a desiccant array for the gradual desiccation method in protein crystallization screening, Q. Q. Lu, X. Z. Xie, Y. M. Liu, H. M. Lu, D. Chen, X. S. Xu, D. C. Yin, 2013
- Sensitivity of lysozyme crystallization to minute variations in concentration, R. Q. Chen, D. C. Yin, Q. Q. Lu, J. Y. Shi, X. L Ma, 2012
- Selecting temperature for protein crystallization screens using the temperature dependence of the second virial coefficient, J. Liu, D. C. Yin, Y. Z. Guo, X. K. Wang, S. X. Xie, Q. Q. Lu, Y. M. Liu, 2011
- Replacing a reservoir solution with desiccant in vapor diffusion protein crystallization screening, Q. Q. Lu, D. C. Yin, R. Q. Chen, S. X. Xie, Y. M. Liu, X. F. Zhang, L. Zhu, Z. T. Liu, P. Shang, 2010
- Multiple orientation responses of lysozyme crystals to magnetic field when paramagnetic salts are used as the crystallization agents, D. C. Yin, L. Q. Geng, Q. Q. Lu, H. M. Lu, P. Shang, N. I. Wakayama, 2009
- Cycling temperature Strategy- an optimization method of crystal screening, C. Y. Zhang, D. C. Yin, Q. Q. Lu, Y. Z. Guo, W. H. Guo, X. K. Wang, H. S. Li, H. M. Lu, Y. J. Ye, 2008
- Significant effects of magnetic and gravitational fields on the morphology of protein crystals (orthorhombic lysozyme crystals grown using NiCl2 as crystallization agent), D. C. Yin, N. I. Wakayama, H.Wada, W. D. Huang, 2003
- An investigation of magnetic field effects on the dissolution of lysozyme crystal and related phenomena, D. C. Yin, Y. Inatomi, N. I. Wakayama, W. D. Huang, K. Kuribayashi, 2002
Awards
- 2000: Shaanxi Province Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
- 2001: Selected for the Ministry of Education's Excellent Young Teachers Program
- 2005: Shaanxi Province Natural Science Excellent Paper Award
- 2006: Selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Plan
- 2006: Shaanxi Province Youth Science and Technology Award
- 2007: Second Prize in Shaanxi Province Higher Education Science and Technology Award
- 2009: Tenth China Aviation Society Youth Science and Technology Award
- 2013: First Prize in Shaanxi Higher Education Science and Technology Award
- 2015: Second Prize in Shaanxi Province Science and Technology Award
