Research interests

Experimental validation of theoretical models for eukaryotic membrane fission mechanisms by applying high-speed atomic-force microscopy.

Structural characterization of viral spike proteins and antigen-antibody interactions.

Higher-order structures of nucleosome assembly and sequence-dependent internucleosomal interactions.

Career path

2021-now, Postdoc

Subject Matter Expertise

Atomic force microscopy (AFM), high-speed AFM

Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 2021.

B.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 2017.

Wang, Y., Stormberg, T., Hashemi, M., Kolomeisky, A. B., & Lyubchenko, Y. L. (2022). Beyond Sequence: Internucleosomal Interactions Dominate Array Assembly. The journal of physical chemistry. B, 126(51), 10813–10821.

Sun, Z., Wang, Y., Hashemi, M., & Lyubchenko, Y. L. (2021). Restriction of RecG translocation by DNA mispairing. Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects, 1865(12), 130006.

Sun, Z., Wang, Y., Bianco, P. R., & Lyubchenko, Y. L. (2021). Dynamics of the PriA Helicase at Stalled DNA Replication Forks. The journal of physical chemistry. B, 125(17), 4299–4307.

Sun, Z., Wang, Y., Bianco, P. R., & Lyubchenko, Y. L. (2021). Nanoscale interaction of RecG with mobile fork DNA. The journal of physical chemistry. B, 125(17), 4299–4307.

Wang, Y., Sun, Z., Bianco, P. R., & Lyubchenko, Y. L. (2020). Atomic force microscopy-based characterization of the interaction of PriA helicase with stalled DNA replication forks. The Journal of biological chemistry, 295(18), 6043–6052.

• 2022, Best speaker award, 6th Midwest Single Molecule Workshop