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- March 15, 2021
Mr. Avinash Kumar joined our group on Mar. 1st, 2021. Avinash is a physicist and an expert in optical tweezers.
- July 17, 2020
The Zhang lab at the Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, uses single-molecule approaches, especially high-resolution optical tweezers, to study folding dynamics of proteins involved in fundamental biological processes and human diseases. The lab is now seeking graduate students and postdocs for research in the following three areas: • Regulated SNARE folding and assembly. • Membrane protein folding, stability, and protein-membrane interactions. • Instrumental development. Prior research experience in single-molecule biophysics is not required. However, postdoc candidates should have strong quantitative skills and solid training in biophysics, molecular biology, or physics. If you are interested in these positions, please contact Dr.
... - July 01, 2013
Dr. Zhang has been awarded 2013 Fay Frank Seed Grant from the Brain Research Foundation.
- June 01, 2013
Yale first-year undergraduate student Christina de Fontnouvelle has been awarded a fellowship from Yale to support her research in the Zhang lab.
- August 01, 2012
Ying's poster on SNARE zippering was selected as one of the best posters (a $2000 award!) in the past Gordon Research Conference: Single-Molecule Approaches to Biology, July 15-20, 2012, held in Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, VT. The GRC was chaired by Profs. Julio M. Fernandez and Stefan W. Hell
- June 01, 2012
Xinming Zhang joined our lab as a graduate student.