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Cheng, Yifan |
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University of California, San Francisco |
| Primary Field
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Biophysics and Computational Biology |
| Secondary Field
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Biochemistry |
 Election Citation
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Cheng's laboratory uses cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to study structures of biological macromolecules and continues to develop cryo-EM methodology. |
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Research Interests
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Yifan Cheng's laboratory uses cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to study structures of biological macromolecules, particularly integral membrane proteins and dynamic complexes. In addition, development of cryo-EM methodology for structural biology is also a long-lasting interest of his laboratory. Areas of previous works include development of algorithms to correct electron beam-induced blurring of cryo-EM images, improving quality and throughput of cryo-EM data acquisitions, structure determinations of TRP channels, and dynamic behavior of channel gating by endogenous and exogeneous physical and chemical stimuli, etc. |
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