Professor/Tenured Associate Professor
Wei SP†, Qian ZG†, Hu CF†, Pan F, Chen MT, Lee SY, Xia XX*. Formation and functionalization of membraneless compartments in Escherichia coli. Nat Chem Biol, 2020 (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-020-0579-9)
Qian ZG, Pan F, Xia XX*. Synthetic biology for protein-based materials. Curr Opin Biotechnol, 2020, 65:197-204.
Jiang J†, Zhang S†, Qian Z, Qin N, Song W, Sun L, Zhou Z, Shi Z, Chen L, Li X, Mao Y, Kaplan DL, Gilbert Corder SN, Chen X, Liu M, Omenetto FG, Xia XX*, Tao TH*. Protein bricks: 2D and 3D bio-nanostructures with shape and function on demand. Adv Mater, 2018, 1705919. (Selected as inside back cover).
Zhou Z†, Zhang S†, Marelli B*, Xia XX*, Tao TH*. Engineering the future of silk materials through adaptable modification and advanced manufacturing. Adv Mater, 2018, 1706983.
Chen L, Zhou ML, Qian ZG, Kaplan DL, Xia XX*. Fabrication of protein films from genetically engineered silk-elastin-like proteins by controlled cross-linking. ACS Biomater Sci Eng, 2017, 3(3): 335-341.
Qin N†, Zhang S†, Jiang J, Corder SG, Qian Z, Zhou Z, Lee W, Liu K, Wang X, Li X, Shi Z, Mao Y, Bechtel HA, Martin MC, Xia XX, Marelli B, Kaplan DL, Omenetto FG*, Liu M*, Tao TH*. Nanoscale probing of electron-regulated structural transitions in silk proteins by near-field IR imaging and nano-spectroscopy. Nat Commun, 2016, 7: 13079.
Zhou ML, Qian ZG, Chen L, Kaplan DL, Xia XX*. Rationally designed redox-sensitive protein hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties. Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17(11): 3508-3515.