Qiu-Xing Jiang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department: Cell Biology

Graduate Programs: Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biophysics, Neuroscience

Biography

University of Science and Technology of China, China                          B.S.

Institute of Biophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China    M.S.

Yale University, New Haven, CT                                                          M.Phil

Yale University, New Haven, CT                                                          PhD

Yale University, New Haven, CT                                                          Postdoc

Rockefeller University, New York, NY                                                  Postdoc

Education

Graduate School Yale University (2002)

Research Interests

  • Lipid-effects on voltage-gated ion channels, both structure and function
  • New surface-engineering technology for imaging biological complexes of low abundance
  • Structural basis of a ligand-gated calcium release channel

Publications

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Phase Transitions in the Assembly of Multi-Valent Signaling Proteins.

Pilong Li, Sudeep Banjade, Hui-Chun Cheng, Soyeon Kim, Stone Chen, Liong Guo, Marc Llaguno, Javoris V. Hollingsworth, David S. King, Salman F. Banani, Paul S. Russo, Qiu-Xing Jiang, B. Tracy Nixon, and Michael K. Rosen Nature 2012 483 336-340

Structural insights into the activation of RIG-I, a nanosensor for viral RNAs

Qiu-Xing Jiang and Zhijian J. Chen EMBO Rep 2011 13 1 7-8

Membrane bridging and hemifusion by denaturated Munc18

Yi Xu, Alpay Seven, Lijing Su, Qiu-Xing Jiang, Josep Rizo PLoS One 2011 6 7 e22012

MAVS Forms Functional Prion-Like Aggregates To Activate and Propagate Antiviral Innate Immune Response

Fajian Hou, Lijun Sun, Hui Zheng, Brian Skaug, Qiu-Xing Jiang and Zhijian J. Chen Cell 2011 146 3 448-61

Seipin is a discrete homooligomer

Derk Ninns, SungKyung Lee, Christopher L. Hilton, Qiu-Xing Jiang, Joel M. Goodman Biochem 2010 49 50 10747-10755

Phospholipids and the origin of cationic gating charges in voltage sensors

Daniel Schmidt*, Qiu-Xing Jiang*, and Roderick MacKinnon Nature December 2006 444 775-779

Electron microscopic analysis of KvAP voltage-dependent K+ channels in an open conformation.

Qiu-Xing Jiang, Da-Neng Wang, and Roderick MacKinnon Nature August 2004 430 806-810

Three-dimensional structure of Type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor at 24 Å resolution.

Qiu-Xing Jiang, Edwin C. Thrower, David W. Chester, Barbara E. Ehrlich, and Fred J. Sigworth EMBO J. 2002 21 3575-3581

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Honors/Awards

  • National Innovative Research Award
    AHA (2012)
  • Travel Award for Junior Faculty
    GRC Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids. (2011)
  • EUREKA award
    NIH for unconventional research (2009)
  • Endowed Scholarship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2007)
  • University Fellowship
    Yale University (1995)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • Biophysical Society (1998)