Education

Undergraduate
Wuhan University (1995), Biology
Graduate School
Yeshiva Uni - Bronx Campus (2003), Cell Biology

Research Interest

  • Signal transduction
  • Structural biology

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Activation of human STING by a molecular glue-like compound.
Li J, Canham SM, Wu H, Henault M, Chen L, Liu G, Chen Y, Yu G, Miller HR, Hornak V, Brittain SM, Michaud GA, Tutter A, Broom W, Digan ME, McWhirter SM, Sivick KE, Pham HT, Chen CH, Tria GS, McKenna JM, Schirle M, Mao X, Nicholson TB, Wang Y, Jenkins JL, Jain RK, Tallarico JA, Patel SJ, Zheng L, Ross NT, Cho CY, Zhang X, Bai XC, Feng Y, Nat Chem Biol 2023 Oct
Structural basis of insulin fibrillation.
Wang L, Hall CE, Uchikawa E, Chen D, Choi E, Zhang X, Bai XC, Sci Adv 2023 Sep 9 37 eadi1057
Inhibition of FAM46/TENT5 activity by BCCIPα adopting a unique fold.
Liu S, Chen H, Yin Y, Lu D, Gao G, Li J, Bai XC, Zhang X, Sci Adv 2023 Apr 9 14 eadf5583
Mechanism of regulation of the Helicobacter pylori Cagβ ATPase by CagZ.
Wu X, Zhao Y, Zhang H, Yang W, Yang J, Sun L, Jiang M, Wang Q, Wang Q, Ye X, Zhang X, Wu Y, Nat Commun 2023 Jan 14 1 479
Novel Bcl-2 Inhibitors Selectively Disrupt the Autophagy-Specific Bcl-2-Beclin 1 Protein-Protein Interaction.
Dong X, Liang Q, Pan YZ, Wang X, Kuo YC, Chiang WC, Zhang X, Williams NS, Rizo J, Levine B, De Brabander JK, ACS Med Chem Lett 2022 Sep 13 9 1510-1516
SNARE assembly enlightened by cryo-EM structures of a synaptobrevin-Munc18-1-syntaxin-1 complex.
Stepien KP, Xu J, Zhang X, Bai XC, Rizo J, Sci Adv 2022 Jun 8 25 eabo5272
Cryo-electron Microscopic Analysis of Single-Pass Transmembrane Receptors.
Cai K, Zhang X, Bai XC, Chem Rev 2022 Jun
Synergistic activation of the insulin receptor via two distinct sites.
Li J, Park J, Mayer JP, Webb KJ, Uchikawa E, Wu J, Liu S, Zhang X, Stowell MHB, Choi E, Bai XC, Nat Struct Mol Biol 2022 Apr 29 4 357-368
Activation of STING by targeting a pocket in the transmembrane domain.
Lu D, Shang G, Li J, Lu Y, Bai XC, Zhang X, Nature 2022 04 604 7906 557-562
Python-based Helix Indexer: A graphical user interface program for finding symmetry of helical assembly through Fourier-Bessel indexing of electron microscopic data.
Zhang X, Protein Sci 2022 01 31 1 107-117

Honors & Awards

  • Virginia Murchison Linthicum Scholar in Medical Research
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2007)
  • Julius Marmur Research Award
    Albert Einstein School of Medicine (2002)