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Steven C. Almo lab

Department of Biochemistry

 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Ullmann 409

1300 Morris Park Avenue

Bronx, NY 10461

 

E-mail: czhan at aecom.yu.edu

Web site: http://chenyang.info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education and Training:

06/2010 Present

Research Fellow, Biochemistry

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY, U.S.A.  

09/2004 06/2010

Ph.D. student, Biochemistry

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY, U.S.A.  

Honors:

Graduate Biochemistry;

 

Bioinformatics and Comput. Biol.;

 

Quantitative Imaging of Cells.

04/2008

Rapidata2008: Rapid Data Collection and Structure Solving

at the NSLS

09/2000 每 07/2004

B.S., Biochemistry

Department of Biological Science,

Nanjing University

Nanjing, China.

09/1997 每 07/2000

High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University

Nanjing, China.

09/1994 每 07/1997

Zhonghua Middle School

Nanjing, China.

09/1988 每 07/1994

Fuzimiao Elementary School

Nanjing, China.

 

Research Experience:

2010 每 Present

Research Fellow

Steven C. Almo lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Ligand-binding property of Tim3 by crystallography, NMR and biochemical approaches

2006 2010

Graduate Student

Steven C. Almo lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Thesis project: Structural and functional characterization of TNFR superfamily member DcR3 and its interactions with ligands.

2005 2006

Graduate Student

Steven C. Almo Lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

High-throughput expression, purification and structural characterization of C. elegans homo-oligomeric proteins

2004 2005

Rotation Student

Andras Fiser Lab,  Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Autopublish: Develop a semi-automated on-line server to facilitate publication for structural genomics

2004 2005

Graduate Student

Mark R. Chance Lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Metallomics: High throughput determination of transition metal content in proteins

2003 2004

Undergraduate

Student

Jie Yang Lab, Nanjing University

Modeling of purinergic receptor P2Y12 and analyzing interaction with its antagonists.

 

Teaching and Mentoring Experience:

09/2005 09/2008

Teaching Assistant, Leading review sessions for Graduate Biochemistry.

10/2006 12/2006

Supervise one rotation graduate student.

05/2008 08/2008

Supervise one undergraduate student.

 

Professional Societies:

Biophysical Society

American Society for Cell Biology

 

National and International Meetings

Feb. 2011 The 14th Western Regional Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

Jan. 2010 Keystone Symposia on Structural Biology

Nov. 2004 The 3rd International Conference on Structural Genomics.

Feb. 2008 The 52nd. Annual Biophysical Society Meeting

 

Community Services

04/2006 10/2007

Chair, Chinese Student Club

Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

11/2007 每 Present

Vice President, Nanjing University Alumni Association,

US-CNN chapter.

 

Publications PUBMED SEARCH

1.      Gross, D., Zhan, C., Silver, D. (2011) Direct binding of Triglyceride to Fat Storage-Inducing Transmembrane proteins 1 and 2 is Important for Lipid Droplet Formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.; Accepted.

2.      Zhan, C., Patskovsky, Y., Yan, Q., Li, Z., Ramagopal, U., Cheng, H., Brenowitz, M., Nathenson SG, Almo, S.C. (2011) Decoy Strategies: The Structure of DcR3-TL1A Complex. Structure; 19(2):162-171.

3.        Xu, Y., Zhan, C., Huang, B. (2011) Heat Shock Proteins in Association with Heat Tolerance in Grasses. International Journal of Proteomics; In Press.

4.        Zhan, C., Yan, Q., Patskovsky, Y., Li, Z., Toro, R., Meyer, A., Cheng, H., Brenowitz, M., Nathenson SG, Almo, S.C. (2009) Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Human TL1A Ectodomain. Biochemistry; 48(32):7636-45.

5.      Chattopadhyay, K, Lazar-Molnar, E., Yan, Q., Rubinstein, R., Zhan, C., Bonanno, J., Vigdorovich, V., Ramagopal, U. Nathenson, S.G., Almo, S. C. (2009) Sequence, Structure, Function, Immunity: Structural Genomics of Costimulation. Immunol Rev; 229(1):356-86.

6.      Manjasetty, B., Shi, W., Zhan, C., Fiser, A, Chance, M. (2007) A high-throughput approach to protein structure analysis. Genet Eng (NY) 28:105-28

7.      Zhan, C., Yang, J., Dong, X., Wang, Y. (2007) Molecular Modeling of Purinergic Receptor P2Y12 and Interaction with its antagonists. J Mol Graph Model; 26(1):20-31.

8.      Zhan, C., Fedorov, E.V., Shi, W., Ramagopal, U.A., Thirumuruhan, R., Manjasetty, B., Almo, S.C., Fiser, A., Chance, M.R., Fedorov, A. (2005) The ybeY protein from Escherichia coli is a metalloprotein. Acta Cryst. F; 61(pt 11): 959-963

9.      Shi, W., Zhan, C., Ignatov, A., Manjasetty, B., Marinkovic, N., Sullivan, M., Huang, R., Chance, M.R. (2005) Metalloproteomics: High-throughput structural and functional annotation of proteins in structural genomicsStructure; 13(10): 1473-1486

10.   Marinkovic, N.S., Gupta, S., Zhan, C., and Chance, M.R. (2005) Synchrotron radiation in biosciences. Nucl Instrum Meth B; 241(1-4): 242-246

11.   Yang, J., Zhan, C., Dong, X., Yao, J., Yang, K., Hua, Z. (2005) Structure and function of annexin V-decorsin fusion. J Mol Struc-Theochem; 130(1-3): 227-233

12.   Chen, T., Yang, J., Wang, Y., Zhan, C., Zang, Y., Qin, J. (2005) Design of recombinant stem cell factor-macrophage colony stimulating factor fusion proteins and their biological activity in vitro. J Comput Aided Mol Des.; 19(5):319-28

13.   Yang, J., Zhan, C., Dong, X., Yang, K., Wang, F. (2004) Interaction of human fibrinogen receptor (GPIIb-IIIa) with decorsin. Acta Pharmacol Sin.; 25(8):1096-104

 

Poster Presentations

1.      Zhan, C., Patskovsky, Y., Yan, Q., etc. (2010) Decoy Strategies: Structure of the TL1A-DcR3 Complex. Keystone Symposia on Structural Biology

2.      Zhan, C., Yan, Q., Patskovsky, Y., etc. (2008) Structural Basis for Autoimmunity: Crystal Structure of Human TL1A The 52nd. Annual Biophysical Society Meeting

3.      Donaldson, T., Ting, L., Zhan, C., etc. (2008) Selective targeting of 5¢-methylthioinosine activity in Plasmodium falciparum PNP. 2008 (19th) Annual Molecular Parasitology Meeting

4.      Marinkovic, N., Sullivan, M., Zhan, C., etc. (2004) Metallomics: High throughput determination of transition metal content in proteins. The 3rd International Conference on Structural Genomics

5.      Wang, W., Zhan, C. (2003) Structures of Helix in Life. The 5th Science Forum of Nanjing University.

 

 

Structure Publications

 

1.      Zhan, C., Patskovsky, Y., Yan, Q., Li, Z., Ramagopal, U., Cheng, H., Brenowitz, M., Xiao, H., Nathenson, S.G.,  Almo, S.C., Crystal Structure of DcR3-TL1A complex (PDB ID: 3K51, 3MI8, 3MHD)

2.      Zhan, C.,  Yan, Q.,  Patskovsky, Y.,  Shi, W.,  Toro, R.,  Bonanno, J.,  Nathenson, S.G.,  Almo, S.C., Crystal structure of human TL1A extracellular domain (PDB ID: 2QE3, 2RJK, 2RJL)

3.      Patskovsky, Y.,  Yan, Q.,  Zhan, C.,  Toro, R.,  Meyer, A.J.,  Gilmore, M.,  Hu, S.,  Groshong, C.,  Rodgers, L.,  Sauder, J.M.,  Burley, S.K.,  Almo, S.C., New York Structural GenomiX Research Consortium (NYSGXRC), Crystal structure of response regulator receiver protein from Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 (PDB ID: 2RDM)

4.      Patskovsky, Y., Zhan, C.,  Shi, W.,  Toro, R.,  Sauder, J.M.,  Gilmore, J.,  Iizuka, M.,  Maletic, M.,  Gheyi, T.,  Wasserman, S.R.,  Smith, D.,  Burley, S.K.,  Almo, S.C.,  New York Structural GenomiX Research Consortium (NYSGXRC), Crystal structure of predicted nucleotide-binding protein from Vibrio cholerae (PDB ID: 2PMB)

5.      Zhang, Y.,  Zhan, C.,  Patskovsky, Y.,  Ramagopal, U.,  Shi, W.,  Toro, R.,  Wengerter, B.C.,  Milst, S.,  Vidal, M.,  Burley, S.K.,  Almo, S.C.,  New York Structural GenomiX Research Consortium (NYSGXRC), Structure of Caenorhabditis Elegans UDP-Glucose Dehydrogenase (PDB ID: 2O3J)

6.      Zhan, C., Patskovsky, Y.,  Wengerter, B.C.,  Ramagopal, U.,  Milstein, S.,  Vidal, M.,  Almo, S.C.,  Burley, S.K.,  New York Structural GenomiX Research Consortium (NYSGXRC), Structure of Caenorhabditis elegans leucine aminopeptidase (LAP1) ( PDB ID:2HC9, 2HB6)

7.      Wengerter, B.C.,  Patskovsky, Y., Zhan, C.,  Ramagopal, U.,  Milstein, S.,  Vidal, M.,  Almo, S.C.,  Burley, S.K.,  New York Structural GenomiX Research Consortium (NYSGXRC), Structure of Caenorhabditis elegans 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase ( PDB ID: 2G64)

 

Skills

 

Experimental Skills:

       Molecular biology: Gene cloning, site-directed mutagenesis, western blotting.

       Protein expression: Bacterial expression (E. coli), and insect cell expression (Schneider-2 Drosophila cell);

       Protein purification: Rapid dilute Protein refolding, fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) system operation;

       Macromolecular crystallization and protein crystal X-ray diffraction data collection using both in-house and synchrotron light sources;

       Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) analysis of protein-protein interactions;

       Analytical ultracentrifugation;

       Flow cytometry;

       Tissue culture: Mammalian adherent, non-adherent cell and lymphocyte culture

       Mice breeding and basic mice handling;

       Primary cell culture and in vitro differentiation of T-cell subtypes and bone marrow dendritic cells.

 

Computing Skills:

       Crystallography software packages, including HKL2000, CCP4, PHENIX, Coot, Pymol, etc.;

       Modelling programs, including modeller, 3D dock, Modules of Insight II (commercial software packages in molecular simulation), etc.;

       Proficient in operating both Windows and Linux;

       Programming in Perl and C;

       Experienced in MySQL database management;

       Web-master for multiple web sites.