Kailu Yang

This peptide structure is wild (PDB 1ALZ)

How big are the cells? Microorganisms in perspective

He changed his mind.. 😂

Eating a watermelon together.. 😊

#ASV2023 First time at ASV and also first time to talk in a huge theater! Surprised by the large quantity and diversity of viruses!

Marmots became tame over the years and are quite happy to eat the food passers-by put down for them on hiking trails. Unfortunately this is not healthy for them, as marmots have been found to be frequently overweight [📹 iz6fvkb: buff.ly/3qMRTNa] t.co/RKQCF8Gf8Y

Oh dang biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our latest collaboration with the lab of Axel Brunger on enhancing the affinity of HR2 inhibits for Omicron specific SARS-CoV-2 variants is now published in PNAS (@PNASNews). Work led by @emkailu with the help of @ChuchuWang0820, @ajbKreutzberger pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

To celebrate this wonderful achievement, here is a recent release (EMPIAR-10999) featuring raw movie stacks that led to the 2.1 Å #SingleParticle #CryoEM structure of the #SARSCoV2 HR1HR2 fusion core complex. #EMPIAR_2PB #BigData #CryoET, #VolumeEM, #MicroED, #DeepLearning 2/4

Today @emkailu is presenting new research on weaponizing part of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein against itself to prevent infection at #BPS2023; check out the spotlighted research at tinyurl.com/mphhtdnb @stanfordmed @hmminews #coronavirus #spikeprotein

"We discovered a simple peptide that inhibits infection by all major variants of #SARSCoV2 with nanomolar efficacies." pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… @PNASNews @emkailu @StanfordMed @HHMINEWS

Our paper on inhibitory peptides for SARS-CoV-2 now published @PNAS. This was great work led by @emkailu @ChuchuWang0820 from Brunger lab at @StanfordMed in collaboration with @ajbKreutzberger @harvardmed @HarvardCellBio @BostonChildrens @BCH_Innovation pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

Check out our first preprint of the 1.55 Å cryo-EM structure of the bacterial translating ribosome!! An awesome collaboration between our group at @UVA with the @SimoneMattei19 group at the Imaging Centre at @EMBLHeidelberg and the Atkins group at @UCC biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share a new preprint from a wonderful collaboration with the Brunger lab. We found that extending the length of HR2 domain inhibitory peptides have a 100-fold increase in inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Glad to be captured by the BPS TV as an audience. Really excellent talks and posters! @BiophysicalSoc

Fantastic Keck conference! Great minds with insights into the future! twitter.com/AmyMHz/status/…