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Chen Zhao

@chen-zhao.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at University of Florida. Interested in membrane receptors.

Chen Zhao @chen-zhao.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Come join our exciting department! Assistant Professor position available in structural biology, metabolism and molecular biology.

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Chen Zhao @chen-zhao.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Our first paper is finally online. Congratulations to the team for the effort! Hopefully a high-resolution structure in the transmembrane domain will be resolved in the future.

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Chen Zhao @chen-zhao.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Congratulations to Colin Frank from my lab, who won the Undergraduate Poster Award Competition at BPS 2026! www.biophysics.org/blog/biophys...

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Biophysical Society Announces Undergraduate Poster Award Competition Winners

BETHESDA, MD – The 10 winners of the annual Undergraduate Poster Award Competition (UPAC) were recognized at the 70th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting Poster Awards Ceremony on February 23, 2026. Af...

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Mandala Lab @mandala-lab.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Read our work on protein-rich domains in the plasma membrane: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Spatial deconstruction of the plasma membrane

The plasma membrane of cells is known to be heterogeneous with regards to the spatial distribution of proteins and lipids. The segregation of molecular species in the cell membrane into specific domai...

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Chia-Hsueh Lee @thechleelab.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Sweet tooth + sweet science. I adore sweets. Proud to share our adventure exploring the amazing human sweet receptor. "Structure and activation mechanism of human sweet taste receptor" rdcu.be/eMXKa

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George Vaisey @gvaisey.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Happy to share our latest work on Piezo: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Lipid composition and mechanical force underlie multi-modal regulation of Piezo1 gating

Piezo1 ion channels are widely expressed cellular mechanosensors. They adopt an intrinsically curved shape when closed and are thought to open when mechanical forces applied to the membrane favor a mo...

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Chen Zhao @chen-zhao.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Come and join our exciting and supportive department!

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