​From Fundamental Amyloid Protein Self-Assembly to Development of Bioplastics

Tianchen Li, Jordan Kambanis, Timothy L. Sorenson, Margaret Sunde, and Yi Shen​
​Biomacromolecules (2024)

The liquid-to-solid transition of FUS is promoted by the condensate surface

Yi Shen, Anqi Chen, Wenyun Wang, Yinan Shen, Francesco Simone Ruggeri, Stefano Aime , Zizhao Wang, Seema Qamar, Jorge R. Espinosa, Adiran Garaizar, Peter St George-Hyslop , Rosana Collepardo-Guevara, David A. Weitz, Daniele Vigolo, and Tuomas P. J. Knowles
​Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023)

Biomolecular condensates undergo a generic shear-mediated liquid-to-solid transition

Yi Shen, Francesco Simone Ruggeri, Daniele Vigolo, Ayaka Kamada, Seema Qamar, Aviad Levin, Christiane Iserman, Simon Alberti, Peter St George-Hyslop, Tuomas PJ Knowles​
Nature Nanotechnology (2020)

RNA granules hitchhike on lysosomes for long-distance transport, using annexin A11 as a molecular tether

Ya-Cheng Liao, Michael Fernandopulle, Guozhen Wang, Heejun Choi, Ling Hao, Catherine M Drerup, Seema Qamar, Jonathon Nixon-Abell, Yi Shen, William Meadows, Michele Vendruscolo, Tuomas Knowles, Matthew Nelson, Magda Czekalska, Greta Musteikyte, Rajan Patel, Christina Stephens, Amalia Pasolli, Lucy Forrest, Peter St George-Hyslop, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Michael E Ward​
Cell (2019)

Amyloid fibril systems reduce, stabilize and deliver bioavailable nanosized iron

Yi Shen, Lidija Posavec, Sreenath Bolisetty, Florentine M. Hilty, Gustav Nyström, Joachim Kohlbrecher, Monika Hilbe, Antonella Rossi, Jeannine Baumgartner, Michael B. Zimmermann, Raffaele Mezzenga
Nature Nanotechnology (2017)

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