Publications 2025

Behnaz Davoudinasab/UCLA, et al, Structural insights into the mechanism of activation and inhibition of the prostaglandin D2 receptor 1 , Nature Communications 16, 8944 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64002-z

Minrui Fan/Stanford University School of Medicine, et al, Structure and mechanism of the mitochondrial calcium transporter NCLX , Nature , (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09491-0

Chien-Ling Lee/Stanford University School of Medicine, Jianxiu Zhang/Stanford University School of Medicine and Liang Feng/Stanford University School of Medicine, Molecular mechanisms of thiazide-like diuretics-mediated inhibition of the human Na-Cl cotransporter , Nature Communications 16, 7740 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62714-w

Rachael C. Kretsch/Stanford University, et al, Naturally ornate RNA-only complexes revealed by cryo-EM , Nature , (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09073-0

Rachael C. Kretsch/Stanford University School of Medicine, et al, Complex water networks visualized by cryogenic electron microscopy of RNA , Nature 642, 250-259 (2025). 10.1038/s41586-025-08855-w

Maria D. Flores/UCLA, et al, Structural insights into functional regulation of the human CPEB3 prion by an amyloid-forming segment , Structure , (2025). doi: 10.1016/j.str.2025.05.007

Fei Li/Amgen Research; UCSF School of Medicine, et al, Substrate recognition and allosteric regulation of synaptic vesicle glutamate transporter VGLUT2 , Nature Structural & Molecular Biology , (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-025-01568-8

Miao Zhang/Chapman University, et al, Structural basis for the subtype-selectivity of KCa2.2 channel activators , Nature Portfolio (under review) , (2026). https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6568445/v1

Mario Mietzsch/McKnight Brain Institute; College of Medicine, et al, Structural characterization of antibody-responses following Zolgensma treatment for AAV capsid engineering to expand patient cohorts , Nature Communications 16, 3731 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59088-4

Young-Woo Nam/Chapman University School of Pharmacy, et al, Cryo-EM structures of the small-conductance Ca2+-activated KCa2.2 channel , Nature Communications 16, 3690 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59061-1