Publications
In situ molecular architecture of the mammalian sperm nuclear vacuole
Braxton, J. R., Qu, S., Skinner, W. M., Shiozaki, M., Jean, N., Yan, R., Zhao, X., Yu, Z., Lishko, P. V., Chen, Z.
Biorxiv (2026).​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Dilip, R.*, Qu, S. J.*, Chen, Z. ^, Van Valen, D. A ^ (* equal contribution, ^ co-corresponding authors).
Biorxiv (2026).​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​In situ cryo-electron tomography reveals the asymmetric architecture of mammalian sperm axonemes
Chen, Z., Greenan, G. A., Shiozaki, M., Liu, Y., Skinner, W., Zhao, X., Zhao, S., Yan, R., Guo, C., Yu, Z., Lishko, P. V., Agard, D. A. & Vale, R. D.
Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 30, 360-369 (2023).
De novo protein identification in mammalian sperm using high-resolution in situ cryo-electron tomography
Chen, Z. ^, Shiozaki, M., Haas, K., Skinner, W. M., Zhao, S., Guo, C., Polacco, B. J., Yu, Z., Krogan, N. J., Lishko, P. V., Kaake, R., Vale, R. D.^ & Agard, D. A.^ (^ co-corresponding authors)
Cell 186, 5041-5053 (2023).
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Zheng, S., Wolff, G., Greenan, G. A., Chen, Z., Faas, F. G. A., Bárcena, M., Koster, A. J., Cheng, Y. & Agard, D. A.
J. Struct. Biol. 6, 100068 (2022).
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Structural insights into Mdn1, an essential AAA protein required for ribosome biogenesis
Chen, Z., Suzuki, H., Kobayashi, Y., Wang, A. C., Dimaio, F., Kawashima, S. A., Walz, T., Kapoor, T. M.
Cell 175, 822-834 (2018).
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​​​​​​Potent, reversible and specific chemical inhibitors of eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis
Kawashima, S. A.*, Chen, Z.*, Aoi, Y., Patgiri, A., Kobayashi, Y., Nurse, P. & Kapoor, T. M. (* equal contributions)
Cell 167, 512-524 (2016)​​​​.​
​​​​​​​​​​Catalytic protein modification with dirhodium metallopeptides: specificity in designed and natural systems
Chen, Z., Vohidov, F., Coughlin, J. M., Stagg, L. J., Arold, S. T., Ladbury, J. E. & Ball, Z. T.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 10138-10145 (2012).
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​Site-specific protein modification with a dirhodium metallopeptide catalyst
Chen, Z., Popp, B. V., Bovet, C. L. & Ball, Z. T.
ACS Chem. Biol. 6, 920-925 (2011)​.
Nanofluidic electrokinetics in nanoparticle crystal
Chen, Z., Wang, Y., Wang, W. & Li, Z.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 102105 (2009).​
​Sequence-specific inhibition of a designed metallopeptide catalyst
Popp, B. V., Chen, Z. & Ball, Z. T.
Chem. Commun. 48, 7492-7494 (2012).​
Microfluidic patterning of nanoparticle monolayer
Chen, Z., Zhao, Y.; Wang, W. & Li, Z.
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 7, 585-591 (2009).