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Chaoyong James Yang

Chaoyong James Yang

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Chemistry

D-Index
99
Citations
31448
World Ranking
1354
National Ranking
244

Overview

Chaoyong James Yang is affiliated with Xiamen University in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering

Subfields of focus are diverse and cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Materials Chemistry

Their main research topics include:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies

Yang has frequently published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Small Methods
  • Lab on a Chip

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Zhi Zhu
  • Yanling Song
  • Jia Song
  • Lingling Wu
  • Huimin Zhang

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Aptamer-Based Detection of Circulating Targets for Precision Medicine", 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Discovery of Aptamers Targeting the Receptor-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein", 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • "Homogeneous, Low-volume, Efficient, and Sensitive Quantitation of Circulating Exosomal PD-L1 for Cancer Diagnosis and Immunotherapy Response Prediction", 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Aptamer Blocking Strategy Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Virus Infection", 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Tracing Tumor-Derived Exosomal PD-L1 by Dual-Aptamer Activated Proximity-Induced Droplet Digital PCR", 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Aptamers evolved from live cells as effective molecular probes for cancer study

    Dihua Shangguan;Ying Li;Zhiwen Tang;Zehui Charles Cao

  • Molecular engineering of DNA: molecular beacons.

    Kemin Wang;Zhiwen Tang;Chaoyong James Yang;Youngmi Kim

  • Aptamer-Based Detection of Circulating Targets for Precision Medicine.

    Lingling Wu;Yidi Wang;Xing Xu;Yilong Liu

  • Optimization of dye-doped silica nanoparticles prepared using a reverse microemulsion method

    Rahul P. Bagwe;Chaoyong Yang;Lisa R. Hilliard;Weihong Tan

  • Pyrene-excimer probes based on the hybridization chain reaction for the detection of nucleic acids in complex biological fluids.

    Jin Huang;Yanrong Wu;Yan Chen;Yan Chen;Yan Chen;Zhi Zhu

  • Selection of DNA aptamers against epithelial cell adhesion molecule for cancer cell imaging and circulating tumor cell capture.

    Yanling Song;Zhi Zhu;Yuan An;Weiting Zhang

  • Label-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Detection of DNA with Single-Base Sensitivity

    Li-Jia Xu;Zhi-Chao Lei;Jiuxing Li;Cheng Zong

  • Discovery of Aptamers Targeting the Receptor-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein.

    Yanling Song;Jia Song;Xinyu Wei;Mengjiao Huang

  • An Aptamer Cross-Linked Hydrogel as a Colorimetric Platform for Visual Detection

    Zhi Zhu;Cuichen Wu;Haipeng Liu;Yuan Zou

  • Light-switching excimer probes for rapid protein monitoring in complex biological fluids

    Chaoyong James Yang;Steffen Jockusch;Marie Vicens;Nicholas J. Turro

  • Dual-luminophore-doped silica nanoparticles for multiplexed signaling.

    Lin Wang;Chaoyong Yang;Weihong Tan

  • A smart DNAzyme-MnO₂ nanosystem for efficient gene silencing.

    Huanhuan Fan;Zilong Zhao;Guobei Yan;Xiaobing Zhang

  • High-Throughput Single Copy DNA Amplification and Cell Analysis in Engineered Nanoliter Droplets

    Palani Kumaresan;Chaoyong James Yang;Samantha A. Cronier;Robert G. Blazej

  • Pyrene excimer signaling molecular beacons for probing nucleic acids

    Patrick Conlon;Chaoyong James Yang;Yanrong Wu;Yan Chen

  • Target-Responsive "Sweet" Hydrogel with Glucometer Readout for Portable and Quantitative Detection of Non-Glucose Targets

    Ling Yan;Zhi Zhu;Yuan Zou;Yishun Huang

  • Au@pt nanoparticle encapsulated target-responsive hydrogel with volumetric bar-chart chip readout for quantitative point-of-care testing

    Zhi Zhu;Zhichao Guan;Shasha Jia;Zhichao Lei

  • 3D NiO hollow sphere/reduced graphene oxide composite for high-performance glucose biosensor

    Wei Huang;Shujiang Ding;Yong Chen;Wanjun Hao

  • Graphene oxide-protected DNA probes for multiplex microRNA analysis in complex biological samples based on a cyclic enzymatic amplification method.

    Liang Cui;Xiaoyan Lin;Ninghang Lin;Yanling Song

  • Bioinspired Engineering of a Multivalent Aptamer‐Functionalized Nanointerface to Enhance the Capture and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells

    Yanling Song;Yuanzhi Shi;Mengjiao Huang;Wei Wang

  • Hydrogel Droplet Microfluidics for High-Throughput Single Molecule/Cell Analysis.

    Zhi Zhu;Chaoyong James Yang

  • Molecular aptamers for drug delivery

    Weihong Tan;Weihong Tan;Hui Wang;Yan Chen;Yan Chen;Yan Chen;Xiaobing Zhang

  • Locked nucleic acid molecular beacons.

    Lin Wang;Chaoyong James Yang;Colin D Medley;Steven A Benner

  • Discovery of Aptamers Targeting Receptor-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein

    Yanling Song;Jia Song;Xinyu Wei;Mengjiao Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhi Zhu
Zhi Zhu Xiamen University
Weihong Tan
Weihong Tan Hunan University
Xi Chen
Xi Chen Xiamen University
Kemin Wang
Kemin Wang Hunan University
Baoxin Li
Baoxin Li Shaanxi Normal University
Zhenyu Lin
Zhenyu Lin Fuzhou University
Zhong-Qun Tian
Zhong-Qun Tian Xiamen University
Leonid L. Moroz
Leonid L. Moroz University of Florida
Bo Zhang
Bo Zhang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Zhiping Cai
Zhiping Cai Xiamen University

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