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56
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10656
World Ranking
11670
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3148

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her discoveries of new morphologies and molecular behavior in model lipid films of biological and medical importance
  • 2001 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ka Yee C. Lee is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and specializes in research within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cell Biology, Neurology, and Physiology.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics such as Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation, Cellular Transport and Secretion, Galectins and Cancer Biology, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications.

Among recent publications attributed to Ka Yee C. Lee are:

  • How Tim proteins differentially exploit membrane features to attain robust target sensitivity, 2021, Biophysical Journal
  • MFG-E8: a model of multiple binding modes associated with ps-binding proteins, 2023, The European Physical Journal E
  • Binding equations for the lipid composition dependence of peripheral membrane-binding proteins, 2024, Biophysical Journal
  • Parkinson's disease-associated mutations in α-synuclein alters its lipid-bound state, 2024, Biophysical Journal
  • Multiscale geometry and mechanics of lipid monolayer collapse, 2021, Current topics in membranes

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ka Yee C. Lee include:

  • Daniel H. Kerr
  • Sofiya Maltseva
  • Tiffany Suwatthee
  • Erin J. Adams
  • Anna D. Gaffney

Major publication venues for this scientist's work include:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • The European Physical Journal E
  • Current topics in membranes
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Physics Materials

Ka Yee C. Lee has been recognized with awards such as Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2009, with a citation noting discoveries related to morphologies and molecular behavior in model lipid films with biological and medical relevance. They were also named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2001.

Best Publications

  • pH-induced metal-ligand cross-links inspired by mussel yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli

    N. Holten-Andersen;M. J. Harrington;H. Birkedal;B. P. Lee

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from Two Neutron Star–Black Hole Coalescences

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • Coexistence of Buckled and Flat Monolayers

    M. M. Lipp;K. Y. C. Lee;D. Y. Takamoto;J. A. Zasadzinski

  • Collapse Mechanisms of Langmuir Monolayers

    Ka Yee C Lee

  • Direct observation of poloxamer 188 insertion into lipid monolayers.

    Stacey A. Maskarinec;Jürgen Hannig;Raphael C. Lee;Ka Yee C. Lee

  • INTERACTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE PROTEGRIN WITH BIOMEMBRANES

    David Gidalevitz;Yuji Ishitsuka;Adrian S. Muresan;Oleg Konovalov

  • pH-Based Regulation of Hydrogel Mechanical Properties Through Mussel-Inspired Chemistry and Processing.

    Devin G. Barrett;Dominic E. Fullenkamp;Lihong He;Niels Holten-Andersen

  • Interaction of lung surfactant proteins with anionic phospholipids.

    D.Y. Takamoto;M.M. Lipp;A. von Nahmen;Ka Yee C. Lee

  • Effects of Lung Surfactant Proteins, SP-B and SP-C, and Palmitic Acid on Monolayer Stability

    Junqi Ding;Dawn Y. Takamoto;Anja von Nahmen;Michael M. Lipp

  • Metal-coordination: using one of nature's tricks to control soft material mechanics

    Niels Holten-Andersen;Aditya Jaishankar;Matthew J. Harrington;Dominic E. Fullenkamp

  • Phase and Morphology Changes in Lipid Monolayers Induced by SP-B Protein and Its Amino-Terminal Peptide

    M. M. Lipp;K. Y. C. Lee;J. A. Zasadzinski;A. J. Waring

  • Morphology and Collapse Transitions in Binary Phospholipid Monolayers

    Ajaykumar Gopal and;Ka Yee C. Lee

  • Lipid headgroup discrimination by antimicrobial peptide LL-37: insight into mechanism of action.

    Frances Neville;Marjolaine Cahuzac;Oleg Konovalov;Yuji Ishitsuka

  • Lipid membrane templates the ordering and induces the fibrillogenesis of Alzheimer's disease amyloid-beta peptide.

    Eva Y. Chi;Canay Ege;Amy Winans;Jaroslaw Majewski

  • Insertion of Alzheimer’s Aβ40 Peptide into Lipid Monolayers

    Canay Ege;Ka Yee C. Lee

  • Interaction between lipid monolayers and poloxamer 188: an X-ray reflectivity and diffraction study.

    Guohui Wu;Jaroslaw Majewski;Canay Ege;Kristian Kjaer

  • Fluorescence, polarized fluorescence, and Brewster angle microscopy of palmitic acid and lung surfactant protein B monolayers

    Michael M. Lipp;Ka Yee C. Lee;Alan Waring;Joseph A. Zasadzinski

  • Influence of palmitic acid and hexadecanol on the phase transition temperature and molecular packing of dipalmitoylphosphatidyl-choline monolayers at the air-water interface

    Ka Yee C. Lee;Ajaykumar Gopal;Anja von Nahmen;Joseph A. Zasadzinski

  • Conformational mapping of the N-terminal segment of surfactant protein B in lipid using 13C-enhanced Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

    L. M. Gordon;K. Y.C. Lee;M. M. Lipp;J. A. Zasadzinski

  • Amphiphilic poly(phenyleneethynylene)s can mimic antimicrobial peptide membrane disordering effect by membrane insertion

    Yuji Ishitsuka;Lachelle Arnt;Jaroslaw Majewski;Shelli Frey

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan J. Waring
Alan J. Waring University of California, Los Angeles
Kristian Kjaer
Kristian Kjaer Technical University of Denmark
Erin J. Adams
Erin J. Adams University of Chicago
Robert I. Lehrer
Robert I. Lehrer University of California, Los Angeles
Songi Han
Songi Han University of California, Santa Barbara
Phillip B. Messersmith
Phillip B. Messersmith University of California, Berkeley
Theodore L. Steck
Theodore L. Steck University of Chicago
Todd Emrick
Todd Emrick University of Massachusetts Amherst
Emad Tajkhorshid
Emad Tajkhorshid University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Todd M. Squires
Todd M. Squires University of California, Santa Barbara

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