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Dr. Xing Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, affiliated with the Chemistry Department, IGB, HMNTL, and CCIL at UIUC. He received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from New York University and did a postdoc at Princeton University focusing on RNA biology and noncoding RNA-mediated genome editing. He is an inventor of the DNA Star, DNA Net, and DNA NanoGripper platforms, and developed the concept of pattern-recognition enabled multivalent molecular interactions. He is a recipient of the Mikashi Award (UIUC) in 2021 and Spoke Award (CZ BioHub Chicago) in 2024. Before joining UIUC, Dr. Wang was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Research Interests
Dr. Wang is the inventor of the DNA Star platform that utilizes designer DNA nanostructures (DDN) to create biosensors and biomedicines. His Nucleic Acids Programming Lab engineers DDNs that offer a "plug-and-play" platform to create functional nanomaterials with aptamers, peptides/nanobodies, or quantum dots for developing (1) ultrasensitive and inexpensive biosensors for rapid disease diagnostics in both point-of-care and high throughput settings, (2) effective therapeutic candidates for infectious disease treatment/prevention and cancer immunotherapy, (3) new strategies and reagents for high resolution imaging. His research group is supported by NIH and NSF.
Academic Service
Dr. Wang directs the Nucleic Acids Programming Lab (NAPL) at UIUC. He is affiliated with HMNTL, IGB, and CCIL.
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry, New York University
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Net-Shaped DNA Nanostructures Designed for Rapid/Sensitive Detection and Potential Inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus
Chauhan, N., Xiong, Y., Ren, S., Dwivedy, A., Magazine, N., Zhou, L., Jin, X., Zhang, T., Cunningham, B. T., Yao, S., Huang, W. & Wang, X., Sep 20 2023, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145, 37, p. 20214-20228 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Designer DNA nanostructures for viral inhibition
Ren, S., Fraser, K., Kuo, L., Chauhan, N., Adrian, A. T., Zhang, F., Linhardt, R. J., Kwon, P. S. & Wang, X., Feb 2022, In: Nature Protocols. 17, 2, p. 282-326 45 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nanocages for virus inhibition
Chauhan, N. & Wang, X., Sep 1 2021, In: Nature Materials. 20, 9, p. 1176-1177 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic resonator interferometric scattering microscopy
Li, N., Canady, T. D., Huang, Q., Wang, X., Fried, G. A. & Cunningham, B. T., Mar 19 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 1744.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Designer DNA architecture offers precise and multivalent spatial pattern-recognition for viral sensing and inhibition
Kwon, P. S., Ren, S., Kwon, S. J., Kizer, M. E., Kuo, L., Xie, M., Zhu, D., Zhou, F., Zhang, F., Kim, D., Fraser, K., Kramer, L. D., Seeman, N. C., Dordick, J. S., Linhardt, R. J., Chao, J. & Wang, X., Jan 1 2020, In: Nature Chemistry. 12, 1, p. 26-35 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Press/Media
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Nanorobot hand made of DNA grabs viruses for diagnostics and blocks cell entry
11/27/24
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DNA nets capture COVID-19 virus in low-cost rapid-testing platform
9/23/22
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Press/Media: Research