Dr Yan Yan

Ph.D., Peking University, P.R. China, 2007
B.Sc,. Sichuan University, P.R. China, 2001

Research Fellow

Email:
Telephone: +61 3 8344 9833
Fax: +61 3 8344 4153

Room 1.16, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Building 1

Nanostructured Interfaces and Materials (NIMS) Group

Honours/Awards

• 2005: Young Investigator Award, RACI Peptide Users Group Symp.
• 2003: Kwang-Hua Scholarship, Peking University
• 2002: DuPont Scholarship, Peking University
• 2000: Second Class Scholarship, Sichuan University
• 1999: National Baosteel Scholarship, P.R. China
• 1998 - 1999: First Class Scholarship, Sichuan University

Professional Experience

• 2008 - Present: Research Fellow, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
• 2002 - 2003: Patent translator (biotechnology, biochemistry and microbiology), CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office, P.R. China

Selected Publications

1. Yap, H. P.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Such, G. K.; Yan, Y.; Caruso, F. "Click-Engineered, Bioresponsive, Drug-Loaded PEG Spheres", Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 4348. [link]
2. Kinnane, C. R.; Such, G. K.; Antequera-Garcia, G.; Yan, Y.; Dodds, S. J.; Liz-Marzan, L. M.; Caruso, F. "Low-Fouling Poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) Capsules with Engineered Degradable Properties." Biomacromolecules 2009, 10, 2839. [link]
3. Postma, A.; Yan, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zelikin, A. N.; Tjipto, E.; Caruso, F. "Self-Polymerization of Dopamine as a Versatile and Robust Technique to Prepare Polymer Capsules." Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 3042. [link]
4. Yan, Y.; Scott, D. J.; Wilkinson, T. N.; Ji, J.; Tregear, G. W.; Bathgate, R. A. D. "Identification of the N-Linked Glycosylation Sites of the Human Relaxin Receptor and Effect of Glycosylation on Receptor Function." Biochemistry 2008, 47, 6953. [link]
5. Scott, D. J.; Lanfield, S.; Yan, Y.; Sudo, S.; Hsueh, A. J. W.; Tregear, G. W.; Bathgate, R. A. D. "Characterization of Novel Splice Variants of LGR7 and LGR8 Reveals that Receptor Signaling is Mediated by their Unique Low Density Lipoprotein Class A Module." J. Biol. Chem. 2006, 46, 34942. [link]
6. Yan, Y.; Cai, J.; Fu, P.; Layfield, S.; Ferraro, T.; Kumagai, J.; Sudo, S.; Tang, J. G.; Giannakis, E.; Tregear, G. W., Wade, J. D.; Bathgate, R. A. D. "Studies on Soluble Ectodomain Proteins of Relaxin (LGR7) and Insulin 3 (LGR8) Receptors." Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2005, 1041, 35. [link]