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PUBLICATIONS
29) Chun-Hao Su, Tzu-Wei Chuang, Hsin-Hong Yeh, Chiu-Lun Shen, Pei-Yu Hung, Ying Li, Woan-Yuh Tarn*; Phosphorylated Y14 condensates as a scaffold for DNA double-strand break repair, iScience 2025, 28, 113073.

30) Yuhang Gui, Rui Hou, Yuchen Huang, Yu Zhou, Shihao Liu, Ling Meng, Ying Li, Fong Song Lam, Ruoyun Ding, Yan Cao*, Gang Li*, Xiaoyu Li*; Discovering Cell-Targeting Ligands and Cell-Surface Receptors by Selection of DNA-Encoded Chemical Libraries against Cancer Cells without Predefined Targets, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202421172.
29) Han Jia‡, Jinghua Han‡, Yajing Qi, Jie Liu, Yuen Ting Leung, Yau Hei Tung, Yuanyuan Chu, Tong Wang, Yi- Man Eva Fung, Yi Wang*, Ying Li*; Small-Molecule Benzo-Phenoselenazine Derivatives for Multi-Subcellular Biomolecule Profiling, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, e202419904.

28) Tian Ze‡, Jie Liu‡, Cham Wah Cheung, Youzhi Li, Han Jia, Edmund Chun Ming Tse, Ying Li*; Manganese Complex-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid for Biofilm Inhibition and Eradication, ChemBioChem, 2024, e202400500.

27) Lan Li, Jinghua Han, Hei-Yong G. Lo, Winnie Wai Ling Tam, Han Jia, Edmund Chun Ming Tse, J. Matthew Taliaferro*, Ying Li*; Symmetry-breaking malachite green as a near-infrared light-activated fluorogenic photosensitizer for RNA proximity labeling, Nucleic Acids Research, 2024, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae125.

26) Jiying Liang, Jinghua Han, Yuan Zhuang, GuanHua Chen, Ying Li*; Mitochondria-Associated Transcriptome Profiling via Localizable Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizers in Live Cells, ACS Chemical Biology, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00617.

(25) Jiying Liang, Jinghua Han, Xutao Gao, Han Jia, Ran Li, Edmund C. M. Tse, Ying Li*; Clickable APEX2 Probes for Enhanced RNA Proximity Labeling in Live Cells, Analytical Chemistry, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem. 3c03614.

24) Ziqi Deng, Lan Li, Han Jia, Nga-Fong Li, Jiaxing he, Ming-De Li, David Lee Phillips, Ying Li*; Insights into the Photodynamics of the Fluorescence Emission and Singlet Oxygen Generation of Fluorogen Activating Protein-Malachite Green System, Chemistry A European Journal, 2023, 29, e202203684.

23) Tian Zeng, Rajendra P. Gautam, Danny H. Ko, Heng-Liang Wu, Ali Hosseini*, Ying Li*, Christopher J. Barile*, Edmund C. M. Tse*; Hybrid bilayer membranes as platforms for biomimicry and catalysis, Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022, 6, 862–880.

22) Lo, H.-Y. G.; Engel, K. L.; Goering, R.; Li, Y.; Spitale, R. C.*; Taliaferro, J. M.* Halo-seq: An RNA proximity labeling method for the isolation and analysis of subcellular RNA populations Current Protocols 2022, 2, e424.


21) Krystal L. Engel, Hei-Yong G. Lo, Raeann Goering, Ying Li, Robert C. Spitale*, J. Matthew Taliaferro*, "Analysis of subcellular transcriptomes by RNA proximity labeling with Halo-seq", Nucleic Acids Res., 2021, gkab1185.
20) Jiying Liang, Han Jia, Lan Li, Xiang Li, Ying Li*, “β-Difluoroalkylamine as a Motif for Singlet Oxygen-Mediated Proximity Labeling in Living Cells”, Org. Lett., 2021, 23, 4640 - 4644.
19) Tian Zeng, Rajendra P. Gautam, Christopher J. Barile*, Ying Li*, Edmund C. M. Tse*, “Nitrile-Facilitated Proton Transfer for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction by Hybrid ElectrocatalystsNitrile-Facilitated Proton Transfer for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction by Hybrid Electrocatalysts”, ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 13149 - 13155.
18) Lan Li‡, Jiying Liang‡, Hao Luo, K. Ming Tam, Edmund C. M. Tse*, Ying Li*, “A New Chemical Approach for Proximity Labelling of Chromatin-associated RNAs and Proteins with Visible Light Irradiation”, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 12340 - 12343.
17) Ying Li‡; Matthias Göhl‡; Ke Ke‡; Christopher D. Vanderwal*; Robert C. Spitale* "Identification of Adenosine-to-Inosine RNA Editing with Acrylonitrile Reagents". Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 7948 – 7951.
16) Tian Zeng, Heng-Liang Wu, Ying Li, Edmund C. M. Tse*, Christopher J. Barile*, “Physical and Electrochemical Characterization of a Cu-based Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst inside and outside a Lipid Membrane with Controlled Proton Transfer Kinetics”, Electrochimica Acta, 2019, 320, 134611.
15) Ying Li‡, Ke Ke‡, Robert C. Spitale*, “Biochemical Methods to Image and Analyze RNA Localization: from One to Many”, Biochemistry, 2018, 58, 379 - 386.
14) Ying Li, Mahima B. Aggarwal, Ke Ke, Robert C. Spitale*, “Improved Analysis of RNA Localization by Spatially Restricted Oxidation of RNA-Protein Complexes”, Biochemistry, 2018, 57, 1577 - 1581.
13) Ying Li, Mahima B. Aggarwal, Kim Nguyen, Ke Ke, Robert C. Spitale*, “Assaying RNA Localization in situ with Spatially-restricted Nucleobase Oxidation”, ACS Chem. Biol., 2017, 12, 2709 - 2714.
12) Ying Li‡, Katharina Huth‡, Edzna Shunay Garcia Ramirez, Yugang Bai, Benjamin J. Predetti, Rainer Haag* and Steven C. Zimmerman*, “Linear Dendronized Polyols as a Multifunctional Platform for a Versatile and Efficient Fluorophore Design”, Poly. Chem., 2018, 9, 2040 - 2047.
11) Chao Feng‡, Ying Li‡, Spitale RC*, “Photo-controlled Cell-specific Metabolic Labeling of RNA”, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 5117 - 5120.
10) Edmund C. M. Tse‡, Christopher J. Barile‡, Ying Li, Steven C. Zimmerman, Ali Hosseini and Andrew A. Gewirth*, “Proton Transfer Dynamics Dictate Quinone Speciation at Lipid-modified Electrodes”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 7086 - 7093.
9) Christopher J. Barile‡, Edmund C. M. Tse‡, Ying Li, John P. Gewargis, Nicholas A. Kirchschlager, Steven C. Zimmerman, and Andrew A. Gewirth*, “The "Flip-flop" Diffusion Mechanism across Lipids in a Hybrid Bilayer Membrane”, Biophys. J. 2016, 110, 2451 - 2462.
8) Edmund C. M. Tse‡, Christopher J. Barile‡, Nicholas A. Kirchschlager, Ying Li, John P. Gewargis, Steven C. Zimmerman, Ali Hosseini and Andrew A. Gewirth*, “Proton Transfer Dynamics Control the Mechanism of O2 Reduction by a Non-Precious Metal Electrocatalyst”, Nat. Mater. 2016, doi:10.1038/nmat4636.
7) Ying Li‡, Yugang Bai‡, Nan Zheng, Yang Liu, Gretchen Vincil, Benjamin J. Predetti, Jianjun Cheng, and Steven C. Zimmerman*, “Crosslinked Dendronized polyglyols as a General Approach for Brighter and More Stable Fluorophores”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 3781 - 3784.
6) Ying Li, Edmund C. M. Tse, Christopher J. Barile, Andrew A. Gewirth* and Steven C. Zimmerman*, “Photo-responsive Molecular Switch for Regulating Transmembrane Proton Delivery”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14059 - 14062.
5) Edmund C. M. Tse‡, Christopher J. Barile‡, John P. Gewargis, Ying Li, Steven C. Zimmerman and Andrew A. Gewirth*, “Anion Transport through Lipids in a Hybrid Bilayer Membrane”, Anal. Chem. 2015, 87, 2403 - 2409.
4) Christopher J. Barile‡, Edmund C. M. Tse‡, Ying Li, Thomas B. Sobyra, Steven C. Zimmerman, Ali Hosseini, and Andrew A. Gewirth*, “Proton Switch for Modulating Oxygen Reduction by a Copper Electrocatalyst Embedded in a Hybrid Bilayer Membrane”, Nat. Mater. 2014, 13, 619 - 623.
3) Ying Li, Taiho Park, J. Kwansima Quansah, and Steven C. Zimmerman*, “Synthesis of a Redox-Responsive Quadruple Hydrogen-Bonding Unit for Applications in Supramolecular Chemistry”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 17118 - 17121.





2) Ning Ma, Ying Li, Huifeng Ren, Huaping Xu*, Zhibo Li, and Xi Zhang*, "Selenium-containing Block Copolymers and their Oxidation-Responsive Aggregates", Polym. Chem. 2010, 1, 1609 - 1614.
1) Ning Ma, Ying Li, Huaping Xu,* Zhiqiang Wang, and Xi Zhang*, “Dual Redox Responsive Assemblies Formed from Diselenide Block Copolymers”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 442 - 443.
‡ equal contribution, * corresponding author
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