Wen Jiang
Faculty Director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility; Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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W231 Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA - wxj5136@psu.edu
- 814-865-0363
Huck Affiliations
- Center for Structural Biology
- Bioinformatics and Genomics
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
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Most Recent Publications
Pseudovirus nanoparticles targeting the receptor binding HA1 domains of influenza viruses elicited high HA1-specific antibody responses and protected mice against mortality caused by influenza virus challenges
Ming Xia, Pengwei Huang, Frank S. Vago, Wen Jiang, Ming Tan, 2025, Vaccine
A Nanoparticle Comprising the Receptor-Binding Domains of Norovirus and Plasmodium as a Combination Vaccine Candidate
Ming Xia, Pengwei Huang, Frank S. Vago, Wen Jiang, Xi Jiang, Ming Tan, 2025, Vaccines
Cryo-EM structures of cotton wool plaques’ amyloid β and of tau filaments in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease
Md Rejaul Hoq, Anllely Fernandez, Frank S. Vago, Grace I. Hallinan, Sakshibeedu R. Bharath, Daoyi Li, Kadir A. Ozcan, Holly J. Garringer, Wen Jiang, Ruben Vidal, Bernardino Ghetti, 2024, Acta Neuropathologica
A Pseudovirus Nanoparticle Displaying the Vaccinia Virus L1 Protein Elicited High Neutralizing Antibody Titers and Provided Complete Protection to Mice against Mortality Caused by a Vaccinia Virus Challenge
Pengwei Huang, Ming Xia, Frank S. Vago, Wen Jiang, Ming Tan, 2024, Vaccines
Cryo-EM structures of amyloid-β and tau filaments in Down syndrome
Anllely Fernandez, Md Rejaul Hoq, Grace I. Hallinan, Daoyi Li, Sakshibeedu R. Bharath, Frank S. Vago, Xiaoqi Zhang, Kadir A. Ozcan, Kathy L. Newell, Holly J. Garringer, Wen Jiang, Bernardino Ghetti, Ruben Vidal, 2024, Nature Structural Biology on p. 903-909
A Viral Protein 4-Based Trivalent Nanoparticle Vaccine Elicited High and Broad Immune Responses and Protective Immunity against the Predominant Rotaviruses
Ming Xia, Pengwei Huang, Frank Vago, Takahiro Kawagishi, Siyuan Ding, Harry B. Greenberg, Wen Jiang, Ming Tan, 2024, ACS Nano on p. 6673-6689
The 2.6 Å Structure of a Tulane Virus Variant with Minor Mutations Leading to Receptor Change
Chen Sun, Pengwei Huang, Xueyong Xu, Frank S. Vago, Kunpeng Li, Thomas Klose, Xi Jason Jiang, Wen Jiang, 2024, Biomolecules
Classification of helical polymers with deep-learning language models
Daoyi Li, Wen Jiang, 2023, Journal of Structural Biology
Pseudovirus Nanoparticles Displaying Plasmodium Circumsporozoite Proteins Elicited High Titers of Sporozoite-Binding Antibody
Ming Xia, Pengwei Huang, Frank Vago, Wen Jiang, Ming Tan, 2023, Vaccines
A bioengineered pseudovirus nanoparticle displaying SARS-CoV 2 RBD fully protects mice from mortality and weight loss caused by SARS-CoV 2 challenge
Ming Xia, Krisangel López, Frank S. Vago, Pengwei Huang, Dawn I. Auguste, Wen Jiang, Albert J. Auguste, Ming Tan, 2023, Biotechnology Journal
Most-Cited Papers
Self-Assembly of Molecule-like Nanoparticle Clusters Directed by DNA Nanocages
Yulin Li, Zhiyu Liu, Guimei Yu, Wen Jiang, Chengde Mao, 2015, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 4320-4323
Structure of the immature Zika virus at 9 A resolution
Vidya Mangala Prasad, Andrew S. Miller, Thomas Klose, Devika Sirohi, Geeta Buda, Wen Jiang, Richard J. Kuhn, Michael G. Rossmann, 2017, Nature Structural Biology on p. 184-186
A human antibody against Zika virus crosslinks the E protein to prevent infection
S. Saif Hasan, Andrew Miller, Gopal Sapparapu, Estefania Fernandez, Thomas Klose, Feng Long, Andrei Fokine, Jason C. Porta, Wen Jiang, Michael S. Diamond, James E. Crowe, Richard J. Kuhn, Michael G. Rossmann, 2017, Nature Communications
In vivo production of RNA nanostructures via programmed folding of single-stranded RNAs
Mo Li, Mengxi Zheng, Siyu Wu, Cheng Tian, Di Liu, Yossi Weizmann, Wen Jiang, Guansong Wang, Chengde Mao, 2018, Nature Communications
Accurate model annotation of a near-atomic resolution cryo-EM map
Corey F. Hryc, Dong Hua Chen, Pavel V. Afonine, Joanita Jakan, Zhao Wang, Cameron Haase-Pettingell, Wen Jiang, Paul D. Adams, Jonathan A. King, Michael F. Schmid, Wah Chiu, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 3103-3108
Self-assembly of responsive multilayered DNA nanocages
Zhiyu Liu, Cheng Tian, Jinwen Yu, Yulin Li, Wen Jiang, Chengde Mao, 2015, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 1730-1733
2.9 Å Resolution Cryo-EM 3D Reconstruction of Close-Packed Virus Particles
Zheng Liu, Fei Guo, Feng Wang, Tian Cheng Li, Wen Jiang, 2016, Structure with Folding & design on p. 319-328
Cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 isometric head at 3.3-Å resolution and its relevance to the assembly of icosahedral viruses
Zhenguo Chen, Lei Sun, Zhihong Zhang, Andrei Fokine, Victor Padilla-Sanchez, Dorit Hanein, Wen Jiang, Michael G. Rossmann, Venigalla B. Rao, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. E8184-E8193
De novo design of an RNA tile that self-assembles into a homo-octameric nanoprism
Jinwen Yu, Zhiyu Liu, Wen Jiang, Guansong Wang, Chengde Mao, 2015, Nature Communications
Atomic structure of a rhinovirus C, a virus species linked to severe childhood asthma
Yue Liu, Marchel G. Hill, Thomas Klose, Zhenguo Chen, Kelly Watters, Yury A. Bochkov, Wen Jiang, Ann C. Palmenberg, Michael G. Rossmann, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 8997-9002