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Huaiying Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. He completed his Ph.D. at McGill University and has been a postdoctoral fellow at renowned institutions, including Dartmouth College, Princeton University, and the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the phase transition processes of liquid-liquid demixing, exploring how these processes organize proteins, RNAs, and cellular compartments, which affects cellular functions and misregulation that can lead to cancer. Zhang is dedicated to engineering synthetic organelles that draw inspiration from cellular mechanisms, ultimately developing therapeutic strategies that target phase transitions in cancer cells. His innovative approach involves the use of optogenetic tools to manipulate phase transitions in live cells, observing their functional consequences. His work has significant implications for understanding telomere DNA synthesis in cancer cells and advancing cancer therapy by inhibiting telomere synthesis to combat cell immortality.
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