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Xing Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Illinois University, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry and other campus institutes. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from New York University and completed his postdoctoral training at Princeton University. His research primarily focuses on RNA biology and noncoding RNA-mediated genome editing. Wang is the inventor of several platforms including DNA Star, DNA Net, and DNA NanoGripper. He specializes in utilizing designer DNA nanostructures to create innovative biosensors and biomedicines. His work in the Nucleic Acids Programming Lab aims at developing functional nanomaterials for applications such as rapid disease diagnostics and effective therapeutic candidates for infectious diseases and cancer immunotherapy. Wang's research is supported by NIH and NSF and he has received several awards, including the Mikashi Award from UIUC in 2021 and the Spoke Award from CZ BioHub Chicago in 2024.
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