Researchers Reveal Colonic Crypt Receptor for Toxin B From Hypervirulent Clade 2 C. difficile

Recently, Liang Tao and his colleagues at Westlake University identified TFPI as a physiologically relevant receptor for Clostridioides difficile toxin B (TcdB) from the hypervirulent clade 2 lineages. The work, published in Cell on March 17, has filled a major knowledge gap in C. difficile infection pathogenesis.

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Yigong Shi’s Lab Reports Cryo-EM Structure of Nuclear Ring from Nuclear Pore Complex

Recently, the Yigong Shi lab at Westlake University published an article online on Cell Research titled "Cryo-EM structure of the nuclear ring from Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex". In this article, they reported the single-particle cryo-EM structure of the NR subunit from Xenopus laevis NPC with the highest resolution (5.6 Å) to date.

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Soft-lock Drawing of Super-aligned Carbon Nanotube Bundles for Nanometer Electrical Contacts

Assembling single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into high-density horizontal arrays is strongly desired for practical applications, but challenges remain despite much research. We developed a nondestructive soft-lock drawing method to achieve ultraclean single-walled CNT arrays with a very high degree of alignment.

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The Scientific Research Achievement of Hang Shi's Team Selected in the Annual Collections of Outstanding Work in the Journal of the American Chemical Society

In 2020, Hang Shi’s team of Westlake University made a breakthrough by using a transition metal catalyst ligated with hemilabile ligands, and rekindled interests in this field. Very recently, this achievement was selected in the Virtual Issue of Outstanding Work Published in 2020 by Early Career Investigators in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS).

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