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Jian Wang
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ChironRNA: Steric Clashes Resolution in RNA Structures via E(3)-Equivariant Diffusion
Jingyi Li, Jian Wang, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
ChironRNA resolves steric clashes and reconstructs missing atoms in RNA structures using an E(3)-equivariant diffusion model, achieving high precision on test data.
bioRxiv · Mar 19, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics
Unified Protein-Small Molecule Graph Neural Networks for Binding Site Prediction
Jian Wang, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
YuelPocket predicts small molecule binding sites on proteins using a graph neural network with a global graph design, achieving high AUC-ROC scores on benchmark datasets.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 3, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics
ATLAS: Graph-based 3D RNA Motif Library Incorporating non-Watson-Crick Interactions
Jingyi Li, Jian Wang, Srinivasan Ekambaram, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
The paper introduces ATLAS, a 3D RNA motif library with graph representations and non-Watson-Crick interactions, enabling motif-based RNA structure prediction and design.
bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics
Multimodal Bonds Reconstruction Towards Generative Molecular Design
Jian Wang, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
YuelBond improves bond reconstruction in molecular design by handling 3D structures, distorted compounds, and 2D graphs with high accuracy.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling · Jan 9, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics
Targeting IL-1/IRAK1/4 signaling in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells Following Treatment and Relapse
Tzu‐Chieh Ho, Mark W. LaMere, Hiroki Kawano, Daniel K. Byun, Elizabeth A. LaMere, Yu‐Chiao Chiu, Chunmo Chen, Li‐Ju Wang, Jian Wang, Baskar Ramdas, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Laura Maria Calvi, Jane L. Liesveld, Craig T. Jordan, Rakesh K. Singh, , Michael W. Becker
This study identifies IL-1/IRAK1/4 signaling as a therapeutic target in AML stem cells, showing that UR241-2 inhibits LSC clonogenicity and engraftment in both diagnosis and relapse.
Leukemia · Dec 19, 2025Peer-reviewedCancer Biology
A Diffusion-Based Framework for Designing Molecules in Flexible Protein Pockets
Jian Wang, Dong Yan Zhang, Shreshty Budakoti, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
YuelDesign generates molecules for flexible protein pockets using a diffusion framework, producing drug-like molecules with diverse functional groups and comparable docking energies to native ligands.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2025 · PreprintBioinformatics
Leveraging Transfer Learning for Predicting Protein-Small Molecule Interactions
Jian Wang, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
The paper introduces Yuel 2, a transfer learning-based model for predicting protein-small molecule interactions, showing improved accuracy in binding affinity metrics.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2024 · PreprintBioinformatics
Comprehensive mapping of the Interaction of levodopa and iron metabolism in Parkinson's disease
Jian Wang, Srinivasan Ekambaram, Xuemei Huang, Richard B. Mailman, Elizabeth A. Proctor, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
This paper uses deep machine learning to identify molecular mechanisms by which levodopa affects iron metabolism in Parkinson's disease, revealing interactions with iron transporters and pathways.
bioRxiv · Sep 13, 2024 · PreprintBioinformatics
Application of Quantum Tensor Networks for Protein Classification
Debarshi Kundu, Archisman Ghosh, Srinivasan Ekambaram, Jian Wang, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Swaroop Ghosh
This paper applies quantum tensor networks to classify proteins by sub-cellular location, achieving 94% accuracy with a compact quantum model compared to a large classical model.
bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2024 · PreprintBioinformatics
Identification of post-transcriptional modifications in nucleic acid sequences using purpose-designed molecular beacons
Parul Sahu, Getulio Pereira, Jian Wang, Kamil Szeliski, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Vivian Tran, Miroslaw Korneck, John Tigges, Jennifer Clare Jones, Ionita Calin Ghiran
The paper introduces a method using molecular beacons to directly detect miRNAs and isomiRs in cells and extracellular vesicles without RNA isolation, leveraging electrophoretic mobility and computational design for m6A modifications.
bioRxiv · May 25, 2023 · PreprintMolecular Biology
Quantifying network behavior in the rat prefrontal cortex: a reproducibility crisis
Congzhou Mike Sha, Jian Wang, Richard B. Mailman, Yang Yang, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
The paper assesses the limitations of current methods for analyzing prefrontal cortex neural activity and proposes dynamic time warping as a potential approach for correlating neural signals with behavior.
bioRxiv · May 16, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience
Yuel: Compound-Protein Interaction Prediction with High Generalizability
Jian Wang, Nikolay V. Dokholyan
Yuel predicts compound-protein interactions with high generalizability, outperforming existing deep learning methods in predicting interactions between unknown compounds and proteins.
bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2021 · PreprintBioinformatics