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Kangqiang Qiu

University of CincinnatiORCID 0000-0002-8672-5648Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biochemistry· 1 Biophysics· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:optimal transport· 1

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Jiajie DiaoiD· 3 shared Amanda L. ZachariasiD· 1 shared Ashwin BalajiiD· 1 shared Avital Adah RodaliD· 1 shared Axel T. BrüngeriD· 1 shared Bing XuiD· 1 shared Chaoshuang XiaiD· 1 shared Cheng Lin· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Cycling Molecular Assemblies for Selective Cancer Cell Golgi Disruption

Weiyi Tan, Qiuxin Zhang, Zhiyu Liu, Kangqiang Qiu, Divyanshu Mahajan, Thomas J. Gerton, Noah Copperman, Erica C. Dresselhaus, Chaoshuang Xia, Cheng Lin, William Lau, Mikki Lee, Isabela Ashton-Rickardt, Pengyu Hong, Daniela M. Dinulescu, , Bing Xu

This paper develops CyMA, small peptides that disrupt cancer cell Golgi function by exploiting enzymatic cycles, showing selectivity over hepatocytes and immune cells.

Nature Communications · Jan 28, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry

Modulating inter-mitochondrial contacts to increase membrane potential for mitigating blue light damage

Yuxin Wang, Kangqiang Qiu, Weiwei Zou, Prativa Amom, Tushar H. Ganjawala, Eugene Lee, Zhiqi Tian, Xiuqiong Xu, Taosheng Huang, Nien‐Pei Tsai, Donglu Shi, Ping Kang, Hua Bai, Amanda L. Zacharias, Kai Zhang, Jiajie Diao

This paper introduces an optogenetic system to modulate mitochondrial membrane potential by forming inter-mitochondrial contacts, showing it mitigates blue light damage in retinal cells and C. elegans.

bioRxiv · Oct 24, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics

Structural remodeling of target-SNARE protein complexes by NSF enables synaptic transmission

K. Ian White, Yousuf A. Khan, Kangqiang Qiu, Ashwin Balaji, Sergio Couoh‐Cardel, Luis R. Esquivies, Richard A. Pfuetzner, Jiajie Diao, Axel T. Brünger

The paper reveals how NSF and SNAP proteins remodel SNARE complexes to enable synaptic transmission by disassembling syntaxin clusters through ATP hydrolysis.

Nature Communications · Sep 24, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience