Grant Supports
We are very grateful that our research projects are supported by NIGMS, NIAID, NIH, and Yale.
Electron Tomography at Yale University
Postdoctoral Positions available
Interested candidates should have a Ph.D. in microbiology, biophysics or a related field. Please contact Dr. Liu along with CV, statement of research interests, and contact information for three references.
State-of-the-art Cryo-ET facility at Yale University
We are fortunate to have access to state-of-the-art cryo-ET facility at Yale West Campus, including cryo-CLEM, cryo-FIB and 300kV Krios
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Visualizing Molecular Machines in Cells
What Inspires Us
Louis Armstrong: "What a Wonderful World".
Apple's "Think Different" commercial: "Here's to the Crazy Ones".
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address: "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish".
Charles Darwin: "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."
Our laboratory is dedicated to developing a high-throughput cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) pipeline for high-resolution structure determination of molecular machines in cells. Our state-of-the-art imaging system has been utilized to gain molecular insights into fundamental biochemical processes: bacterial motility, chemotactic signaling, protein secretion, and DNA translocation.
The LIU LAB
High-throughput Cryo-Electron Tomography (Cryo-ET)
Cryo-Electron Tomography (cryo-ET) is one of the most advanced technologies to visualize molecular machines in situ. We aim to streamline a high-throughput cryo-ET pipeline for high resolution imaging of molecular machines and cells.