Publications

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I. Selected Publications and Manuscripts (‡ = Equal contribution, * = Corresponding author)

1. Su, H.,‡ Sheng, K.,‡ Furman, M., Sarraf, N., George, C., Jeong, J., Hong, F., Ma, K., Gowri, G., Serrata, M., Pihan, G., Yin, P., “Signal amplified wash-free DNA probe exchange enables rapid and scalable spatial protein imaging.” Manuscript in Preparation. (co-first author)

2. Sheng, K.,‡ Su, H.,‡* Gowri, G., Serrata, M., Furman, M., Jeong, J., Ma, K., Du, L., George, C., Lun, X., Yin, P.,* “ACE Enables Multiscale Highly Multiplexed Biomolecule Imaging with Signal Amplification in Cells and Deep Tissues.” Manuscript in Preparation. (co-first author and co-corresponding author)

3. Su, H.,‡ Brockman, J.,‡ Duan, Y.,‡ Sen, N., Chhabra, H., Bazrafshan, A., Blanchard, A., Meyer, T., Andrews, B., Doye, J., Ke, Y., Dyer, R.B., Salaita, K., “Massively parallelized molecular force manipulation with on demand thermal and optical control”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021. (co-first author)

4. Brockman, J.,‡ Su, H.,‡ Blanchard, A., Duan, Y., Meyer, T., Quach, E., Glazier, R., Bazrafshan, A., Ma, R., Schueder, F., Petrich, B., Jungmann, R., Li, R., Mattheyses, A., Ke, Y., Salaita, K., “Live-cell super-resolved PAINT imaging of pN cellular traction forces”, Nature Methods 2020. (co-first author)

5. Su, H., ‡ Liu, Z.,‡ Liu, Y., Ma, V. P.-Y., Blanchard, A., Zhao, J., Galior, K., Dyer, R. B., Salaita, K., “Nanoparticle force-clamp for optically controlled mechanical unfolding of DNA”, Nano Letters 2018, 18, 4, 2630-2636. (co-first author)

II. Patents

1. Sheng, K., Lun, X., Su, H., Yin, P. “Method for highly multiplexed, thermal controllable DNA extension and its applications” WO2024020122A1.

2. Sheng, K., Yin, P., Su, H. “Methods, kits, systems and compositions for multiplex detection of targets” WO2025155821A1.

III. Other Publications and Manuscripts

1. Jiang, H.,‡ Walker, L. A.,‡ Li, Y., Duan, B., Niu, X., Hsieh, J. C., Cheng, M. C., Tang, J. P., Athukorala, K., Pan, R., Parlapalli, A., Greene, S., Su, H., Yin, P., Cui, M., Cai, D., “A parallelly distributed microscope and software system for scalable high-throughput multispectral 3D imaging.” BioRxiv 2025.05.31.657163. 

2. Wang, S.,‡ Shin, T-W.,‡ Yoder, H.B., McMillan, R.B., Su, H., Liu, Y., Zhang, C., Leung, K.S., Yin, P., Kiessling, L.L., Boyden, E.S., “Single-shot 20-fold Expansion Microscopy.” Nature Methods, 2025.

3. Lun, X., Sheng, K., Yu, X., Lam, C-Y., Gowri, G., Serrata M., Zhai, Y., Su, H., Luan, J., Kim, Y., Ingber D., Jackson, H., Yaffe, M., Yin, P., “Signal amplification by cyclic extension enables high-sensitivity single-cell mass cytometry.” Nature Biotechnology 2024:1-11.

4. Hong, F., Kishi, J., Jeong, J., Saka, S., Su, H., Cepko, C.L., Delgado, R., Yin, P., “Thermal-plex: Fluidic-free, rapid sequential multiplexed imaging with DNA encoded thermal channels.” Nature Methods 2024 Feb;21(2):331-341.

5. Sarkar, D., Kang, J., Wassie, A.T., Schroeder M.E., Peng, Z., Tarr, T.B., Tang, A., Niederst, E., Young, J.Z., Su, H., Park, D., Yin, P., Tsai, L., Blanpied, T.A., Boyden, E.S., “Expansion Revealing: Decrowding Proteins to Unmask Invisible Brain Nanostructures.” Nature Biomedical Engineering 2022 Sep;6(9):1057-1073.

6. Blanchard, A., J. Comb, D., Brockman, J., Kellner, A., Glazier, R., Su, H., Bazrafshan, A., Bender, R., Chen, W., Quach, E., Li, R., Mattheyses A., Salaita, K., “Turn-key super-resolution mapping of cell receptor force orientation and magnitude using a commercial structured illumination microscope”, Nature Communications 2021, DOI: 11.1038/s41467-021-24602-x.

7. Bazrafshan, A., Kyriazi, M.-E., Holt, B. A., Deng, W., Piranej, S., Su, H., Hu, Y., El-Sagheer, A. H., Brown, T., Kwong, G. A., Kanaras, A. G., Salaita, K., "DNA Gold Nanoparticle Motors Demonstrate Processive Motion with Bursts of Speed Up to 50 nm Per Second." ACS Nano 2021 May 25;15(5):8427-8438.

8. Deal, R., Ma, R., Ma, V. P., Su, H., Kindt, J. T., Salaita, K., "Engineering DNA-Functionalized Nanostructures to Bind Nucleic Acid Targets Heteromultivalently with Enhanced Avidity." Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020 May 27;142(21):9653-9660.

9. Bazrafshan, A., Meyer, T. A., Su, H., Brockman, J. M., Blanchard, A. T., Piranej, S., Duan, Y., Ke, Y., Salaita, K., "Tunable DNA Origami Motors Translocate Ballistically Over μm Distances at nm/s Speeds." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020 Jun 8;59(24):9514-9521.

10. Ramey-Ward, A. N., Su, H., Salaita, K., "Mechanical Stimulation of Adhesion Receptors Using Light-Responsive Nanoparticle Actuators Enhances Myogenesis." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020 Aug 12;12(32):35903-35917.

11. Merg, A., van Genderen, E., Bazrafshan, A., Su, H., Zuo, X., Touponse, G., Blum, T. B., Salaita, K., Abrahams, J. P., Conticello, V. P., "Seeded Heteroepitaxial Growth of Crystallizable Collagen Triple Helices: Engineering Multifunctional Two-Dimensional Core-Shell Nanostructures." Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019 Dec 26;141(51):20107-20117.

12. Zhao, J., Su, H., Vansuch, G. E., Liu, Z., Salaita, K., Dyer, R. B., "Localized Nanoscale Heating Leads to Ultrafast Hydrogel Volume-Phase Transition." ACS Nano 2019 Jan 22;13(1):515-525.

13. Ma, R., Kellner, A. V., Ma, V. P., Su, H., Deal, B. R., Brockman, J. M., Salaita, K., "DNA probes that store mechanical information reveal transient piconewton forces applied by T cells." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2019 Aug 20;116(34):16949-16954.

14. Ma, V. P., Liu, Y., Blanchfield, L., Su, H., Evavold, B. D., Salaita, K., "Ratiometric Tension Probes for Mapping Receptor Forces and Clustering at Intermembrane Junctions." Nano Letters 2016 Jul 13;16(7):4552-9.