Dr. Ziliang Zhao

My research focuses on elucidating delicate biomembrane transformation upon external stimulus with novel super-resolution microscopy combined with microfluidic technique, as well as creating eye catching microscopic artistic images.

Publication list

1. ​Ziliang Zhao, Vahid Satarifard, Reinhard Lipowsky, and Rumiana Dimova, Membrane nanotubes transform into double-membrane sheets at condensate droplets, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, 2024, 121 (26) e2321579121
2. Agustín Mangiarotti, Macarena Siri, Nicky W Tam, Ziliang Zhao, Leonel Malacrida, Rumiana Dimova, Biomolecular condensates modulate membrane lipid packing and hydration, Nature communications, 2023, 14, 6081
3. Agustín Mangiarotti, Nannan Chen, Ziliang Zhao, Reinhard Lipowsky, Rumiana Dimova, Wetting and complex remodeling of membranes by biomolecular condensates, Nature communications, 2023, 14, 2809
4. Nika Marušič, Lado Otrin, Jonas Rauchhaus, Ziliang Zhao, Fotis L Kyrilis, Farzad Hamdi, Panagiotis L Kastritis, Rumiana Dimova, Ivan Ivanov, Kai Sundmacher, Increased efficiency of charge-mediated fusion in polymer/lipid hybrid membranes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, 2022, 119, e2122468119
5. Nika Marušič, Ziliang Zhao, Lado Otrin, Rumiana Dimova, Ivan Ivanov, Kai Sundmacher, Fusion‐Induced Growth of Biomimetic Polymersomes: Behavior of Poly (dimethylsiloxane)‐Poly (ethylene oxide) Vesicles in Saline Solutions Under High Agitation, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2022, 43, 2100712
6. Ziliang Zhao, Debjit Roy, Jan Steinkühler, Tom Robinson, Reinhard Lipowsky, Rumiana Dimova, Super‐Resolution Imaging of Highly Curved Membrane Structures in Giant Vesicles Encapsulating Molecular Condensates, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2106633
7. Jan Steinkühler, Piermarco Fonda, Tripta Bhatia, Ziliang Zhao, Fernanda S. C. Leomil, Reinhard Lipowsky, Rumiana Dimova, Superelasticity of Plasma‐ and Synthetic Membranes Resulting from Coupling of Membrane Asymmetry, Curvature, and Lipid Sorting, Advanced Science, 2021, 8, 2102109
8. Lado Otrin, Agata Witkowska, Nika Marušič, Ziliang Zhao, Rafael B Lira, Fotis L Kyrilis, Farzad Hamdi, Ivan Ivanov, Reinhard Lipowsky, Panagiotis L Kastritis, Rumiana Dimova, Kai Sundmacher, Reinhard Jahn, Tanja Vidaković-Koch, En route to dynamic life processes by SNARE-mediated fusion of polymer and hybrid membranes, Nature communications, 2021, 12, 4972
9. Nannan Chen, Ziliang Zhao, Yong Wang, Rumiana Dimova, Resolving the Mechanisms of Soy Glycinin Self-Coacervation and Hollow-Condensate Formation, ACS Macro Lett., 2020, 9, 12, 1844–1852
10. Nika Marušič§, Lado Otrin§, Ziliang Zhao§, Rafael B. Lira§, Fotios Kyrilis, Farzad Hamdi, Panagiotis L. Kastritis, Tanja Vidaković-Koch, Ivan Ivanova, Kai Sundmacher, Rumiana Dimova, Constructing artificial respiratory chain in polymer compartments: insights into the interplay between bo3 oxidase and the membrane, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, 2020, 117, 15006-15017           (§co-first authors)
11. Debjit Roy, Jan Steinkühler, Ziliang Zhao, Reinhard Lipowsky and Rumiana Dimova, The mechanical tension of biomembranes can be measured by super resolution (STED) microscopy of force-induced nanotubes, Nano Letters, 2020, 20, 3185-3191
12. Jan Steinkühler, Roland L. Knorr, Ziliang Zhao, Tripta Bhatia, Solveig M. Bartelt, Seraphine Wegner, Rumiana Dimova and Reinhard Lipowsky, Controlled division of cell-sized vesicles by low densities of membrane-bound proteins, Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 905
13. Ziliang Zhao, Debjit Roy, Jan Steinkühler, Roland L Knorr, Tom Robinson, Reinhard Lipowsky, Rumiana Dimova, Lipid Nanotubes and Double-Membrane Sheets Induced by Osmotic Deflation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Encapsulating Aqueous Two-Phase Solutions. Biophysical Journal, 2020, 118. 90a
14. Nika Marušič, Lado Otrin, Ziliang Zhao, Rafael B Lira, Tanja Vidaković-Koch, Ivan Ivanov, Rumiana Dimova, Kai Sundmacher, Reconstitution of Respiratory Enzymes in PDMS-g-PEO Polymer and Polymer/Lipid Hybrid Vesicles. Biophysical Journal, 2020, 118, 131a
15. Ziliang Zhao, Roland L. Knorr, Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, Tom Robinson, Reinhard Lipowsky, Rumiana Dimova, Nanotubes Transform into Double-Membrane Sheets at the Interface between Two Aqueous Polymer Solutions. Biophysical Journal, 2019, 116, 226a
16. Warren A. Campbell, Maxmore Chaibva, Xiang Gao, Ziliang Zhao, Justin Legleiter, Shelli L. Frey, Measuring the Interaction of Polyglutamine Peptides with Lipid Membranes, Biophysical Journal, 2019, 116, 3, 20a
17. Xiaoxue Wu, Ziliang Zhao, Yu Kang, Xiangling Ji, Yonggang Liu, Viscoelasticity of poly(ethylene glycol) in aqueous solutions of potassium sulfate: a comparison of quartz crystal microbalance with conventional methods, Polymer Journal, 2019, 51, 471-480
18. Ziliang Zhao, Debjit Roy, Jan Steinkühler, Tom Robinson, Roland Knorr, Reinhard Lipowsky, Rumiana Dimova, Super Resolution Imaging of Highly Curved Membrane Structures in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Encapsulating Polymer Solutions, Biophysical Journal, 2018,114, 100a-101a
19. Ziliang Zhao, Qi Li, Xiangling Ji, Rumiana Dimova, Reinhard Lipowsky, and Yonggang Liu, Molar Mass Fractionation in Aqueous Two-Phase Polymer Solutions of Dextran and Poly(ethylene glycol), Journal of Chromatography A, 2016, 1452, 107-115
20. Ziliang Zhao, Qi Li, Yanhu Xue, Xiangling Ji, Shuqin Bo and Yonggang Liu, Composition and Molecular Weight Determination of Aqueous Two-phase System by Quantitative Size Exclusion Chromatography, Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities, 2016, 37, 167-173
21. Wei Liu, Jun Mao, Yanhu Xue, Ziliang Zhao, Haishan Zhang and Xiangling Ji, Nanoparticle Loading Induced Morphological Transitions and Size Fractionation of Coassemblies from PS-b-PAA with Quantum Dots, Langmuir, 2016, 32, 7596-7605
22. Ziliang Zhao, Xiangling Ji, Rumiana Dimova, Reinhard Lipowsky, and Yonggang Liu, Viscoelasticity of Poly(ethylene glycol) Solutions on Supported Lipid Bilayers via Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation, Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 1824-1831
23. Weicai Wang, Kai Shi, Yanxiong Pan, Chao Peng, Ziliang Zhao, Wei Liu, Yonggang Liu and Xiangling Ji, Fabrication of Polymersomes with Controllable Morphologies through Dewetting w/o/w Double Emulsion Droplets, Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2016, 34, 475-482
24. Qi Li, Wenjie Zhao, Ziliang Zhao, Xiangling Ji, Shuqin Bo and Yonggang Liu, Band Broadening and Chain Conformation of Polyethylene Oxide by Gel Permeation Chromatography Coupled with Multi-angle Laser Light Scattering, Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities, 2016, 37, 761-766
25. Muquan Yang, Jun Mao, Wei Nie, Zhixin Dong, Dapeng Wang, Ziliang Zhao and Xiangling Ji, Facile Synthesis and Responsive Behavior of PDMS-b-PEG Diblock Copolymer Brushes via Photoinitiated "thiol-ene" Click Reaction, Journal of Polymer Science Part A-Polymer Chemistry, 2012, 50, 2075-2083, (inside cover)
26. Xi Yu, Ziliang Zhao, Wei Nie, Renhua Deng, Shanqin Liu, Ruijing Liang, Jintao Zhu, and Xiangling Ji, Biodegradable Polymer Microcapsules Fabrication through a Template-Free Approach, Langmuir, 2011, 27, 10265-10273
27. Nana Zhao, Wei Nie, Jun Mao, Muquan Yang, Dapeng Wang, Yuhan Lin, Yandi Fan, Ziliang Zhao, Hua Wei and Xiangling Ji, A General Synthesis of High-Quality Inorganic Nanocrystals via a Two-Phase Method, Small, 2010, 6, 2558-2565

CV

• Since 2021, Postdoc, Eggeling lab, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology and Institute of Applied Optics and Biophysics, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
• 2020-2021, Parental leave
• 2016-2020, Postdoc/Imaging Specialist, Dimova lab, Department of Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam
• 2010-2015, Master to PhD successive program, Ji lab, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun
• 2005-2009, Bachelor, Jilin University, Changchun