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Congratulations to Our New PhD, Zhiyuan “Zoey” Yao!

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Dr. Yao successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Computational Design and High-Throughput Screening for Immunotherapy Protein Binder Development” under the guidance of Dr. Brian Kuhlman.

Zhiyuan "Zoey" Yao

Publications

Yao Z, Kuhlman B. Design of a water-soluble CD20 antigen with computational epitope scaffolding. Protein Sci. 2025 Aug; 34(8):e70184. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.70184.

Amelia C. McCue, Zhiyuan Yao, Brian Kuhlman. Advances in modular control of CAR-T therapy with adapter-mediated CARs. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 2022 Aug:187:114358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2022.114358.

Elisa Landoni, Giovanni Fucá, Jian Wang, Venkat R. Chirasani, Zhiyuan Yao, Elena Dukhovlinova, Soldano Ferrone, Barbara Savoldo, Lee K. Hong, Peishun Shou, Silvia Musio, Francesco Padelli, Gaetano Finocchiaro, Miriam Droste, Brian Kuhlman, Abdijapar Shamshiev, Serena Pellegatta, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Gianpietro Dotti. Modifications to the Framework Regions Eliminate Chimeric Antigen Receptor Tonic Signaling. Cancer Immunol Res. 1 April 2021; 9 (4): 441–453. https://doi.org/10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-20-0451.

Dr. Zhiyuan Zoey Yao presents her PhD thesis defense
Zoey at the podium
Dr. Henrik Dohlman congratulates Dr Zhiyuan Zoey Yao at her white coat ceremony after successfully defending her PhD thesis.
Henrik congratulates Zoey
Dr Zhiyuan Zoey Yao receives her Pharmacology white coat from Dr. Henrik Dohlman after successfully defending her PhD thesis.
Zoey receives her PHCO white coat
Dr Zhiyuan Zoey Yao at her white coat ceremony after successfully defending her PhD thesis.
Congratulations, Zoey!

Congratulations, Zoey, we wish you all the best!

 

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