Group Members -- Research: Microfluidics -- Research: Laser Tweezers

Selected Publications

  • "G-quadruplex and i-motif are mutually exclusive in double-stranded ILPR DNA", Soma Dhakal, Zhongbo Yu, Ryan Konik, Yunxi Cui, Deepak Koirala, and Hanbin Mao. Biophysical Journal, 2012, Accepted.
  • "The Tertiary DNA Structure in the Single-Stranded hTERT Promoter Fragment Unfolds and Refolds by Parallel Pathways via Cooperative or Sequential Events", Zhongbo Yu; Vanessa Gaerig; Yunxi Cui; HyunJin Kang; Vijay Gokhale; Yuan Zhao; Laurence Hurley; Hanbin Mao. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 5157-5164 pdf.. Story for this paper

  • Intramolecular folding in three tandem guanine repeats of human telomeric DNA", Deepak Koirala,  Tomoko Mashimo,  Yuta Sannohe,  Zhongbo Yu,  Hanbin Mao* and Hiroshi Sugiyama*, Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 2006-2008. pdf.

  • “A Single-Molecule Platform for Investigation of Interactions between G-quadruplexes and Small-Molecule Ligands”. Deepak Koirala, Soma Dhakal, Beth Ashbridge, Yuta Sannohe, Raphine Rodriguez, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Shankar Balasubramanian, Hanbin Mao*, Nature Chemistry, 2011, 3, 782-787. Story for this paper see pdf.

# See News and Views by Professor Mark Williams, Nature Chemistry, 2011, 3, 754.

  • “Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Using Tension-Dependent Stochastic Behavior of a Single-Molecule Template”. Deepak Koirala, Zhongbo Yu, Soma Dhakal, Hanbin Mao*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 9988-91. Story for this paper. See pdf.

  • “Coexistence of an ILPR i-motif and a partially folded structure with comparable mechanical stability revealed at the single molecular level”, Soma Dhakal, Joseph Schonhoft, Deepak Koirala, Zhongbo Yu, Soumitra Basu, Hanbin Mao*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 8991-8997. Story for this paper. See pdf.

  • "Direct Experimental Evidence for Quadruplex-Quadruplex Interaction within the Human ILPR", Joseph Schonhoft, Rabindra Bajracharya, Soma Dhakal, Zhongbo Yu, Hanbin Mao*, Soumitra Basu*, Nucleic Acids Research, 2009, 37, 3310-3320. pdf.

  • "ILPR G-quadruplexes Formed in Seconds Demonstrate High Mechanical Stabilities", Zhongbo Yu, Joseph D Schonhoft, Soma Dhakal, Rabindra Bajracharya, Ravi Hegde, Soumitra Basu*, and Hanbin Mao*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131,1876–1882. Story for this paper. pdf.

# See comments by Professor Stephen Neidle: Faculty of 1000 Biology J Am Chem Soc.evaluations for Yu Z et al 2009 Feb 11 131 (5):1876-82.

  • “Thermal Probing of E. coli RNA Polymerase Off-Pathway Mechanisms”, Yara X Mejia, Hanbin Mao, Nancy R Forde, Carlos Bustamante, Journal of Molecular Biology, 2008. 382, 628-637. pdf.

  • An Integrated Laser Tweezers Instrument for Microanalysis of Individual Protein Aggregates”, Hanbin Mao and Paul Luchette, Sensors and Actuators B, 2008, 129,764-771. pdf.

  • “Microanalysis of Clouding Process at the Single Droplet Level”, Paul Luchette, Nebiyu Abiy and Hanbin Mao, Sensors and Actuators B, 2007, 128, 154-160. pdf. Related Patent.

  • "Temperature Control Methods in a Laser Tweezers System”, Hanbin Mao, J. Ricardo Arias-González, Steve Smith, Ignacio Tinoco Jr. & Carlos Bustamante, Biophysical Journal, 2005, 89:1308-1316. pdf.

  • “High-Throughput Studies of the Effects of Polymer Structure and Solution Components on the Phase Separation of Thermoresponsive Polymers”, Hanbin Mao, Chunmei Li, Yanjie Zhang, Steven Furyk, Paul S Cremer, David E Bergbreiter, Macromolecules, 2004, 37, 1031-1036.
  • “Probing the Mechanism of Aqueous Two-Phase System Formation for a-Elastin On-Chip", Yanjie Zhang, Hanbin Mao, Paul S Cremer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 15630-15635.
  • “Measuring LCSTs by Novel Temperature Gradient Methods: Evidence for Intermolecular Interactions in Mixed Polymer Solutions”, Hanbin Mao, Chunmei Li, Yanjie Zhang, David Bergbreiter, Paul S Cremer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 2850-2851.
  • “Investigation of Bivalent Antibody Binding on Fluid Supported Phospholipid Membranes: The Effect of Hapten Density”, Tinglu Yang, Olga K. Baryshnikova, Hanbin Mao, Matthew A. Holden, Paul S Cremer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 4779-4784.
  • “A Versatile, Sensitive Microfluidic Assay for Bacterial Chemotaxis”, Hanbin Mao, Paul Cremer and Michael Manson, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of USA, 2003, 100, 5449-5454.
  • “Reusable Platforms for High-Throughput On-Chip Temperature Gradient Assays”, Hanbin Mao, Matthew A. Holden, Min You, and Paul S. Cremer, Analytical Chemistry, 2002, 74, 5071-5075.
  • “A Microfluidic Device with a Linear Temperature Gradient for Parallel and Combinatorial Measurements”, Hanbin Mao, Tinglu Yang, Paul Cremer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 4432-4435.
  • “Design and Characterization of Immobilized Enzymes in Microfluidic Systems”, Hanbin Mao, Tinglu Yang, Paul Cremer, Analytical Chemistry, 2002, 74, 379-385.
  • “Fabrication of Phospholipid Bilayer Coated Microchannels for On-Chip Multivalent Immunoassays”, Tinglu Yang, Seung-Yong Jung, Hanbin Mao and Paul S. Cremer, Analytical Chemistry, 2001, 73, 165-169.