1. Structural and functional study of protein machinery

2. Molecular mechanism of biomolecular self-assembly

3. Decoding and reprograming biological condensation formation

1. Xinlin Hu^#, Ping Yang^#, Changdong Chai, Jia Liu, Huanhuan Sun, Yanan Wu, Mingjie Zhang, Min Zhang^*, Xiaotian Liu^*& Hongjun Yu^*. (2023) “Structural and mechanistic insights into fungal β-1,3-glucan synthase FKS1” Nature 616(7955):190-198.
2. Shuang Fu^#, Wei Shi^#, Tingdan Luo, Yingchuan He, Lulu Zhou, Jie Yang, Zhichao Yang, Jiadong Liu, Xiaotian Liu, Zhiyong Guo, Chengyu Yang, Chao Liu, Zhen-li Huang, Jonas Ries, Mingjie Zhang, Peng Xi, Dayong Jin & Yiming Li^*. (2023) “Field-dependent deep learning enables high-throughput whole-cell 3D super-resolution imaging” Nat Methods.20(3):459-468.
3. Yanan Wu^#, Min Zhang^#, Yizheng Yang^#, Xuyang Ding, Ping Yang, Kai Huang, Xinlin Hu, Mingjie Zhang, Xiaotian Liu^*& Hongjun Yu^*. (2022) ^“Structures and mechanism of chitin synthase and its inhibition by antifungal drug Nikkomycin Z” Cell Discov. 8(1): 129.
4. Bojing Jiang^#, Xiaotian Liu^#, Chao Yang^#, Zhongguang Yang, Jiren Luo, Songzi Kou, Kai Liu, and Fei Sun^*. (2020) “Injectable, photoresponsive hydrogels for axon regeneration enabled by metal-directed protein assembly”Science Advances. 6 (41): eabc4824.
5. Songzi Kou, Xin Yang, Zhongguang Yang, Xiaotian Liu, SV Wegner, Fei Sun^*. (2019) “Cobalt-Cross-Linked, Redox-Responsive Spy Network Protein Hydrogels” ACS Macro Letters. 8(7):773-778. 
6. Xiaotian Liu, Xin Yang, Zhongguang Yang, Jiren Luo, X Tian, Kai Liu, Songzi Kou, Fei Sun^*. (2018) “Versatile engineered protein hydrogels enabling decoupled mechanical and biochemical tuning for cell adhesion and neurite growth”ACS Applied Nano Materials. 1(4):1579-1585.
7. A Tyagi, Xiaotian Liu, I Abidi, Z Gao, B Park, X Zeng, X Ou, A Cagang, M Zhuang, M Hossain, K Zhang, L Weng, F Sun, Z Luo^*. (2018) “Modular functionalization of crystalline graphene by recombinant proteins: a nanoplatform for probing biomolecules” Nanoscale. 10(47):22572-22582.
8. Jiren Luo, Xiaotian Liu, Zhongguang Yang, Fei Sun^*. (2018) “Synthesis of Entirely Protein-Based Hydrogels by Enzymatic Oxidation Enabling Water-Resistant Bioadhesion and Stem Cell Encapsulation”. ACS Applied Bio Materials.1(5):1735-1740.
9. Wei Zhiyi^#, Xu Zhiwen^#, Liu Xiaotian, Lo WS, Ye F, Lau CF, Wang F, Zhou JJ, Nangle LA, Yang XL, Zhang Mingjie^*, Schimmel P^*. (2016) “Alternative splicing creates two new architectures for human tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase”Nucleic Acids Res. 44(3):1247-55.
10. Wei Zhiyi^#,Liu Xiaotian^#, Yu Cong, Zhang Mingjie^*. (2013) “Structural basis of cargo recognitions for class V myosins”  PNAS. 110(28):11314-9.
11. Wu Minhao^#, Tao Yue^#, Liu Xiaotian, Zang Jianye^*. (2013) “Structural basis for phosphorylated autoinducer-2 modulation of the oligomerization state of the global transcription regulator LsrR from Escherichia coli” JBC.288(22):15878-87.
12. Liu Xiaotian, Wu Minhao, Sun Demeng, Zang Jianye^*. (2010) “Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of LsrR from Escherichia coli” Acta F. 66(Pt 8):913-5.

13. ^#Co-first author, ^*Correspondence