Alexandra Beaver: two papers contributed by Ke Lab
- Aug 17
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Updated: 5 days ago
August 17, 2026
Two publications are recently published in PNAS and Nature Materials contributed by our lab. Congratulations to Alexandra Beaver (Lexi) and Chang Liu. For both projects, Lexi plays a leading role with help from postdoc Chang.
Publication 1: Alexandra Beaver and Chang Liu from the lab, contributed to the paper published in PNAS! This is a wonderful collaboration with the Georgiou group from the Department of Molecular Bioscience. Congratulations to Lexi and Chang!
Juyeon Park, Gyunghee Jo, Yaoska Reyes, Whitney Pickens, Dae Sung Kim, Alexandra Beaver, Verónica P. Costantini, Chang Liu, Daeun Kim, Daechan Park, Victoria Longo, Paul D. Brewer-Jensen, Michael L. Mallory, Ed Satterwhite, Rocio Zapata-Bustos, Jeffrey Marchioni, Mark R. Zweigart, Becca A. Flitter, Jan Vinjé, Julianna Han, Ted M. Ross, Jiwon Lee, Jason J. Lavinder, Sean N. Tucker, Zunlong Ke, Andrew B. Ward, Lisa C. Lindesmith, Ralph S. Baric & George Georgiou. Serum IgA proteomics reveals clonal composition and neutralization of dimeric and monomeric IgA repertoires against human norovirus. PNAS. Aug 17:123 (34) e2603905123. (2026).
Publication 2: Alexandra Beaver and Chang Liu from the lab, contributed to the paper published in Nature Materials! This is a wonderful collaboration with the Kumar group from the Chemical Engineering department. Congratulations to Lexi and Chang!
Aida Fica, McKayla Torbett-Dougherty, Samuel West, Malika Rao, Raman Dhiman, Jun Wang, Yang Gao, Yu-Ming Tu, Harekrushna Behera, Claude Roc, Kyler Grogan, Alexandra Beaver, Chang Liu, Alexander Jui-An Lin, Brian Belardi, Benjamin K. Keitz, Robert J. Hickey, Zunlong Ke, Adrianne M. Rosales, Berkin Dortdivanlioglu, Stephen A. Sarles & Manish Kumar. Jammed interconnected bilayer emulsions as 3D-printable biological tissue mimics. Nature Materials. Jul 17. (2026).
Cryo-EM imaging of JIBEs reveals their bilayer-separated architectures.
Bravo!