NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering


LIU Ruchuan

Supervisor Research focus Detailed Research Projects
1. Cell adhesion proteins under mechanical forces.
2. Protein folding/unfolding mechanism.
3. Protein-protein interactions involved in signalling processes in biological systems.
4. Mechano- biosensors
5. Single-molecule manipulation and tracking of bio-molecules.
1. The study of the force response of CasSD-FN constructs and following signaling processes.
2. The elasticity of cadherin molecules and its role in cell adhesion.
3. The conformational changes of gelsolin associated with action binding.
4. Single-molecule study of protein folding mechanism.
5. The force dependency of fluorescence properties of fluorescent proteins.



Research Area(s)

1. Biophysics
2. Biomechanics
3. Cell and Molecular Biology

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