Office: LU Jia-xi Building 532　
Tel: 2187601　
Email: cyyang@xmu.edu.cn
Address: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces

Education:
B.S., 1998, Xiamen University;
M.S., 2001, Xiamen University;
Ph.D., 2006, University of Florida, U.S.A.

Principal Research Interests:
Special physicalchemical phenomena in mciroscale and microfluidic chips. Special wetability on the solid surfaces. Micro/nano fabrication techniques and its application in life science.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. 1. Cao,  J; Zheng,  Z; Sun, D; Chen, X; Cheng, R; Lv, T; An, Y; Zheng, J*; Song, J*; Wu, L*; Yang, C*; Decoder-seq enhances mRNA capture efficiency in spatial RNA sequencing. Nat. Biotechnol. 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-02086-y

2. 2. Lin, X; Chen, Y; Lin, L; Yin, K; Cheng, R; Lin, X; Wang, X; Guo, Y; Wu, Z; Zhang, Y; Li, J*; Yang, C*; Song, J*; mitoSplitter: A mitochondrial variants-based method for efficient demultiplexing of pooled single-cell RNA-seq. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2023, 120, e2307722120

3. 3. Yu, X, Ruan, W; Lin, F; Qian, W; Zou, Y; Liu, Y; Su, R; Niu, Q; Ruan, Q; Lin, W; Zhi Zhu, Zhang, H* ; Yang, C*, Digital microfluidics-based digital counting of single-cell copy number variation (dd-scCNV Seq), Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2023, 120, e2221934120.

4. 4. Lei, Y^#, Fei, X^#, Ding, Y; Zhang, J; Zhang, G; Dong, L; Song, J; Zhuo, Y; Xue, W; Zhang, P*; Yang, C*; Simultaneous subset tracing and miRNA profiling of tumor-derived exosomes via dual-surface-protein orthogonal barcoding. Sci Adv. 2023, 9, eadi1556.

5. 5. Zhang, G; Wang, Y; Zhou, W ; Lei, Y; Lu, J; Yin, W*; Zhu, Z*; Yang, C*; Zhang, P*; A Magnetically Driven Tandem Chip Enables Rapid Isolation and Multiplexed Profiling of Extracellular Vesicles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202315113.

6. 6. Lin,S; Yin, K; Zhang, Y; Lin, F; Chen, X; Zeng, X; Guo, X; Zhang, H; Song, J*; Yang, C*, Well-TEMP-seq as a microwell-based strategy for massively parallel profiling of single-cell temporal RNA dynamics. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 1272

7. 7. Chen, D; Guo, J; Li, A; Sun, C; Lin, H; Lin, H; Yang, C*; Wang, W*; Gao, J*. Metabolic Fluorine Labeling and Hotspot Imaging of Dynamic Gut Microbiota in Mice. Sci. Adv., 2023, 9, eabg6808.

8. 8. Chen, H; Su, M; Lei, Y ; Ye, Z; Chen, Z ; Ma, P ; Yuan, R* ; Zhuo, Y*; Yang, C*; Liang, W*; Insights of Life Molecules' Dynamic Distribution in Live Cells via Sequence-Structure Bispecific Fluorescent RNA, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2023, 145, 12812-12822.

9. 9. Niu, Q; Gao, J; Zhao, K; Chen, X; Lin, X; Huang, C; An, Y; Xiao, X; Wu, Q; Cui, L*; Zhang, P*; Wu, L*; Yang, C*, Fluid Nanoporous Microinterface Enables Multiscale-Enhanced Affinity Interaction for Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Detection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2022, 119, e2213236119.

10. 10. Guo, X; Lin, F; Yi, C; Song, J; Sun, D; Lin, L; Zhong, Z; Wu, Z; Wang, X; Zhang, Y; Li, J; Zhang, H*; Liu, F*; Yang, C*; Song, J*; Deep transfer learning enables lesion tracing of circulating tumor cells. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 7687.

11. 11. Lin, L; Zhang, Y; Qian, W; Liu, Y; Zhang, Y; Lin, F; Liu, C; Lu, G; Sun, D; Guo, X; Song, Y; Song, J*; Yang, C*; Li J*, LINEAGE: Label-free identification of endogenous informative single-cell mitochondrial RNA mutation for lineage analysis, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A, 2022, 119, e2119767119.

12. 12. Niu, Q^#; Gao, J^#; Zhao, K^#; Chen, X; Lin, X; Huang, C; An, Y; Xiao, X; Wu, Q; Cui, L*; Zhang, P*; Wu, L*; Yang, C*, Fluid Nanoporous Microinterface Enables Multiscale-Enhanced Affinity Interaction for Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Detection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A,, 2022, 119, e2213236119.

13. 13. Wu, L; Wang, Y; Xu,X; Liu, Y; Lin, B; Zhang, M, Zhang, J; Wan, S; Yang, C*; Tan, W*; Aptamer-Based Detection of Circulating Targets for Precision Medicine, Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 12035–12105

14. 14. Zhu, L; Xu, Y; Wei, X; Lin, H; Huang, M; Lin, B; Song, Y*; Yang, C*; Coupling Aptamer-based Protein Tagging with Metabolic Glycan Labeling for In Situ Visualization and Biological Function Study of Exosomal Protein-Specific Glycosylation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 18111-18115.

15. 15. Sun, M; Liu, S; Song, T; Chen, F; Zhang, J; Huang, J; Wan, S; Lu, Y; Chen, H*; Tan, W*; Song, Y*; Yang, C*; Spherical Neutralizing Aptamer Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Suppresses Mutational Escape, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 21541-21548.

16. 16. Sun, M; Liu, S; Wei, X; Wan, S; Huang, M; Song, T; Lu, Y; Weng, X; Lin, Z; Chen, H*; Song, Y*; Yang, C*; Aptamer Blocking Strategy Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Virus Infection. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 10354-10360.

17. 17. Lin, B; Tian, T; Lu, Y; Liu, D; Huang, M; Zhu, L; Zhu, Z; Song, Y*; Yang, C*; Tracing Tumor-derived Exosomal PD-L1 by Dual-aptamer Activated Proximity-induced Droplet Digital PCR, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 7582-7586.

18. 18. Zhang, M; Zou, Y; Xu, X; Zhang, X; Gao, M; Song, J; Huang, P; Chen, Q; Zhu, Z; Lin, W; Zare, R; Yang, C*; Highly Parallel and Efficient Single Cell mRNA Sequencing with Paired Picoliter Chambers. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 2118.

19. 19. Lin, L; Du, Y; Song, J; Wang, W*; Yang, C*. Imaging Commensal Microbiota and Pathogenic Bacteria in the Gut, Acc. Chem. Res., 2021, 54, 2076–2087

20. 20. Zhang, J; Lin, B; Wu, L; Huang, M; Li, X; Zhang, H; Song, J; Wang, W; Zhao, G*; Song, Y*; Yang, C*; DNA Nanolithography Enables Highly Ordered Recognition Interface in Microfluidic Chip for Efficient Capture and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59，14115-14119.

21. 21. Lin, L; Song, J; Du, Y; Wu, Q; Gao, J; Song, Y; Yang, C*; Wang, W.*; Quantification of Bacterial Metabolic Activities in the Gut by D-Amino Acid-based in vivo Labeling. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 12021-12024.

22. 22. Wu, L; Ding, H; Qu, X; Shi, X; Yang, J; Huang, M; Zhang, J; Zhang, H; Song, J; Zhu, L; Song, Y*; Ma, Y*; Yang, C*; Fluidic Multivalent Membrane Nanointerface Enables Synergetic Enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells with High Efficiency and Viability. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2020, 142, 4800-4806

23. 23. Ruan, Q; Ruan, W; Lin, X; Wang, Y; Zou, F; Zhou, L; Zhu, Z; Yang, C*; Digital-WGS: Automated, Highly Efficient Whole-genome Sequencing of Single Cells by Digital Microfluidics, Sci. Adv., 2020, 6: eabd6454.

24. 24. Wang, W; Yang, Q; Du, Y, Zhou, X, Du, X, Wu, Q, Lin, L, Song, Y, Li, F, Yang, C*, Tan, W*. Metabolic Labeling of Peptidoglycan with NIR-II Dye Enables in vivo Imaging of Gut Microbiota. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020,59, 2628-2633

25. 25. Lin, L; Wu, Q; Song, J; Du, Y; Gao, J; Song, Y; Wang, W*; Yang, C*, Revealing the in vivo growth and division patterns of mouse gut bacteria, Sci. Adv., 2020, 6, eabb2531.

26. 26. Huang, M; Yang, J; Wang, T; Song, J; Xia, J; Wu, L; Wang, W; Wu, Q; Zhu, Z; Song, Y*; Yang, C*; Homogeneous, Low-volume, Efficient and Sensitive Quantitation of Circulating Exosomal PD-L1 for Cancer Diagnosis and Immunotherapy Response Prediction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 4800-4805.

27. 27. Wang, W*; Zhang, N; Du, Y; Gao, J; Li, M; Lin, L; Czajkowsky, D; Li, X*; Yang, C*; Shao, Z. Three-dimensional Quantitative Imaging of Native Microbiota Distribution in the Gut. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 3055-3061.

28. 28. Wang, W; Lin, L; Du, Y; Song, Y; Peng, X; Chen, X*; Yang, C*. Assessing the Viability of Transplanted Gut Microbiota by Sequential Tagging with D-Amino acid-based Metabolic Probes. Nature Commun., 2019, 10, 1317

29. 29. Song, Y; Shi, Y; Huang, M; Wang, W; Wang, Y; Cheng, J; Lei, Z; Zhu, Z; Yang, C*; Bioinspired Engineering of Multivalent Aptamer-Functionalized Nanointerface to Enhance Capture and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 2236-2240

30. 30. Chen, Y; Ke, G*; Ma, Y; Zhu, Z; Liu, M; Liu, Y; Yan, H*; Yang, C*; A Synthetic Light-Driven Substrate Channeling System for Precise Regulation of Enzyme Cascade Activity Based on DNA Origami. J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2018, 28, 8990-8996

31. 31. Gashaw, M; Abate, M; Song, Y; Zhu, Z; Yan, F; Xu, Y; Wang, X; Li, Q; Yang, C*; Isolation, Detection and Antigen Based Profiling of Circulating Tumor Cells Using a Size Dictated Immunocapture Chip. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 10681-10685

32. 32. Zhu, Z; Yang, C*; Hydrogel Droplet Microfluidics for High-Throughput Single Molecule/Cell Analysis. Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 22-31

33. 33. Ke, G; Liu, M; Jiang, S; Qi, X; Yang, YR; Wootten, S; Zhang, F; Zhu, Z; Liu, Y; Yang, C*; Yan, H*; Directional Regulation of Enzyme Pathways through the Control of Substrate Channeling on a DNA Origami Scaffold, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 7483-7486.

34. 34. Zhu Z; Guan, Z; Jia S; Lei Z; Lin, S; Zhang, H; Ma, Y; Tian, Z; Yang, C*; Au@Pt Nanoparticle Encapsulated Target-responsive Hydrogel with Volumetric Bar-chart Chip Readout for Quantitative Point-of-care Testing, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 54, 12503-12507.

35. 35. Tan, J; Ding, L; Ju, H*; Yang, Y; Li, X; Shen, Z; Zhu, Z; Yu, J*; Yang, C*; A Multifunctional Nanomicelle for Real-Time Targeted Imaging and Precise Near-Infrared Therapy of Cancer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 9544-9549.

36. 36. Yan, L; Zhu, Z; Zou, Y; Huang, Y; Liu, D; Jia, S; Xu, D; Wu, M; Zhou, Y; Zhou, S; Yang, C*; Target-responsive “Sweet” Hydrogel with Glucometer Readout: an Effective Method for Portable and Quantitative Detection of Non-glucose Targets, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 3748-3751.

37. 37. Xiong, X; Liu, H; Zhao, Z; Altman, M; Lopez-Colon, D; Yang, C*; Chang, L; Liu, C; Tan, W*; DNA Aptamer-mediated Cell Targeting, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 1472-1476.

38. 38. Ke, G; Wang, C; Ge Y; Zheng, N; Zhu Z; Yang, C*, L-DNA Molecular Beacons: A Safe, Stable, and Accurate Intracellular Nano-thermometer for Temperature Sensing in Living Cells, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 18908-18911.

39. 39. Wang, K; You, M; Chen, Y; Han, D; Zhu, Z; Huang, J; Williams, K; Yang, C*; Tan, W*; Self-assembly of a Bifunctional DNA Carrier for Drug Delivery, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 6098-6101.

40. 40. Huang, J; Wu, Y; Chen, Y; Zhu, Z; Yang, X; Yang, C*; Wang, K*; Tan, W*; Pyrene Excimer Probes for Nucleic Acids in Complex Biological Fluids Based on Hybridization Chain Reaction Amplification, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 401-404.

41. 41. Zhu, Z; Wu, C; Liu, H; Zou, Y; Zhang, X; Kang, H; Yang, C*; Tan, W*; Aptamer-Crosslinked Hydrogel as a Colorimetric Platform for Visual Detection, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 1052-1056.

42. 42. Yang, C; Wang, L; Wu, Y; Kim, Y; Medley, C. D; Lin, H; Tan, W*; Synthesis and Investigation of Deoxyribonucleic Acid/Locked Nucleic Acid Chimeric Molecular Beacons. Nucleic Acids Res., 2007, 35, 4030-4041.

43. 43. Yang, C; Martinez, K; Lin, H; Tan, W*; Hybrid Molecular Probe for Nucleic Acid Analysis in Biological Samples, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 9986-9987

44. 44. Liu, H; Wang, H; Shi, Z; Wang, H; Yang, C; Silke, S; Tan, W; Lu, Z*; TaqMan probe array for quantitative detection of DNA targets, Nucleic Acids Res., 2006, 34, E4.

45. 45. Yang, C; Jockusch, S; Vicens, M; Turro, N. J*; Tan, W*; Light-switching Excimer Probes for Rapid Protein Monitoring in Complex Biological Fluids, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A, 2005, 102, 17278-17283.

46. 46. Yang, C; Lin, H; Tan, W*; Molecular Assembly of Superquenchers in Signaling Molecular Interactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 12772-12773.

47. 47. Yang, C; Pinto, M; Schanze, K; Tan, W*; Direct Synthesis of an Oligonucleotide-Poly(Phenylene Ethynylene) Conjugate with a Precise One-to-one Molecular Ratio, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 2572-2576.