By Dr Anna Wang

Journal articles

Chen C; Yi R; Igisu M; Afrin R; Sithamparam M; Chandru K; Ueno Y; Sun L; Laurenzi T; Eberini I; Fraccia TP; Wang A; Cleaves HJ; Jia TZ, 2025, 'Primitive homochiral polyester formation driven by tartaric acid and calcium availability', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419554122

Siddique A; Lowe LA; Kanti De S; Loo DWK; Le Brun AP; Nelson ARJ; Wang A, 2025, 'Investigating Impacts of Amino Acids on the Structural Stability of Anionic Biomembranes', ChemSystemsChem, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/syst.202400065

Lowe LA; Kaushik NK; Wang A, 2025, 'Natural Size Variation Amongst Protocells Leads to Survival and Growth Under Hypoosmotic Conditions', Small, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202406241

Moller AL; Middleton IA; Maynard GE; Cox LB; Wang A; Li HL; Thordarson P, 2025, 'Discrimination between Purine and Pyrimidine-Rich RNA in Liquid-Liquid Phase-Separated Condensates with Cationic Peptides and the Effect of Artificial Crowding Agents', Biomacromolecules, 26, pp. 470 - 479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01282

Maleš P; Nikšić-Franjić I; Wang A; Pem B; Bakarić D, 2024, 'Optical and molecular features of negatively curved surfaces created by POPE lipids: A crucial role of the initial conditions', Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2024.124462

Tran LHA; Lowe LA; Deckel Y; Turner M; Luong J; Khamis OAA; Amos ML; Wang A, 2024, 'Measuring Vesicle Loading with Holographic Microscopy and Bulk Light Scattering', ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 4, pp. 400 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphyschemau.4c00011

Rawat S; Trius Béjar J; Wang A, 2024, 'Characterization of Optical, Thermal, and Viscoelastic Properties of Pollenkitt in Angiosperm Pollen Using In-Line Digital Holographic Microscopy', ACS Applied Bio Materials, 7, pp. 4029 - 4038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00367

Lovegrove JT; Humphreys BA; Wong CK; de Campo L; Wang A; Garvey CJ; Stenzel MH, 2024, 'Correction to Assembly of Multicompartment Glycopolymer Worms in Aqueous Solution (vol 56, pg 3195, 2023)', MACROMOLECULES, 57, pp. 3873 - 3873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00738

Wang A; Grunherz L; De Martini IV; Vasella M; Giovanoli P; Lindenblatt N, 2024, 'Outcomes of Fat Grafting in the Active vs. Quiescent Phase of Localized Scleroderma', PLASTIC SURGERY, 32, pp. 696 - 704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22925503231167444

Fan Z; Deckel Y; Lowe LA; Loo DWK; Yomo T; Szostak JW; Nisler C; Wang A, 2023, 'Lipid Exchange Promotes Fusion of Model Protocells', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300126

Chen C; Yi R; Igisu M; Sakaguchi C; Afrin R; Potiszil C; Kunihiro T; Kobayashi K; Nakamura E; Ueno Y; Antunes A; Wang A; Chandru K; Hao J; Jia TZ, 2023, 'Spectroscopic and Biophysical Methods to Determine Differential Salt-Uptake by Primitive Membraneless Polyester Microdroplets', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300119

Zhang SJ; Lowe LA; Anees P; Krishnan Y; Fai TG; Szostak JW; Wang A, 2023, 'Passive endocytosis in model protocells', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221064120

Deckel Y; Lowe LA; Rawat S; Turner M; Luong J; Wang A, 2023, 'Using Holographic Microscopy To Measure the Effect of Confinement on Crowding Agents in Lipid Vesicles', ChemBioChem, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202300069

Lovegrove JT; Humphreys BA; Wong CK; de Campo L; Wang A; Garvey CJ; Stenzel MH, 2023, 'Assembly of Multicompartment Glycopolymer Worms in Aqueous Solution', Macromolecules, 56, pp. 3195 - 3203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02466

Lowe LA; Wang A, 2023, 'Preparation of Giant Vesicles with Mixed Single-Tailed and Double-Tailed Lipids', Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2622, pp. 71 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2954-3_6

King JP; Wang A, 2023, 'Putative roles of terpenoids in primitive membranes', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1272163

Fan Z; Deckel Y; Lowe LA; Loo DWK; Yomo T; Szostak JW; Nisler C; Wang A, 2023, 'Lipid Exchange Promotes Fusion of Model Protocells (Small Methods 12/2023)', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202370066

Martin C; Altman LE; Rawat S; Wang A; Grier DG; Manoharan VN, 2022, 'In-line holographic microscopy with model-based analysis', Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43586-022-00165-z

Saha A; Yi R; Fahrenbach AC; Wang A; Jia TZ, 2022, 'A Physicochemical Consideration of Prebiotic Microenvironments for Self-Assembly and Prebiotic Chemistry', Life, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12101595

Rawat S; Wendoloski J; Wang A, 2022, 'cGAN-assisted imaging through stationary scattering media', Optics Express, 30, pp. 18145 - 18155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.450321

Lowe LA; Kindt JT; Cranfield C; Cornell B; Macmillan A; Wang A, 2022, 'Subtle changes in pH affect the packing and robustness of fatty acid bilayers', Soft Matter, 18, pp. 3498 - 3504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00272h

Zhang Y; Fang J; Ye S; Zhao Y; Wang A; Mao Q; Cui C; Feng Y; Li J; Li S; Zhang M; Shi H, 2022, 'A hydrogen sulphide-responsive and depleting nanoplatform for cancer photodynamic therapy', NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29284-7

Fang J; Zhao Y; Wang A; Zhang Y; Cui C; Ye S; Mao Q; Feng Y; Li J; Xu C; Shi H, 2022, 'In Vivo Quantitative Assessment of a Radiation Dose Based on Ratiometric Photoacoustic Imaging of Tumor Apoptosis', ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 94, pp. 5149 - 5158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00098

Steller LH; Van Kranendonk MJ; Wang A, 2022, 'Dehydration Enhances Prebiotic Lipid Remodeling and Vesicle Formation in Acidic Environments', ACS Central Science, 8, pp. 132 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.1c01365

Rubio-Sánchez R; O'Flaherty DK; Wang A; Coscia F; Petris G; Di Michele L; Cicuta P; Bonfio C, 2021, 'Thermally Driven Membrane Phase Transitions Enable Content Reshuffling in Primitive Cells', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, pp. 16589 - 16598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c06595

Rawat S; Wang A, 2021, 'Accurate and practical feature extraction from noisy holograms', Applied Optics, 60, pp. 4639 - 4646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.422479

Roohani I; Cheong S; Wang A, 2021, 'How to build a bone? - Hydroxyapatite or Posner's clusters as bone minerals', Open Ceramics, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2021.100092

Toparlak D; Wang A; Mansy SS, 2021, 'Population-Level Membrane Diversity Triggers Growth and Division of Protocells', JACS Au, 1, pp. 560 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.0c00079

Kindt JT; Szostak JW; Wang A, 2020, 'Bulk self-assembly of giant, unilamellar vesicles', ACS Nano, 14, pp. 14627 - 14634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c03125

Toparlak ÖD; Wang A; Mansy S, 2020, 'Population-level Membrane Diversity Triggers Growth and Division of Protocells', , http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.13238402

Barkley S; Dimiduk TG; Fung J; Kaz DM; Manoharan VN; McGorty R; Perry RW; Wang A, 2020, 'Holographic Microscopy with Python and HoloPy', Computing in Science and Engineering, 22, pp. 72 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2019.2923974

Wan H; Zhou S; Gu P; Zhou F; Lyu D; Xu Q; Wang A; Shi H; Xu Q; Lu J, 2020, 'AIE-active polysulfates via a sulfur(vi) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) click reaction and investigation of their two-photon fluorescence and cyanide detection in water and in living cells', POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 11, pp. 1033 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9py01448a

Toparlak D; Wang A; Mansy S, 2020, 'Population-level Membrane Diversity Triggers Growth and Division of Protocells', , http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.13238402.v1

Wang A; Szostak JW, 2019, 'Lipid constituents of model protocell membranes', Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 3, pp. 537 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20190021

Wang A; Zwanikken JW; Kaz DM; McGorty R; Goldfain AM; Rogers WB; Manoharan VN, 2019, 'Before the breach: Interactions between colloidal particles and liquid interfaces at nanoscale separations', Physical Review E, 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreve.100.042605

Wang A; Chan Miller C; Szostak JW, 2019, 'Core-Shell Modeling of Light Scattering by Vesicles: Effect of Size, Contents, and Lamellarity', Biophysical Journal, 116, pp. 659 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.01.006

Matsushita-Ishiodori Y; Hanczyc MM; Wang A; Szostak JW; Yomo T, 2019, 'Using imaging flow cytometry to quantify and optimize giant vesicle production by water-in-oil emulsion transfer methods', Langmuir, 35, pp. 2375 - 2382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03635

Liu J; Wang Y; Chen P; Ma Y; Wang S; Tian Y; Wang A; Wang D, 2019, 'AC002454.1 and CDK6 synergistically promote endometrial cell migration and invasion in endometriosis', REPRODUCTION, 157, pp. 535 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/REP-19-0005

Guo H; Dai Y; Wang A; Wang C; Sun L; Wang Z, 2018, 'Association between expression of MMP-7 and MMP-9 and pelvic lymph node and para-aortic lymph node metastasis in early cervical cancer', JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH, 44, pp. 1274 - 1283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jog.13659

Wang A; Miller CC; Szostak J, 2018, 'Interpreting turbidity measurements for vesicle studies', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/348904

Farahnak S; McGovern TK; Kim R; O'Sullivan M; Chen B; Lee M; Yoshie H; Wang A; Jang J; Al Heialy S; Lauzon A-M; Martin JG, 2017, 'Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Is a Determinant of CD4 T Cell-Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Communication through Membrane Conduits', JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 199, pp. 3086 - 3093, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1700164

Wang A; Rogers WB; Manoharan VN, 2017, 'Effects of Contact-Line Pinning on the Adsorption of Nonspherical Colloids at Liquid Interfaces', Physical Review Letters, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.108004

Wang A; Garmann RF; Manoharan VN, 2016, 'Tracking E. coli runs and tumbles with scattering solutions and digital holographic microscopy', Optics Express, 24, pp. 23719 - 23725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.023719

Rahmani AM; Wang A; Manoharan VN; Colosqui CE, 2016, 'Colloidal particle adsorption at liquid interfaces: Capillary driven dynamics and thermally activated kinetics', Soft Matter, 12, pp. 6365 - 6372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm00966b

Wang A; McGorty R; Kaz DM; Manoharan VN, 2016, 'Contact-line pinning controls how quickly colloidal particles equilibrate with liquid interfaces', Soft Matter, 12, pp. 8958 - 8967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01690a

Kelleher CP; Wang A; Guerrero-García GI; Hollingsworth AD; Guerra RE; Krishnatreya BJ; Grier DG; Manoharan VN; Chaikin PM, 2015, 'Charged hydrophobic colloids at an oil-aqueous phase interface', Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.062306

Wang A; Dimiduk TG; Fung J; Razavi S; Kretzschmar I; Chaudhary K; Manoharan VN, 2014, 'Using the discrete dipole approximation and holographic microscopy to measure rotational dynamics of non-spherical colloidal particles', Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 146, pp. 499 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.12.019

Tuniz A; Pope B; Wang A; Large MCJ; Atakaramians S; Min SS; Pogson EM; Lewis RA; Bendavid A; Argyros A; Fleming SC; Kuhlmey BT, 2012, 'Spatial dispersion in three-dimensional drawn magnetic metamaterials', Optics Express, 20, pp. 11924 - 11935, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.011924

Wang A; Tuniz A; Hunt PG; Pogson EM; Lewis RA; Bendavid A; Fleming SC; Kuhlmey BT; Large MCJ, 2011, 'Fiber metamaterials with negative magnetic permeability in the terahertz', Optical Materials Express, 1, pp. 115 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.000115

Tuniz A; Kuhlmey BT; Lwin R; Wang A; Anthony J; Leonhardt R; Fleming SC, 2010, 'Drawn metamaterials with plasmonic response at terahertz frequencies', Applied Physics Letters, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3428576

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