Principal Investigator
​Jing Xu, PhD
Associate Professor, Physics
​Google Scholar
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 Postdoc:  UC Irvine, Developmental and Cell Biology (SP Gross)
 PhD:  UC Santa Barbara, Physics (SJ Allen, KW Plaxco)
 BS w honor:  Caltech, Physics (JJ Bock, AE Lange, D Michael, S Frautschi)
​INVITED TALKS
Conferences: Single Molecule Biophysics (Aspen 2025), Interdisciplinary Applications of Magnetic and Optical Tweezers (IIT Bombay, 2023-2024), Biophysical Society Meeting (Japan 2022, Subgroup 2021, Platform 2020, 2018, 2016), American Physical Society March Meeting (Focus sessions 2021, 2017, 2013), Bay Area Cytoskeleton Virtual Symposium (2020), American Society for Cell Biology (Microsymposium, 2019), Mechanobiology Conference: The Mechanome In Action (Keynote, 2018),  International conference on Natural and Artificial Molecular Machines (2017), Current Trends in Intracellular Transport and Molecular Motors (2017), International Symposium on Computational and Experimental Studies of Microtubule and Microtubule-based Motor Proteins (2016), Lorentz Center Workshop on Anisotropy and Shape in Biological Materials (2016), Multiscale Motility of Biomolecular Machines (2015)

Colloquia and Seminars: National Institute of Health (2024, 2020, 2019, 2013), Sac State (2023, 2016, 2013), University of Michigan (Symposium: Molecular Bases of Proteinopathies 2023, Biophysics seminar 2023), University of Michigan-Dearborn (2020), Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology Motors in Quarantine (2020), UC Santa Cruz (2018), U Waterloo (2018), Course on Modern Biophysical Techniques, IIT Bombay (2017, 2016), UC Santa Barbara (2016), UT Austin (2016), Texas A&M (2016), UC Irvine (2016), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2016), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (2016), U Utah (2014, video), Fresno State (2016), Harvey Mudd (2014),​ qBio Boot Camp, UC San Diego (2015, 2014), Nerd Nite East Bay, C​habot Space and Science Center (2015, video).
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