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Lin Yang

LiX Lead Beamline Scientist, Structural Biology Program, National Synchrotron Light Source II

Lin Yang

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 745, Room 105
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-5833
lyang@bnl.gov

Lin Yang is the lead scientist for the Life Science X-ray Scattering (LiX) beamline at NSLS-II. He joined NSLS in 2001 as a postdoc. Since then he has developed several X-ray scattering instruments (X21A1, X9 and LiX) for supporting measurements on soft condensed matter and biological samples. 

Expertise | Research | Education | Publications


Expertise

X-ray scattering, beamline instrumentation, soft matter physics

Research Activities

  • Scanning scattering tomography for imaging plant tissues
  • Component separation for x-ray scattering data
  • Automation in x-ray scattering data processing (see py4xs documentaiton)

Education

  • Ph.D. 2001: Physics, Rice University
  • M.A. 1998: Physics, Rice University
  • B.S. 1995: Physics, Beijing University

Selected Publications

  • Yang L (2024) X-ray scattering based scanning tomography for imaging and structural characterization of cellulose in plants. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 31:936–947. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600577524004387
  • Yang L (2022) Scattering measurements on lipid membrane structures. Small Angle Scattering Part A: Methods for Structural Investigation 385–415. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2022.08.033
  • Yang L, Liu J, Chodankar S, et al (2022) Scanning structural mapping at the Life Science X-ray Scattering Beamline. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 29:540–548. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600577521013266
  • Yang L, Lazo E, Byrnes J, et al (2021) Tools for supporting solution scattering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 28:1237–1244. https://doi.org/10.1107/s160057752100521x
  • Hegde M, Yang L, Vita F, et al (2020) Strong graphene oxide nanocomposites from aqueous hybrid liquid crystals. Nature Communications 11:. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14618-0
  • Graziano V, Miller L, Yang L (2018) Interpretation of solution scattering data from lipid nanodiscs. Journal of Applied Crystallography 51:157–166. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600576717018441
  • Song L, Yang L, Meng J, Yang S (2017) Thermodynamics of Hydrophobic Amino Acids in Solution: A Combined Experimental–Computational Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8:347–351. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02673
  • Wang S, Fukuto M, Checco A, et al (2011) Role of electrostatic interactions in two-dimensional self-assembly of tobacco mosaic viruses on cationic lipid monolayers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 358:497–505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.03.048
  • Yang L, Yang H (2009) Use of a hexapod in diffraction measurements of substrate-supported crystals of organic semiconductors. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 16:788–795. https://doi.org/10.1107/s0909049509037911
  • Yang L, Fukuto M (2005) Modulated phase of phospholipids with a two-dimensional square lattice. Physical Review E 72:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.72.010901
  • Yang L, Ding L, Huang HW (2003) New Phases of Phospholipids and Implications to the Membrane Fusion Problem. Biochemistry 42:6631–6635. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi0344836
  • Yang L, Huang HW (2002) Observation of a Membrane Fusion Intermediate Structure. Science 297:1877–1879. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1074354
Lin Yang

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 745, Room 105
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-5833
lyang@bnl.gov

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