Research Interests: My current work is the investigation of the dynamics of nucleocytoplasmic translocation of proteins and other biomacromolecules and the connection between dysfunction or altered function of the nuclear pore complex with defects in cellular signaling and embryonic development, using single-molecule and confocal microscopy, plasmid design and mutation, transfection, and bioinformatics techniques.  

Schnell SJ, Tingey M, Yang W. SPEED microscopy: high-speed single-molecule tracking and mapping of nucleocytoplasmic transport. Methods in Molecular Biology: Springer Science+Business Media 2020 (Methods/Protocol Book Chapter; Submitted)

Schnell S., Ma J. and Yang W.* (2014) Three-dimensional mapping of mRNA export through the nuclear pore complex. Genes, 5, 1032-1049.

Tingey M., Schnell S., Li Y., Junod S., Yu W., and Yang W.* (2019) Imaging Transmembrane Protein Transport across the Nuclear Envelope. A Closer Look at Membrane Proteins, Nova Science Publishers (Invited book chapter).