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Michelle D. Wang
Physics
James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor of the Physical Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Contact Information
518 Clark Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p:
(607) 255-6414
Michelle D. Wang
Physics
James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor of the Physical Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Expertise
Development of innovative single-molecule mechanical manipulation techniques; measurements of motor protein force and torque generation; studies of mechanics of chromatin, replication, and transcription
Current Research Interest
The impact of DNA/chromatin mechanics on the processes that take place on DNA
Distinction
American Physical Society Elected Fellow
Cornell Provost’s Award for Distinguished Scholarship
Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research Award
Beckman Young Investigator Award
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Damon Runyon Scholar Award
Selected Publications
Le, Tung T., Xiang Gao, Seong ha Park, Jaeyoon Lee, James T. Inman, Joyce H. Lee, Jessica L. Killian, Ryan P. Badman, James M. Berger, and Michelle D. Wang. “Synergistic Coordination of Chromatin Torsional Mechanics and Topoisomerase Activity.” Cell 179, no. 3 (2019): 619–631.
Ma, Jie, Lu Bai, and Michelle D. Wang. “Transcription Under Torsion.” Science 340, no. 6140