Yuxi Liu

California Institute of Technology

0000-0003-1439-9000

Projects

Unraveling New Pathways for Carbon Capture to Enhance Lipid-Biomass Feedstocks

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

James Evans

Organisms have evolved a number of spatially localized processes to efficiently break down, absorb, and use necessary metabolites. Although progress has been made in identifying the genes that are…

Investigating the cytoplasmic domain architecture of the Legionella pneumophila type IV secretion system using sub-tomogram averaging

Lead Institution

California Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Grant Jensen

In fresh water environment, Legionella pneumophila relies on its Dot/Icm type IV secretion system (T4SS) to translocate more than 300 effector proteins into its protozoan host. This process is…

Dissecting bacterial secretion systems in situ with electron cryo-tomography

Lead Institution

California Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Grant Jensen

Pathogenic bacteria use specialized “nanomachines” to identify and interact with host cells. These machines are attractive drug targets because they are surface-exposed, widespread, and vital for…