Jiying Ning, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email ningj@upmc.edu
Education & Training
PhD
Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests
Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography; Biochemistry and structural biology
Selected Research Publications & Products- GlausierJR, Maier M, Bouchet-Marquis C, Wu K, Banks-Tibbs T, Melchitzky D, Ning J, Lewis DA & Freyberg Z. Volume electron microscopy reveals 3D synaptic nanoarchitecture in postmortem human prefrontal cortex. (2025) iScience 28 (7) 112747.
- Ni T, Zhu Y, Yang Z, Xu C, Chaban Y, Nesterova T, Ning J, Bcking T, Parker MW, Monnie C, Ahn J, Perilla JR & Zhang P. Structure of native HIV-1 cores and their interactions with IP6 and CypA. (2021) Science Advances 7, eabj5715.
- Martin-Solana E, Frendi S, Ning J, Banks-Tibbs T, Vockley J, Freyberg Z. Preparation of vitrified mammalian cells for in situ cryo-electron tomography. Current Protocols. 2025 Oct 28; https://doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.70253.
- Zhong Z, Ning J, Boggs EA, Jang S, Wallace C, Telmer C, Bruchez MP, Ahn J, Engelman AN, Zhang P, Watkins SC & Ambrose Z. Cytoplasmic CPSF6 regulates HIV-1 capsid trafficking and infection in a cyclophilin A-dependent manner. (2021) mBio 12:10.1128/mbio.03142-20.
- Mendona L, Sun D, Ning J, Liu J, Kotecha A, Olek M, Frosio T, Fu X, Himes BA, Kleinpeter AB, Freed EO, Zhou J, Aiken C & Zhang P. CryoET structures of immature HIV Gag reveal six-helix bundle. (2021) Commun Biol 4, 481. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01999-1
