Jiying Ning, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography; Biochemistry and structural biology

Selected Publications

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Postdoctoral
Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh