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Yuebao Zhang

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2012Rising activity

Publications

45

Citations

2,304

Est. group size

~11

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
AI-generated

Yuebao Zhang's work spans organic chemistry and molecular biology, including the total synthesis of complex natural products like bryostatins (compounds derived from marine organisms with potential anticancer properties) and, more recently, engineering messenger RNA molecules to help immune cells detect and attack prostate cancer cells. The research combines synthetic chemistry techniques, such as radical cyclization reactions and silicon-based chemical strategies, with newer work on RNA-based cancer immunotherapy. This suggests a research trajectory that has shifted over time from purely synthetic organic chemistry toward applications in cancer biology and immune system engineering.

Total synthesis of natural products (bryostatins)Organosilicon chemistry and radical reactionsRNA engineering for cancer immunotherapyMHC-I antigen presentation and immune evasionSynthetic methodology development

Publication output was intermittent and low from 2017-2024 but increased sharply in 2025, suggesting growing recent research activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 1 publication18192020: 1 publication202021: 3 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 11 publications11252026: 3 publications26
Publishes in
  • Nature Communications×3
  • Advanced Materials×2
  • Advanced Science×2
  • Nature Biomedical Engineering×2
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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