Development of 3-dimensional interferometric superresolution microscope
Molecular architecture of cell-matrix adhesion complex
Molecular architecture of cell-cell adhesion complex
Selected Awards & Honours
Singapore NRF Fellowship (2011-2016)
HHMI Predoctoral Fellowship (2001-2006)
Stanford Graduate Fellowship (2001-2004)
Phi Beta Kappa (2001)
Membership in Scientific/Professional Organization
American Society for Cell Biology
Biophysical Society
Selected Journal Publications
Cristina Bertocchi, Yilin Wang, Andrea Ravasio, Yusuke Hara, Yao Wu, Talgat Sailov, Michelle A. Baird, Michael W. Davidson, Ronen Zaidel-Bar, Yusuke Toyama, Benoit Ladoux, Rene-Marc Mege, and Pakorn Kanchanawong. “Nanoscale architecture of cadherin-based cell adhesions” Nature Cell Biology. Nature Cell Biology 2017, 19 (1), 28-37.
Z Zhang, Y Nishimura, P Kanchanawong “Extracting Microtubule Networks from Superresolution Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy Data” Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2016, E16-06-0421.
J. Liu, Y. Wang, W. I. Goh, H. Goh, M. A. Baird, S. Ruehland, S. Teo, N. Bate, D. R. Critchley, M. W. Davidson, P. Kanchanawong, “Talin determines the nanoscale architecture of focal adhesions” PNAS, 112 (35), E4864-E4873.
Y. Wu, P. Kanchanawong, R. Zaidel-Bar, “Actin-Delimited Adhesion-Independent Clustering of E-Cadherin Forms the Nanoscale Building Blocks of Adherens Junctions” Developmental Cell. (2015) 32 (2), 139-154.
P. Kanchanawong, G. Shtengel, A. Pasapera-Limon, E. Ramko, M.W. Davidson, H.F. Hess, C. M. Waterman. “Nanoscale Architecutre of Integrin-based Adhesions”, Nature, 468(7323): 580-4, 2010.
G. Shtengel, J. A. Galbraith, C. G. Galbraith, J. Lippincott-Schwartz, J. M. Gillette, S. Manley, R. Sougrat, C. M. Waterman, P. Kanchanawong, M. W. Davidson, R. D. Fetter and H. F. Hess. “Interferometric fluorescent super-resolution microscopy resolves 3D cellular ultrastructure”, PNAS, 106 (9), 3125-3130, 2009.