By Associate Professor Anna Wang

Book Chapters

Lowe LA; Loo DWK; Wang A, 2022, 'Methods for Forming Giant Unilamellar Fatty Acid Vesicles', in Membrane Lipids: Methods and Protocols, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1843-1_1

Journal articles

Siddique A; Chauhan D; Dutton A; Reddy K; De SK; Fahrenbach AC; Barber T; Van Kranendonk M; Wang A, 2026, 'A Modular 3D-Printed Design to Investigate Prebiotic Chemical Systems in Hot Spring Pools', Astrobiology, 26, pp. 285 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15311074261434674

Wang A; He X; Kan H; Lu B; Liu Y, 2025, 'Extraction process, fraction characterization and in vitro bioactivity evaluation of flavonoids from Diaphragma juglandis fructus in Juglans sigillata', JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A, 1760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2025.466275

Chen C; Yi R; Igisu M; Afrin R; Sithamparam M; Chandru K; Ueno Y; Sun L; Laurenzi T; Eberini I; Fraccia TP; Wang A; Cleaves HJ; Jia TZ, 2025, 'Primitive homochiral polyester formation driven by tartaric acid and calcium availability', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419554122

Siddique A; Lowe LA; Kanti De S; Loo DWK; Le Brun AP; Nelson ARJ; Wang A, 2025, 'Investigating Impacts of Amino Acids on the Structural Stability of Anionic Biomembranes', Chemsystemschem, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/syst.202400065

Lowe LA; Kaushik NK; Wang A, 2025, 'Natural Size Variation Amongst Protocells Leads to Survival and Growth Under Hypoosmotic Conditions', Small, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202406241

Moller AL; Middleton IA; Maynard GE; Cox LB; Wang A; Li HL; Thordarson P, 2025, 'Discrimination between Purine and Pyrimidine-Rich RNA in Liquid-Liquid Phase-Separated Condensates with Cationic Peptides and the Effect of Artificial Crowding Agents', Biomacromolecules, 26, pp. 470 - 479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01282

Wang A; Liu G; Zheng L; Wang S, 2025, 'A review: Mechanism and research progress of the effects of Astragalus polysaccharides on obesity', International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 311, pp. 143984, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.143984

Maleš P; Nikšić-Franjić I; Wang A; Pem B; Bakarić D, 2024, 'Optical and molecular features of negatively curved surfaces created by POPE lipids: A crucial role of the initial conditions', Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2024.124462

Tran LHA; Lowe LA; Deckel Y; Turner M; Luong J; Khamis OAA; Amos ML; Wang A, 2024, 'Measuring Vesicle Loading with Holographic Microscopy and Bulk Light Scattering', ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 4, pp. 400 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphyschemau.4c00011

Rawat S; Trius Béjar J; Wang A, 2024, 'Characterization of Optical, Thermal, and Viscoelastic Properties of Pollenkitt in Angiosperm Pollen Using In-Line Digital Holographic Microscopy', ACS Applied Bio Materials, 7, pp. 4029 - 4038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00367

Lovegrove JT; Humphreys BA; Wong CK; de Campo L; Wang A; Garvey CJ; Stenzel MH, 2024, 'Correction to Assembly of Multicompartment Glycopolymer Worms in Aqueous Solution (vol 56, pg 3195, 2023)', MACROMOLECULES, 57, pp. 3873 - 3873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00738

Wang A; Grunherz L; De Martini IV; Vasella M; Giovanoli P; Lindenblatt N, 2024, 'Outcomes of Fat Grafting in the Active vs. Quiescent Phase of Localized Scleroderma', PLASTIC SURGERY, 32, pp. 696 - 704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22925503231167444

Fan Z; Deckel Y; Lowe LA; Loo DWK; Yomo T; Szostak JW; Nisler C; Wang A, 2023, 'Lipid Exchange Promotes Fusion of Model Protocells', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300126

Chen C; Yi R; Igisu M; Sakaguchi C; Afrin R; Potiszil C; Kunihiro T; Kobayashi K; Nakamura E; Ueno Y; Antunes A; Wang A; Chandru K; Hao J; Jia TZ, 2023, 'Spectroscopic and Biophysical Methods to Determine Differential Salt-Uptake by Primitive Membraneless Polyester Microdroplets', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300119

Zhang SJ; Lowe LA; Anees P; Krishnan Y; Fai TG; Szostak JW; Wang A, 2023, 'Passive endocytosis in model protocells', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221064120

Deckel Y; Lowe LA; Rawat S; Turner M; Luong J; Wang A, 2023, 'Using Holographic Microscopy To Measure the Effect of Confinement on Crowding Agents in Lipid Vesicles', Chembiochem, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202300069

Lovegrove JT; Humphreys BA; Wong CK; de Campo L; Wang A; Garvey CJ; Stenzel MH, 2023, 'Assembly of Multicompartment Glycopolymer Worms in Aqueous Solution', Macromolecules, 56, pp. 3195 - 3203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02466

Lowe LA; Wang A, 2023, 'Preparation of Giant Vesicles with Mixed Single-Tailed and Double-Tailed Lipids', Methods in Molecular Biology Clifton N J, 2622, pp. 71 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2954-3_6

King JP; Wang A, 2023, 'Putative roles of terpenoids in primitive membranes', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1272163

Fan Z; Deckel Y; Lowe LA; Loo DWK; Yomo T; Szostak JW; Nisler C; Wang A, 2023, 'Lipid Exchange Promotes Fusion of Model Protocells (Small Methods 12/2023)', Small Methods, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202370066

Martin C; Altman LE; Rawat S; Wang A; Grier DG; Manoharan VN, 2022, 'In-line holographic microscopy with model-based analysis', Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43586-022-00165-z

Saha A; Yi R; Fahrenbach AC; Wang A; Jia TZ, 2022, 'A Physicochemical Consideration of Prebiotic Microenvironments for Self-Assembly and Prebiotic Chemistry', Life, 12, pp. 1595, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12101595

Rawat S; Wendoloski J; Wang A, 2022, 'cGAN-assisted imaging through stationary scattering media', Optics Express, 30, pp. 18145 - 18155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.450321

Lowe LA; Kindt JT; Cranfield C; Cornell B; Macmillan A; Wang A, 2022, 'Subtle changes in pH affect the packing and robustness of fatty acid bilayers', Soft Matter, 18, pp. 3498 - 3504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00272h

Zhang Y; Fang J; Ye S; Zhao Y; Wang A; Mao Q; Cui C; Feng Y; Li J; Li S; Zhang M; Shi H, 2022, 'A hydrogen sulphide-responsive and depleting nanoplatform for cancer photodynamic therapy', Nature Communications, 13, pp. 1685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29284-7

Fang J; Zhao Y; Wang A; Zhang Y; Cui C; Ye S; Mao Q; Feng Y; Li J; Xu C; Shi H, 2022, 'In Vivo Quantitative Assessment of a Radiation Dose Based on Ratiometric Photoacoustic Imaging of Tumor Apoptosis', Analytical Chemistry, 94, pp. 5149 - 5158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00098

Steller LH; Van Kranendonk MJ; Wang A, 2022, 'Dehydration Enhances Prebiotic Lipid Remodeling and Vesicle Formation in Acidic Environments', ACS Central Science, 8, pp. 132 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.1c01365

Rubio-Sánchez R; O'Flaherty DK; Wang A; Coscia F; Petris G; Di Michele L; Cicuta P; Bonfio C, 2021, 'Thermally Driven Membrane Phase Transitions Enable Content Reshuffling in Primitive Cells', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, pp. 16589 - 16598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c06595

Rawat S; Wang A, 2021, 'Accurate and practical feature extraction from noisy holograms', Applied Optics, 60, pp. 4639 - 4646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.422479

Roohani I; Cheong S; Wang A, 2021, 'How to build a bone? - Hydroxyapatite or Posner's clusters as bone minerals', Open Ceramics, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2021.100092

Toparlak D; Wang A; Mansy SS, 2021, 'Population-Level Membrane Diversity Triggers Growth and Division of Protocells', Jacs Au, 1, pp. 560 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.0c00079

Kindt JT; Szostak JW; Wang A, 2020, 'Bulk self-assembly of giant, unilamellar vesicles', ACS Nano, 14, pp. 14627 - 14634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c03125

Barkley S; Dimiduk TG; Fung J; Kaz DM; Manoharan VN; McGorty R; Perry RW; Wang A, 2020, 'Holographic Microscopy with Python and HoloPy', Computing in Science and Engineering, 22, pp. 72 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2019.2923974

Wan H; Zhou S; Gu P; Zhou F; Lyu D; Xu Q; Wang A; Shi H; Xu Q; Lu J, 2020, 'AIE-active polysulfates via a sulfur( vi ) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) click reaction and investigation of their two-photon fluorescence and cyanide detection in water and in living cells', Polymer Chemistry, 11, pp. 1033 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9py01448a

Wang A; Szostak JW, 2019, 'Lipid constituents of model protocell membranes', Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 3, pp. 537 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20190021

Wang A; Zwanikken JW; Kaz DM; McGorty R; Goldfain AM; Rogers WB; Manoharan VN, 2019, 'Before the breach: Interactions between colloidal particles and liquid interfaces at nanoscale separations', Physical Review E, 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreve.100.042605

Liu J; Wang Y; Chen P; Ma Y; Wang S; Tian Y; Wang A; Wang D, 2019, 'AC002454.1 and CDK6 synergistically promote Endometrial Cell Migration and Invasion in Endometriosis', Reproduction, -1, pp. 535 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep-19-0005

Wang A; Miller CC; Szostak JW, 2019, 'Core-Shell Modeling of Light Scattering by Vesicles: Effect of Size, Contents, and Lamellarity', BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 116, pp. 659 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.01.006

Matsushita-Ishiodori Y; Hanczyc MM; Wang A; Szostak JW; Yomo T, 2019, 'Using imaging flow cytometry to quantify and optimize giant vesicle production by water-in-oil emulsion transfer methods', Langmuir, 35, pp. 2375 - 2382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03635

Guo H; Dai Y; Wang A; Wang C; Sun L; Wang Z, 2018, 'Association between expression of MMP‐7 and MMP‐9 and pelvic lymph node and para‐aortic lymph node metastasis in early cervical cancer', Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 44, pp. 1274 - 1283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jog.13659

Farahnak S; McGovern TK; Kim R; O'Sullivan M; Chen B; Lee M; Yoshie H; Wang A; Jang J; Al Heialy S; Lauzon A-M; Martin JG, 2017, 'Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Is a Determinant of CD4 T Cell–Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Communication through Membrane Conduits', The Journal of Immunology, 199, pp. 3086 - 3093, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1700164

Wang A; Rogers WB; Manoharan VN, 2017, 'Effects of Contact-Line Pinning on the Adsorption of Nonspherical Colloids at Liquid Interfaces', Physical Review Letters, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.108004

Wang A; Garmann RF; Manoharan VN, 2016, 'Tracking E. coli runs and tumbles with scattering solutions and digital holographic microscopy', Optics Express, 24, pp. 23719 - 23725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.023719

Rahmani AM; Wang A; Manoharan VN; Colosqui CE, 2016, 'Colloidal particle adsorption at liquid interfaces: Capillary driven dynamics and thermally activated kinetics', Soft Matter, 12, pp. 6365 - 6372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm00966b

Wang A; McGorty R; Kaz DM; Manoharan VN, 2016, 'Contact-line pinning controls how quickly colloidal particles equilibrate with liquid interfaces', Soft Matter, 12, pp. 8958 - 8967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01690a

Kelleher CP; Wang A; Guerrero-García GI; Hollingsworth AD; Guerra RE; Krishnatreya BJ; Grier DG; Manoharan VN; Chaikin PM, 2015, 'Charged hydrophobic colloids at an oil-aqueous phase interface', Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.062306

Wang A; Dimiduk TG; Fung J; Razavi S; Kretzschmar I; Chaudhary K; Manoharan VN, 2014, 'Using the discrete dipole approximation and holographic microscopy to measure rotational dynamics of non-spherical colloidal particles', Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 146, pp. 499 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.12.019

Tuniz A; Pope B; Wang A; Large MCJ; Atakaramians S; Min SS; Pogson EM; Lewis RA; Bendavid A; Argyros A; Fleming SC; Kuhlmey BT, 2012, 'Spatial dispersion in three-dimensional drawn magnetic metamaterials', Optics Express, 20, pp. 11924 - 11935, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.011924

Wang A; Tuniz A; Hunt PG; Pogson EM; Lewis RA; Bendavid A; Fleming SC; Kuhlmey BT; Large MCJ, 2011, 'Fiber metamaterials with negative magnetic permeability in the terahertz', Optical Materials Express, 1, pp. 115 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.000115

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