刘熠辰 博士

• 清华大学水木学者奖学金
• 芝加哥大学生物科学学部最佳论文奖
• 芝加哥大学神经科学委员会最佳论文奖
• 芝加哥大学神经科学退修会海报奖
• 芝加哥大学BMB兰波特退修会海报奖
• 芝加哥大学国际学生奖
• 伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校卓越研究最高荣誉奖
• 伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校MCB夏季研究奖学金

主要科研领域与方向

利用电生理，荧光，结构和计算方法研究电压门控离子通道的工作机理/非典型氨基酸在离子通道机理研究的应用/极端环境下离子通道对于环境的适应

代表性论文

1.       Liu, Y.*,Amaya-Rodriguez C. A., Collio, V., Ibañez, G., Latorre R., Bezanilla, F. (2026) Evolution of our understanding of the sodium channel fast inactivation: From Hodgkin and Huxley to the structural era. The Journal of General Physiology 6 158 (4): e202613980. doi: https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202613980

2.       Liu, Y.*, Galpin, J. D., Ahern, C. A., & Bezanilla, F. (2025). Molecular basis of sodium channel inactivation. Nature Communications, *16*(1), 10565. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65587-1

3.       Liu, Y.*, Bassetto, C.*, Contreras, G. F.*, & Bezanilla, F. (2025). Closed state structure of the pore revealed by uncoupled Shaker K+ channel. Nature Communications, *16*(1), 10180. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65124-0

4.       Liu, Y.*, & Bezanilla, F. (2025). A sodium channel mutant removes fast inactivation with the inactivation particle bound. The Journal of General Physiology, *157*(1), Article e202413667. https://doi.org/10.1085/JGP.202413667/277127

5.       Treptow, W.*, Liu, Y.*, Bassetto, C. A.*, Pinto, B. I., Alves Nunes, J. A., Uriarte, R. M., Chipot, C. J., Bezanilla, F., & Roux, B. (2024). Isoleucine gate blocks K+ conduction in C-type inactivation. eLife, *13*, Article RP97696. https://doi.org/10.7554/ELIFE.97696

6.       Norekian, T.*, Liu, Y., Gribkova, E. D., Cui, J., & Gillette, R. (2024). A peripheral subepithelial network for chemotactile processing in the predatory sea slug Pleurobranchaea californica. PLOS ONE, *19*(2), Article e0296872. https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0296872

7.       Gribkova, E. D.*, Lee, C. A., Brown, J. W., Cui, J., Liu, Y., Norekian, T., & Gillette, R. (2023). A common modular design of nervous systems originating in soft-bodied invertebrates. Frontiers in Physiology, *14*, Article 1263453. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPHYS.2023.1263453

8.       Liu, Y.*, Bassetto, C. A. Z., Pinto, B. I., & Bezanilla, F. (2023). A mechanistic reinterpretation of fast inactivation in voltage-gated Na+ channels. Nature Communications, *14*(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467