Assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at USC. My group focuses on protein-lipid biophysics and biological membrane engineering.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined July 2020
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Wade Zeno retweeted
Today is the last day of #BPS2026!
We loved celebrating the accomplishments of our community. Starting with our inaugural #BIBPS Travel Awardees, Emmanuel Osei and Skylar Grimsley, to the outstanding science shared at the #BlackInBiophysics Symposium. Congratulations to all! 👏🏾
Wade Zeno retweeted
As #BlackHistoryMonth comes to a close, we reflect upon the remarkable achievements of Black biophysicists. We congratulate outstanding the “Black In Biophysics” seminar co-chairs and speakers at #BPS2025.
We are committed to promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ✊🏾
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It's known that anionic lipid charge enhances alpha-synuclein's ability to bind membranes. But did you know that alpha-synuclein can preferentially bind to neutral membranes when they are full of packing defects?
Read about it in our latest preprint!
Lipid Packing Defects are Necessary and Sufficient for Membrane Binding of alpha-Synuclein biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_biophys
Did you know that Graphene Quantum Dots can protect biological membranes from oxidative stress? Now you do!
New publication from my lab:
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102… – at Los Angeles, CA
Wade Zeno retweeted
We'd also like to highlight our final set of faculty mentors and panelists! Thankyou to @ZenoResearch our Panel Moderator and Wilson Franscisco for being on our panel!
Winery hike at the Biointerface Science GRC in Barga, Italy with my PhD students! – at Barga, Toscana
Wade Zeno retweeted
Available online - the Review "Protein-Membrane Interactions: Sensing and Generating Curvature" from @ZenoResearch and colleagues.
#MembraneCurvature #MembraneBending #IntrinsicallyDisorderedProteins #clathrin #BARdomains #AlphaSynuclein
authors.elsevier.com/a/1incK…
How do proteins sense and generate curvature in biological membranes? Our newly published review paper in @TrendsBiochem explores this topic in detail!
The online article is available for free until May 8, 2024. You can access it through the link below!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1incK…
Wade Zeno retweeted
Hey @BiophysicalSoc, Thanks for bringing back the dance at #BPS2024. Great band, great dancing, and great colleagues to talk to when we needed a break from the dance floor
@sm_aurelia, @AlexSodt, @ZenoResearch, Ed Lyman, @MarkusDeserno
ALT The image is a panorama photo of six scientists in a ballroom. They are (from left to right) Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith, Alex Sodt, Wade Zeno, Ed Lyman, Markus Deserno, and Sarah Keller. Some are wearing conference nametags. All of them are smiling. All of them are proud lipid geeks.
Today is the last day to sign up!
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Meet friends and eat! You can buy tickets to the IDP subgroup dinner here:
biophysics.org/store/product…
Wade Zeno retweeted
IDP subgroup program co-chairs Jonathon Ditlev (University of Toronto) @Jonathon_Ditlev & Wade Zeno (University of Southern California) @ZenoResearch have put together an exciting @BPS_IDP program at the @BiophysicalSoc meeting in Philadelphia. See you all
biophysics.org/2024meeting/p…
Wade Zeno retweeted
Deadline for **Postdoc Awards** of IDP subgroup of BPS is this Friday.
Win an oral presentation and an honorarium.
biophysics.org/awards-fundin…
Remember you can't be selected if you don't apply! We encourage women and other underrepresented scientists at postdoc stage to apply.
Wade Zeno retweeted
Are you an IDP researcher? Would you like to get involved with the biophysical society @BiophysicalSoc and serve our fabulous community? We are asking for nominations for subgroup officers NOW - deadline is Wednesday 15th November.
biophysics.org/forums?topics…
Wade Zeno retweeted
Today's #MichiganBiophysics Seminar Speaker is Wade Zeno (@ZenoResearch) from University of Southern California.
⏰ When: Today, 12pm
📍 Where: CHEM 1400
Thank you so much for hosting me - it was an honor to be invited by the Professor who wrote the papers that taught me lipid physical chemistry! – at Seattle, WA
Feeling lucky to have hosted Prof. Wade Zeno (@ZenoResearch @USC) for today's PChem seminar at @UWChemistry. Beautiful data! I love @UW's interdisciplinarity – the room was packed with scientists spanning the College of Arts & Sciences, Sch of Medicine, and College of Engineering
ALT The image is a photo of a Black man, Professor Wade Zeno, standing behind a lecture podium. He is glancing at his open laptop computer on the podium while he is giving a scientific presentation. An image from his presentation, with the title “clathrin-mediated endocytosis”, is projected on a screen behind him. He is wearing a button-down shirt and a suit jacket.
Wade Zeno retweeted
3/21 BCBP Seminar: Wade Zeno PhD (USC)
“Dynamic and Equilibrium Interactions
between Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
and Membrane Surfaces”
ALT Wade Zeno, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Southern California [email protected] “Dynamic and Equilibrium Interactions between Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Membrane Surfaces” Rick Baker, PhD | host Tuesday, March 21, 2023 11:00 – 12:00 PM 1131 Bioinformatics
Wade Zeno retweeted
#bps20223 quiet evening with @jennifermhurley @alexholehouse @BoeynaemsSteven @chemeslab @toettch @fried_lab @ZenoResearch @jerelleaj
The Zeno lab's first group outing at the annual @BiophysicalSoc meeting! David presented his work on alpha synuclein interactions with membranes and Juhee presented her work on the mechanisms by which graphene quantum dots inhibit lipid peroxidation.
