About Xiaowei Zhuang's Work
Our group pioneered the development and application of single-molecule and super-resolution imaging methods for the studies of biological systems. We invented a super-resolution imaging method, stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), and discovered novel cellular structures using STORM. We invented a single-cell transcriptome imaging method, multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in situ hybridization (MERFISH), and have applied this method to study cells and tissues at the systems level. We has also developed other single-molecule approaches to investigate the dynamics and function of biomolecules.
In the News
National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology
2015
Chinese Institute of Engineers USA Distinguished Achievement Award
2014
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
elected 2013
Member, National Academy of Sciences
elected 2012
Fellow, American Physical Society
elected 2012
Fellow, American Association of the Advancement of Science
elected 2012
Raymond & Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics
2011
American Physical Society Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics
2012
Coblentz Award (2008) Pure Chemistry Award
2006
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
2005
Sloan Research Fellowship
2004
Technology Review Worlds Top 100 Young Innovators Award
2004
MacArthur Fellowship
2003
Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
2003
CAREER award, National Science Foundation
2003
Searle Scholar
2003
Beckman Young Investigator Award
2003
Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research
2002
Foreign member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign member, the European Molecular Biology Organization
Dr. H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
American Chemical Society Pure Chemistry Award