Pei-Ying (Emily) Lin, Ph.D.

I am a postdoctoral researcher in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, working in the Microsystems and Mechanobiology Lab.

Current Projects

Development of nucleic acid strand displacement circuits for biosensor applications.

Previous Experience

My graduate research focused on DNA nanostructure design, programmable nucleic acid circuits, and their integration with optical transduction platforms for molecular diagnostics.

Publications

  • Lin, P.Y., Chang, Y.F., Chen, C.C., Su, L.C., Willner, I. and Ho, J.A.A. pH-responsive triplex DNA nanoswitches: surface plasmon resonance platform for bladder cancer-associated microRNAs. ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 7140-7153. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c16396
  • Chi, R., Lin, P.Y., Jhuo, Y.S., Cheng, F.Y. and Ho, J.A.A. Colorimetric detection of African swine fever (ASF)-associated microRNA based on rolling circle amplification and salt-induced gold nanoparticle aggregation. Talant, 2024, 267, 125159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125159
  • Lin, P.Y., Chi, R., Wu, Y.L. and Ho, J.A.A. Applications of triplex DNA nanostructures in sensor development. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2022, 414, 5217-5237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-04058-8

Education

  • Ph.D. Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University (2016-24)
  • B.S. Department of Nutrition and Health Science, Taipei Medical University (2012-16)

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