16. C.J. Cho, T. An, Y.-C. Lai, A. Vázquez-Salazar, A. Fracassi, I. A. Chen, and N.K. Devaraj*. "Protocells by spontaneous reaction of cysteine with short-chain thioesters" Nat. Chem., 2024.

15. N. Charest, Y. Shen, Y.-C. Lai, I. A. Chen*, and J.-E. Shea* “Discovering pathways through ribozyme fitness landscapes using information theoretic quantification of epistasis” RNA, 2023, 29, 1644.

14. P.-S. Ho, T.-Y.-Kao, C.-C. Li, Y.-J. Lan, Y.-C.Lai, and Y.-W. Chiang* "Nanodisc lipids exhibit singular behaviors implying critical phenomena" Langmuir, 2022 38(49), 15372.

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13. C.-T. Huang, Y.-C. Lai, S.-Y. Chen, M.-R. Ho, Y.-W. Chiang, and S.-T. D. Hsu* “Structural polymorphism and substrate promiscuity of a ribosome-associated molecular chaperone” Magn. Reson., 2021, 2, 375.

12. Y.-C. Lai, Z. Liu, I.A. Chen* “Encapsulation of ribozymes inside model protocells leads to faster evolutionary adaptation” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2021, 118(21), e2025054118.

11. Y.-C. Lai and I.A. Chen* “Protocells” Curr. Biol., 2020, 30, R482.

10. Y.-C. Lai^†, Y.-H. Kuo^†, and Y.-W. Chiang* “Identifying Protein Conformational Dynamics Using Spin-label ESR” Chem. Asian J., 2019, 14, 3981. (^†Equal contribution)

9. Y.-C. Lai, T.-C. Sung, C.-C. Li, C.-W. Chang, and Y.-W. Chiang* “The Role of Cardiolipin in Promoting the Membrane Pore-forming Activity of BAX Oligomers“ Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2019, 1861, 268.

8. Y.-C. Lai, A. Chang, C.-M. Yang, and Y.-W. Chiang* “An Assessment of the Use of Mesoporous Silica Materials to Improve Pulsed Dipolar Spectroscopy” Appl. Magn. Reson., 2018, 49, 1201.

7. K.-Y. Tsang, Y.-C. Lai, Y.-W. Chiang, and Y.-F. Chen* “Coupling of lipid membrane elasticity and in-plane dynamics” Phys. Rev. E., 2017, 96, 012410.

6. C.-C. Wang, H.-C. Chang, Y.-C. Lai, H. Fang, C.-C. Li, H.-K. Hsu, Z.-Y. Li, T.-S. Lin, T.-S. Kuo, F. Neese, S. Ye*, Y.-W. Chiang*, M.-L. Tsai*, W.-F. Liaw*, and W.-Z. Lee*. “A Structurally Characterized Nonheme Cobalt–Hydroperoxo Complex Derived from Its Superoxo Intermediate via Hydrogen Atom Abstraction” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138(43), 14186. 

5. F.-C. Lo, C.-C. Hsieh, M. Maestre-Reyna*, C.-Y. Chen*, T.-P. Ko, Y.-C. Horng, Y.-C. Lai, Y.-W. Chiang,* C.-M. Chou, C.-H. Chiang, W.-N. Huang, Y.-H. Lin, D. S. Bohle*, and W.-F. Liaw*. “Crystal Structure Analysis of the Repair of Iron Centers Protein YtfE and Its Interaction with NO” Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 9768.

4. T.-C. Sung, C.-Y. Li, Y.-C. Lai, C.-L. Hung, O. Shih, Y.-Q. Yeh, U-S. Jeng, and Y.-W. Chiang* “Solution Structure of Apoptotic BAX Oligomer: Oligomerization Likely Precedes Membrane Insertion” Structure,2015, 23, 1878.

3. Y.-C. Lai, Y.-F. Chen, Y.-W. Chiang* “ESR Study of Interfacial Hydration Layers of Polypeptides in Water-Filled Nanochannels and in Vitrified Bulk Solvents” PLOS ONE, 2013, 8(6), e68264.

2. H.-L. Huang, Y.-C. Lai, Y.-W. Chiang, and S.-L. Wang* “Intrinsic Optical Properties and Divergent Doping Effects of Manganese(II) on Luminescence for Tin(II) Phosphite Grown from a Deep-Eutectic Solvent” Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 1986.

1. Y.-W. Huang, Y.-C. Lai, C.-J. Tsai, and Y.-W. Chiang* “Mesopores provide an amorphous state suitable for studying biomolecular structures at cryogenic temperatures” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2011, 108(34), 14145.