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13. Wu, Y., Hao, C., Gao, C., Hageman, M., Lee, S., Kirkland, T. A., Gray, N.S., Su, Y.#, Lin, M. Z.#, “Pharmacodynamics of Akt drugs revealed by a kinase-modulated bioluminescent indicator” Nat. Chem. Biol. (2025) 21(8), 1194-1204

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12. Westberg, M.#, Su, Y., Zou, X., Huang, P., Rustagi, A., Garhyan, J., Patel, P. B., Fernandez, D., Wu, Y., Hao, C., Lo, C-W., Karim, M., Ning, L., Beck, A., Saenkham-Huntsinger, P., Tat, V., Drelich, A., Peng, B., Einav, S., Tseng, C. K., Blish, C., Lin, M. Z.#, “An orally bioavailable SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitor exhibits improved affinity and reduced sensitivity to mutations” Sci. Transl. Med. (2024) 16, eadi0979

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10. Su, Y.*, Walker, J. R.*, Hall, M. P., Klein, M. A., Wu, X., Encell, L. P., Casey, K. M., Liu, L. X., Hong, G., Lin, M. Z. and Kirkland, T. A., “An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain.” Nat. Chem. Biol., (2023) 19, 731-739.

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