Publications at USC

  1. Frost B*, Rowe JB*, et al. Insights into pathophysiology, biomarkers, and therapeutics in tauopathies: Proceedings of the Tau2024 Global Conference. Alzheimer’s and Dementia. 2025;25:e70078. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70078

  2. Margaritakis A, Qian M, Johnson DH, Zeno WF, Ulmer TS, Chung PJ**. Recombinant protein platform for high-throughput investigation of peptide-liposome interactions via fluorescence anisotropy depolarization. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.12.653516

  3. Johnson DH, Kou OH, White JM, Ramirez SY, Margaritakis A, Chung PJ, Jaeger VW, Zeno WF. Lipid Packing Defects are Necessary and Sufficient for Membrane Binding of α-Synuclein. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.14.623669

  4. Kohl PA, Song C, Fletcher BJ, Best RL, Tchounwou C, Arceo XG, Chung PJ, Miller HP, Wilson L, Choi MC, Li Y, Feinstein SC, Safinya CR. Complexes of tubulin oligomers and tau form a viscoelastic intervening network cross-bridging microtubules into bundles. Nature Communications. 2024;15:2362. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46438-x

Publications prior to USC

  1. Chung PJ, Hwang HL, Slaw BR, Leong A, Adams EJ, Lee KYC. The C-Terminal Domain of α-Synuclein Confers Steric Stabilization on Synaptic Vesicle-Like Surfaces. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2020;1902151.

  2. Safinya CR, Chung PJ, Song C, Li Y, Miller HP, Choi MC, et al. Minireview - Microtubules and Tubulin Oligomers: Shape Transitions and Assembly by Intrinsically Disordered Protein Tau and Cationic Biomolecules. Langmuir. 2019;35(48):15970–8.

  3. Chung PJ*, Zhang Q*, Hwang HL, Leong A, Maj P, Szczygiel R, et al. α-Synuclein Sterically Stabilizes Spherical Nanoparticle-Supported Lipid Bilayers. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2019;2(4):1413–9.

  4. Chung PJ, Hwang HL, Dasbiswas K, Leong A, Lee KYC. Osmotic shock-triggered assembly of highly-charged, nanoparticle-supported membranes. Langmuir. 2018;34(43):13000–5.

  5. Chung PJ, Song C, Deek J, Miller HP, Li Y, Choi MC, et al. Comparison between 102k and 20k Poly (ethylene oxide) Depletants in Osmotic Pressure Measurements of Interfilament Forces in Cytoskeletal Systems. ACS Macro Letters. 2018;7(2):228–32.

  6. Best RL, Chung PJ, Benbow SJ, Savage A, LaPointe NE, Safinya CR, et al. Expression and isolation of recombinant tau. In: Methods in cell biology. Academic Press; 2017. p. 3–26.

  7. Chung PJ, Song C, Miller HP, Li Y, Raviv U, Choi MC, et al. Synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering and electron microscopy characterization of structures and forces in microtubule/Tau mixtures. In: Methods in cell biology. Academic Press; 2017. p. 155–78.

  8. Choi MC, Chung PJ, Song C, Miller HP, Kiris E, Li Y, et al. Paclitaxel suppresses Tau-mediated microtubule bundling in a concentration-dependent manner. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. 2017;1861(1):3456–63.

  9. Chung PJ, Song C, Deek J, Miller HP, Li Y, Choi MC, et al. Tau mediates microtubule bundle architectures mimicking fascicles of microtubules found in the axon initial segment. Nature Communications. 2016 Jul 25;7:12278.

  10. Deek J, Chung PJ, Safinya CR. Neurofilament networks: Salt-responsive hydrogels with sidearm-dependent phase behavior. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. 2016 Jul;1860(7):1560–9.

  11. Safinya CR, Chung PJ, Song C, Li Y, Ewert KK, Choi MC, et al. The effect of multivalent cations and Tau on paclitaxel-stabilized microtubule assembly, disassembly, and structure. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 2016;232:9–16.

  12. Chung PJ*, Choi MC*, Miller HP, Feinstein HE, Raviv U, Li Y, et al. Direct force measurements reveal protein Tau confers short-range attractions and isoform-dependent steric stabilization to microtubules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2015;112(47):E6416–25.

  13. Deek J, Chung PJ, Kayser J, Bausch AR, Safinya CR. Neurofilament sidearms modulate parallel and crossed-filament orientations inducing nematic to isotropic and re-entrant birefringent hydrogels. Nature Communications. 2013;4:2224.

  14. Freelon B, Ramazanoglu M, Chung PJ, Page RN, Lo YT, Valdivia P, et al. Smectic-A and smectic-C phases and phase transitions in 8S5 liquid-crystal-aerosil gels. Physical Review E. 2011;84(3).

* Denotes co-first authorship

** Denotes corresponding authorship