Shasha Chong

Shasha Chong is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, affiliated with the CHEM department. She holds the title of Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar. Her research interests span Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Physical Chemistry. Chong's work focuses on advancing understanding within these interdisciplinary fields. Her profile page provides further details on her research and academic contributions.

Shasha Chong is a researcher at the California Institute of Technology, specializing in single-molecule biophysics, transcription, and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). Their work explores the dynamic interactions of low-complexity domains in gene regulation and the mechanisms underlying transcriptional bursting. Chong's research combines advanced imaging techniques with molecular biology to investigate how protein conformations and phase separation influence cellular processes. They have published extensively on topics such as chromophore imaging, allostery, and the role of IDPs in transcriptional regulation and genome organization. Their studies aim to decode the sequence-based grammar of intrinsically disordered regions and their functional implications in disease.