User:Norman Wang

Norman Wang (an artistic interpretation)

I work in the Presting Lab, MBBE department at the University of Hawaii.

Education

• 2006-?, PhD, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• 2001-2003, MS, Bioinformatics, Northeastern University
• 1996-2000, BS, Biology, University of California Santa Barbara

Industry

• 2005-2006 Biogen Idec, San Diego, Protein Evolution, Antibody Engineering
• 2003-2005 Biogen Idec, Boston, Cheminformatics, Protein Engineering
• 2002 Pharmacopeia, New Jersey, Cheminformatics

Current Research

• Hawaiian Algal Database (HADB)
• Bioplastics & Biofuels from Cyanobacteria, PhD Thesis
• 2008 Hawaii iGEM Team Graduate Student Advisor

Research Interests

• Biofuels/Biopolymers
• Computatonal Biology/Bioinformatics
• Protein Engineering

Publications

1. Norman Wang, William F. Smith, Brian R. Miller, Dikran Aivazian, Alexey A. Lugovskoy, Mitchell E. Reff, Scott M. Glaser, Lisa J. Croner, and Stephen J. Demarest, Conserved Amino Acid Networks Involved in Antibody Variable Domain Interactions, Accepted Oct. 2, 2008, manuscript number Prot-00311-2008 PDF

2. Wang, N., DeLisle, R.K. & Diller, D.J. Fast small molecule similarity searching with multiple alignment profiles of molecules represented in one-dimension. J Med Chem 48, 6980-90(2005). PDF

3. Wang, Norman & Tiffney, Bruce H., Seeds of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from the Late Eocene of California. 2001. Palaeontographica p.245-254

Contact Info

Norman Wang <br\> University of Hawaii <br\> 1955 East-West Road <br\> Agricultural Science 218 <br\> Honolulu, HI 96822 <br\> wangn at hawaii.edu <br\> Email me through OpenWetWare

Laboratory

• Protocols
• Projects

Misc

• Interview in the Apr '07 Audrey Magazine