User:Norman Wang
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
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Wang, N., Smith, W. F., Miller, B. R., Aivazian, D., Lugovskoy, A. A., Reff, M. E., Glaser, S. M., Croner, L. J., Demarest, S. J., Conserved amino acid networks involved in antibody variable domain interactions, Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2008 (Accepted 2008.10.16), manuscript number Prot-00311-2008 PDF
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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., 2005, 48, 6980-90. PDF
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Wang, N. & Tiffney, B. H., Seeds of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from the Late Eocene of California. Palaeontographica, 2001, 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
Misc
- Interview in the Apr '07 Audrey Magazine