faculty
Shuowei Cai, PhD
Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Contact
508-999-8807
508-999-8451
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Education
| 2001 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | PhD |
| 1998 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | MS |
| 1993 | Nankai University, China | MS |
| 1990 | Nankai University, China | BS |
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Research
Research interests
- Bioanalytical and biophysical chemistry
- Protein chemistry
- Drug formulation
- Pharmaceutical biotechnology
Select publications
- Cai S., Singh B. R. (2004).
A Distinct Utility of Amide III Infrared Band for Secondary Structure Estimation of Aqueous Protein Solutions Using Partial Least Square Methods
Biochemistry, 43, 2541–2549. - Poirier M. A., Li H., Macosko J., Cai S., Amzel M., Ross C. A. (2002).
Huntingtin Spheroids and Protofibrils as Precursors in Polyglutamine Fibrilization
Journal of Biological Chemistry (J. Biol. Chem.), 277, 41032–41037. - Cai S., Singh B. R. (2001).
Role of the Disulfide Cleavage Induced Molten Globule State of Type A Botulinum Neurotoxin in Its Endopeptidase Activity
Biochemistry, 40, 15327–15333. - Cai S., Singh B. R. (2001).
A Correlation between Differential Structural Features and the Degree of Endopeptidase Activity of Type A Botulinum Neurotoxin in Aqueous Solution
Biochemistry, 40, 4693–4702. - Cai S., Singh B. R. (1999).
Identification of β-turn and Random Coil Amide III Infrared Bands for Secondary Structure Estimation of Proteins
Biophysical Chemistry (Biophys. Chem.), 80, 7–20.