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D-Index
91
Citations
33593
World Ranking
1949
National Ranking
714

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Qiang Cui is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research contributions span various interconnected subfields, including molecular biology, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, spectroscopy, and cell biology.

Their scientific inquiries focus on several main topics such as protein structure and dynamics, lipid membrane structure and behavior, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, cellular transport and secretion, enzyme structure and function, and mass spectrometry techniques and applications.

Qiang Cui has authored numerous scientific papers. Some recent publications include:

  • Biomolecular QM/MM Simulations: What Are Some of the "Burning Issues"? (2021) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Multicolor polymeric carbon dots: synthesis, separation and polyamide-supported molecular fluorescence (2020) in Chemical Science
  • DNMT1 reads heterochromatic H4K20me3 to reinforce LINE-1 DNA methylation (2021) in Nature Communications
  • Functional plasticity and evolutionary adaptation of allosteric regulation (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Direct readout of heterochromatic H3K9me3 regulates DNMT1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with a select group of coauthors, including Marcus Elstner, Maja Gruden, Jiahua Deng, Sayantan Mondal, and Taraknath Mandal. These collaborations have contributed consistently to their research output.

Qiang Cui has published extensively in various venues, with notable numbers of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biophysical Journal

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to the academic literature through book publication, including "Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics" published by Springer Nature in 2024.

Qiang Cui's work has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2004.

Best Publications

  • CHARMM: the biomolecular simulation program.

    B. R. Brooks;C. L. Brooks;A. D. Mackerell;L. Nilsson

  • DFTB3: Extension of the self-consistent-charge density-functional tight-binding method (SCC-DFTB).

    Michael Gaus;Qiang Cui;Marcus Elstner

  • Allostery and cooperativity revisited.

    Qiang Cui;Martin Karplus

  • A QM/MM Implementation of the Self-Consistent Charge Density Functional Tight Binding (SCC-DFTB) Method

    Qiang Cui;Marcus Elstner;Efthimios Kaxiras;and Thomas Frauenheim

  • FTO-Mediated Formation of N6-Hydroxymethyladenosine and N6-Formyladenosine in Mammalian RNA

    Ye Fu;Guifang Jia;Xueqin Pang;Xueqin Pang;Richard N. Wang

  • Semiempirical Quantum Mechanical Methods for Noncovalent Interactions for Chemical and Biochemical Applications

    Anders S. Christensen;Tomáš Kubař;Qiang Cui;Marcus Elstner

  • Extension of the Self-Consistent-Charge Density-Functional Tight-Binding Method: Third-Order Expansion of the Density Functional Theory Total Energy and Introduction of a Modified Effective Coulomb Interaction

    Yang Yang;Haibo Yu;Darrin York;Qiang Cui

  • Normal mode analysis : theory and applications to biological and chemical systems

    Qiang Cui;Ivet Bahar

  • Parameterization of DFTB3/3OB for Sulfur and Phosphorus for Chemical and Biological Applications.

    Michael Gaus;Xiya Lu;Marcus Elstner;Qiang Cui

  • Development of effective quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) methods for complex biological processes.

    Demian Riccardi;Patricia Schaefer;Yang Yang;Haibo Yu

  • Structural insight into substrate preference for TET-mediated oxidation

    Lulu Hu;Lulu Hu;Junyan Lu;Jingdong Cheng;Qinhui Rao

  • A coarse-grained normal mode approach for macromolecules: An efficient implementation and application to Ca2+-ATPase

    Guohui Li;Qiang Cui

  • Density functional tight binding: application to organic and biological molecules

    Michael Gaus;Qiang Cui;Marcus Elstner

  • A new coarse-grained model for water: the importance of electrostatic interactions.

    Zhe Wu;Qiang Cui;Arun Yethiraj

  • pKa Calculations in Solution and Proteins with QM/MM Free Energy Perturbation Simulations: A Quantitative Test of QM/MM Protocols

    Demian Riccardi;Patricia Schaefer;Qiang Cui

  • Hydrogen elimination from a hydroxycyclopentadienyl ruthenium(II) hydride: study of hydrogen activation in a ligand-metal bifunctional hydrogenation catalyst.

    Charles P. Casey;Jeffrey B. Johnson;Steven W. Singer;Qiang Cui

  • Molecular orbital study of H2 and CH4 activation on small metal clusters. I. Pt, Pd, Pt2, and Pd2

    Qiang Cui;Djamaladdin G. Musaev;Keiji Morokuma

  • Molecular properties from combined QM/MM methods. I. Analytical second derivative and vibrational calculations

    Qiang Cui;Martin Karplus

  • Is a “Proton Wire” Concerted or Stepwise? A Model Study of Proton Transfer in Carbonic Anhydrase

    Qiang Cui;Martin Karplus

  • Specific Reaction Parametrization of the AM1/d Hamiltonian for Phosphoryl Transfer Reactions: H, O, and P Atoms

    Kwangho Nam;Qiang Cui;Jiali Gao;Darrin M. York

  • A normal mode analysis of structural plasticity in the biomolecular motor F(1)-ATPase.

    Qiang Cui;Qiang Cui;Guohui Li;Jianpeng Ma;Jianpeng Ma;Martin Karplus

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Elstner
Marcus Elstner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Arun Yethiraj
Arun Yethiraj University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martin Karplus
Martin Karplus Harvard University
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University
George N. Phillips
George N. Phillips Rice University
Robert J. Hamers
Robert J. Hamers University of Wisconsin–Madison
Franz M. Geiger
Franz M. Geiger Northwestern University
George Y. Liu
George Y. Liu University of California, San Diego
Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago
Hua Guo
Hua Guo University of New Mexico

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