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Overview

Xuhui Huang is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the interdisciplinary field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Protein Structure and Dynamics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, RNA modifications and cancer, as well as Enzyme Structure and Function.

They have published research in various scientific journals, including multiple frequent publication venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Their recent publications include:

  • Remdesivir, lopinavir, emetine, and homoharringtonine inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro, 2020, Antiviral Research
  • Markov State Models to Study the Functional Dynamics of Proteins in the Wake of Machine Learning, 2021, JACS Au
  • Elucidation of the key role of Pt···Pt interactions in the directional self-assembly of platinum(II) complexes, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • On the advantages of exploiting memory in Markov state models for biomolecular dynamics, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Temperature-dependent kinetic pathways of heterogeneous ice nucleation competing between classical and non-classical nucleation, 2021, Nature Communications

Xuhui Huang collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Siqin Cao
  • Ilona Christy Unarta
  • Eshani C. Goonetilleke
  • Yunrui Qiu
  • Peter Pak-Hang Cheung

Best Publications

  • Hydrophobic collapse in multidomain protein folding.

    Ruhong Zhou;Ruhong Zhou;Xuhui Huang;Claudio J. Margulis;Bruce J. Berne;Bruce J. Berne

  • Massively parallel de novo protein design for targeted therapeutics

    Aaron Chevalier;Daniel-Adriano Silva;Gabriel J. Rocklin;Derrick R. Hicks

  • Observation of a dewetting transition in the collapse of the melittin tetramer

    Pu Liu;Xuhui Huang;Ruhong Zhou;Ruhong Zhou;Bruce J. Berne;Bruce J. Berne

  • A tetraphenylethylene core-based 3D structure small molecular acceptor enabling efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells.

    Yuhang Liu;Yuhang Liu;Cheng Mu;Kui Jiang;Jingbo Zhao

  • Monitoring and Inhibition of Insulin Fibrillation by a Small Organic Fluorogen with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

    Yuning Hong;Luming Meng;Sijie Chen;Chris Wai Tung Leung

  • Why is the Partial Molar Volume of CO2 So Small When Dissolved in a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid? Structure and Dynamics of CO2 Dissolved in [Bmim+][PF6-]

    Xuhui Huang;Claudio J. Margulis;Yuhui Li;Bruce J. Berne

  • What makes efficient circularly polarised luminescence in the condensed phase: aggregation-induced circular dichroism and light emission

    Jianzhao Liu;Huimin Su;Luming Meng;Yihua Zhao

  • Using generalized ensemble simulations and Markov state models to identify conformational states.

    Gregory R. Bowman;Xuhui Huang;Vijay S. Pande

  • Dewetting-induced collapse of hydrophobic particles.

    Xuhui Huang;Claudio J. Margulis;Bruce J. Berne

  • Poly[(maleic anhydride)-alt-(vinyl acetate)]: A Pure Oxygenic Nonconjugated Macromolecule with Strong Light Emission and Solvatochromic Effect

    Engui Zhao;Jacky Wing Yip Lam;Luming Meng;Yuning Hong

  • Structural basis of transcription: backtracked RNA polymerase II at 3.4 angstrom resolution.

    Dong Wang;David A. Bushnell;Xuhui Huang;Kenneth D. Westover

  • Why Do Simple Molecules with “Isolated” Phenyl Rings Emit Visible Light?

    Haoke Zhang;Xiaoyan Zheng;Ni Xie;Zikai He

  • A Role for Both Conformational Selection and Induced Fit in Ligand Binding by the LAO Protein

    Daniel-Adriano Silva;Gregory R. Bowman;Alejandro Sosa-Peinado;Xuhui Huang

  • Dynamics of an intrinsically disordered protein reveal metastable conformations that potentially seed aggregation.

    Qin Qiao;Gregory R Bowman;Xuhui Huang

  • Dramatic Differences in Aggregation-Induced Emission and Supramolecular Polymerizability of Tetraphenylethene-Based Stereoisomers

    Hui-Qing Peng;Xiaoyan Zheng;Ting Han;Ryan T. K. Kwok

  • Reduced Intramolecular Twisting Improves the Performance of 3D Molecular Acceptors in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells.

    Haoran Lin;Shangshang Chen;Huawei Hu;Lu Zhang

  • Rapid equilibrium sampling initiated from nonequilibrium data

    Xuhui Huang;Gregory R. Bowman;Sergio Bacallado;Vijay S. Pande

  • Non-aromatic annulene-based aggregation-induced emission system via aromaticity reversal process.

    Zheng Zhao;Xiaoyan Zheng;Lili Du;Lili Du;Yu Xiong

  • Millisecond dynamics of RNA polymerase II translocation at atomic resolution.

    Daniel Adriano Silva;Dahlia R. Weiss;Fatima Alejandra Pardo Avila;Lin Tai Da

  • Topological methods for exploring low-density states in biomolecular folding pathways

    Yuan Yao;Jian Sun;Xuhui Huang;Gregory R. Bowman

  • X-ray structure and mechanism of RNA polymerase II stalled at an antineoplastic monofunctional platinum-DNA adduct

    Dong Wang;Guangyu Zhu;Xuhui Huang;Stephen J. Lippard

  • Unraveling the aggregation effect on amorphous phase AIE luminogens: a computational study

    Xiaoyan Zheng;Qian Peng;Lizhe Zhu;Yujun Xie

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Xin Gao
Xin Gao King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ruhong Zhou
Ruhong Zhou Columbia University
Bruce J. Berne
Bruce J. Berne Columbia University
Jacky Wing Yip Lam
Jacky Wing Yip Lam Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Vijay S. Pande
Vijay S. Pande Stanford University
Nancy Y. Ip
Nancy Y. Ip Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jian Sun
Jian Sun Megvii
Ryan T. K. Kwok
Ryan T. K. Kwok Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kam Sing Wong
Kam Sing Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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