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HaiAn
Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(o) 518.694.7895
Education:
Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Science, University of Connecticut
Courses Taught at ACP:
Pharmaceutics I and Pharmaceutics II
Pharmaceutical Analytical Techniques
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Seminar I and II
Research Interests:
Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceuticals. Therapeutic protein engineering and formulation; protein biosynthesis, purification, refolding, stability studies and molecular characterization.
Drug Discovery and Structural Biology. Structure-function relationships of drug receptors, especially GPCRs, other membrane proteins and amyloidal proteins as drug targets; structure-based rational drug design and development; receptor-based screening for bioactive natural products.
Recent Publications:
Adwoa Nornoo, HaiAn Zheng, Luciana
Lopes, Boris Johnson-Restropo, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Rachel Reed, Oral Microemulsions
of Paclitaxel: in-situ and pharmacokinetic studies. European Journal of
Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2008 (in print)
HaiAn Zheng, Ju Zhao, WanYun Sheng, Xiang-Qun Xie, A Transmembrane Helix-bundle
from G-protein Coupled Receptor CB2: Biosynthesis, Purification, and NMR characterization,
Biopolymers 83(1):46-61, 2006
HaiAn Zheng, Ju Zhao, WanYun Sheng, Xiang-Qun Xie, A Helix-Bundle from G Protein Coupled Receptor CB2: Expression, Purification and NMR Characterization, Biopolymers September 2006, (Available on line in April as DOI 10.1002/bip.20526)
Ju Zhao, HaiAn Zheng, Xiang-Qun Xie, NMR Characterization of Recombinant Transmembrane Protein CB2 Fragment CB2(180-233) Protein & Peptide Letters, 2006, in print
HaiAn Zheng, Ju Zhao, Shu Wang, Chun-Mean Lin, Thomas Chen, David Jones, Stanley Opella, Xiang-Qun Xie, Biosynthesis and Purification of a Hydrophobic Peptide from Transmembrane Domains of G Protein Coupled CB2 Receptor, the Journal of Peptide Research, 65(4):450-8, April 2005
Xiang-Qun Xie, Ju Zhao, HaiAn Zheng, Expression, Purification, and Isotope Labeling of a GPCR Protein Fragment, CB2(180-233), Protein Expression and Purification, 38(1):61-8, November 2004
HaiAn Zheng, Ju Zhao, Jiangzhong Chen, Youlin Xia, Xiang-Qun Xie, NMR structure of a helix bundle from G-protein coupled CB2 receptor, conference proceedings, Protein Science 127(13): 92, August 2004