Staff Profile: Yuhong Wang

Yuhong Wang

Scientist

Division of Preclinical Innovation
Informatics (Contractor)

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

National Institutes of Health

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Biography

Yuhong Wang received a B.S. in geochemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1984 and a master’s degree in bioorganic chemistry from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry in 1987. He was a fellow at the University of Michigan in computational chemistry in 1992–1993 and at the University of Georgia in 1994–1995.

Research Topics

Wang’s primary research interests include algorithm development in structural biology, bioinformatics and cheminformatics. He also is interested in climate science as well as system design and implementation for large-scale biological and chemical databases.

Selected Publications

  1. Predictive models for estimating cytotoxicity on the basis of chemical structures
  2. Stem Cell-Derived Endothelial Cell Model that Responds to Tobacco Smoke Like Primary Endothelial Cells
  3. Predictive models of aqueous solubility of organic compounds built on A large dataset of high integrity
  4. The NCATS BioPlanet - An Integrated Platform for Exploring the Universe of Cellular Signaling
  5. Discovery of Orally Bioavailable, Quinoline-Based Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) Inhibitors with Potent Cellular Activity