Minying Cai

Research Professor

Degrees and Appointments

  • Ph.D. 2004 University of Arizona, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
  • Research Assistant 1991-1992 Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Research Associate Professor 1992-1997 Shanghai Research Center of Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Associate Professor 1997-1999 Shanghai Research Center of Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Research Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science
  • Research Professor, BIO5 Institute
  • Research Professor Arizona Cancer Center

Specialties:  Bioorganic, Chemical Biology, Protein and Membrane Biochemistry, Spectroscopy/Molecular Structure, and Structural Biology

Research and Publications

Research Description

Peptides and proteins play a vital role in almost every cellular process in living organisms. Our research discovers and determines structural information on peptides and proteins to design drugs to more effectively treat human disease. We are working on projects at the interface of chemical biology, molecular pharmacology and molecular biology.