LING HUANG
Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
School of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Cell phone: 609-***-****
Email: acecox@r.postjobfree.com
Education and Internship
2007/9-14/1 Ph.D. Pharmacology Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
2004-07 M.S. Microbiology, The State Key Lab of Microbial Resources,
Institute of
Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
2000-04 B.S. Biotechnology, with distinction. Hunan Normal University,
Changsha, Hunan, China
2004 Internship and Dissertation Research at Research
Center for Molecular Biology, Beijing Dingguo Changsheng
Biotechnology, Beijing, China
Scholarships and Honors
2008-14 Graduate Assistant Fellowship, University of Medicine &
Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
2007-08 H. Boyd and Jeanette I. Woodruff Microbiology Fellowship,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. (It is a prestigious
fellowship in the honor of microbiologist Dr. Woodruff. This
award is presented to only one scientist each year.)
2004-2007 Graduate Assistant Fellowship, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
2004 Dissertation Excellence Award, Hunan Normal University,
Changsha, China
2002-03 Hunan Normal University Excellence Scholarship, Changsha, China
2000 Outstanding Student Leadership Award, Education Committee
of Loudi, Hunan, China
Independent Research Projects
2008 - 2013 (Ph.D.)
. Targeting of fluorescent fusion proteins to the lysosome (funded by NIH
grant
R01DK054317)
. Use of fluorescent tags to study the relative intracellular localization
of NPC1 and NPC2
proteins in vivo (funded by NIH grant R01 NS037918)
. Unraveling the molecular mechanism of cholesterol trafficking by Niemann-
Pick Type C
pathway (funded by the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation)
. Absolute quantification of NPC1 and NPC2 proteins using QconCAT Mass
Spectrometry (funded by the Ara Parseghian Medical Research
Foundation)
2005 - 2007 (Master)
. Investigated the enzymology of the oxygen-dependant ammonia oxidation
(funded by
National Natural Science Foundation of China)
. Quantitative and functional analysis of an effective strain, Rhodococcus
rubber Em1, in
wastewater treatment system (funded by National High Technology "863"
project, the
equivalent of R01 grant in the US)
2004 (Bachelor)
. Development of a high throughput diagnostic method for a pathogenic
strain via random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprint (Internship at
Beijing Dingguo Changsheng Biotechnology)
Publications
[1] Huang L, Douglas P, Nanda V, Sleat D, Lobel P. "Potential pitfalls
and solutions for use of fluorescent fusion proteins to study the
lysosome." PLoS One. 2014. 9(2): p. e88893.
[2] Sleat DE, Sun P, Wiseman JA, Huang L, El-Banna M, Zheng H, Moore DF,
Lobel P.
"Extending the mannose-6 phosphate glycoproteome by high
resolution/accuracy
mass spectrometry analysis of control and acid phosphatase 5-
deficient mice." Mol Cell
Proteomics. 2013. 12(7): 1806-17
[3] Huang L, Li XW, Li XD, Liu S, Liu Z. "Function analysis of an
effective strain in
wastewater treatment system by Quantitative Competitive PCR." Acta
Microbiologica
Sinica. 2007. 47(2): 307-312.
[4] Huang L, Xia L, Liu P, Zhou W. "RAPD analysis and molecule biological
identification of two strains of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus." Life
Science Research. 2006. 10(3): 78-84.
Invited Talks and Conferences
2012 Invited Speaker, Annual Retreat of Center for Advanced Biotechnology
and Medicine, UMDNJ/Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
2008-13 Yearly Speaker, Annual Research Meeting, Department of
Pharmacology, UMDNJ, Piscataway, NJ
2009 Scientific Conference on Niemann-Pick Type C Disease Sponsored by Ara
Parseghian Medical Research Foundation, Tuscon, AZ
Research Expertise
. Instrumentation: LC/ Mass Spectrometry, QconCAT quantitative mass
spectrometry: from Q-peptide design, isotope labeling, heavy peptide
purification, sample in-gel digestion, and MS data analysis, MALDI-
TOF/TOF, time-lapse confocal fluorescence microscopy, UV-visible
absorption and fluorescence spectroscropy, fluorometer and plate
reading assays
. Biochemistry: recombinant protein expression and purification, protein
quantization with Lowry and Bradford methods, immunodetection and
western blot in quantitative analysis, ELISA, IP, immunohistochemistry,
in vivo and in vitro labeling of proteins with radioactive and stable
isotopes and measuring protein degradation by pulse-chase analysis
. Molecular and cellular biology: gene cloning & sequencing, RT-PCR,
engineering
transgenic mouse, site directed mutagenesis, southern blot,
northern blot, mice mating
and genotyping, mice maintenance, mammalian cell culture, mouse
embryonic fibroblast
isolation, mouse organ dissection, immortalization of primary
cells for stable lines,
DNA/RNA transfection, flow cytometry, immunochemical staining
Visa Status: US Permanent Residence (Green Card)