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Daming Fan

Ph.D.

Research Associate

Education Experience Honors & Awards Publications

Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
Shanghai Normal University, China	B.Sc.	1990
Fudan University, China	M.Sc	1996	Organometallic Chemistry
National University of Singapore, Singapore	Ph.D.	2000	Biochemical Chemistry

Research & Professional Experience

2008-present	Research Associate, Center of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2006-2007	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2004-2006	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
2004	Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Puerto Rico
2001-2004	R & D Chemist, Oculus Limited, Singapore

Academic Honors and Awards

2007	New Investigator Award, 9^th International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues, Austin, TX, USA, November 2007
1997	Singapore Government Scholarship Award, National University of Singapore, March 1997, Singapore.

Publications

Sun Z, Carpiaux W, Fan D, Fan Y, Lakshminarayanan R, Moradian-Oldak J. (2009) Apatite reduces amelogenin proteolysis by MMP-20 and KLK4 in vitro. J. Den. Res. In Press

Lakshminarayanan R, Yoon I, Hegde BG, Fan D, Du C, Moradian-Oldak J. (2009) Analysis of Secondary Structure and Self-Assembly of Amelogenin by Variable Temperature Circular Dichroism and Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Proteins: Structure Function. Bioinformatics. 76(3):560-9

Fan D, Du C, Sun Z, Lakshminarayanan R, Moradian-Oldak J. (2009) Interaction between the 32 kDa Porcine Enamelin and Amelogenin. Journal of Structural Biology. 166(1):88-94

Du C, Fan D, Sun Z, Fan Y, Lakshminarayanan R, Moradian-Oldak J. (2009). Immunogold Labeling of Amelogenin in Developing Porcine Enamel Revealed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy. Cells Tissues Organs. 189(1-4):207-11

Sun Z, Fan D, Fan Y, Du C, Moradian-Oldak J. (2008) Enamel Proteases Reduce Amelogenin-Apatite Binding. J. Den. Res. 87(12):1133-7

Fan D, Lakshminarayanan R, Moradian-Oldak J. (2008). The 32kDa enamelin undergoes conformational transitions upon calcium binding. J Struct Biol. 163(1):109-15.

Lakshminarayanan, R., Daming Fan, Chang Du, and Moradian-Oldak, J. (2007) The role of secondary structure in the entropically driven amelogenin self-assembly. Biophysical Journal 93, 3664-3674.

Fan D, Howell AB, Rakesh L. (2005). A novel nasoscale PAMAM(G4.5) dendrimer-based drug carrier system. Polym. Mater. Sci. & Eng. 946-947.

Fan D, Melendez E, Ranford JD, Vittal JJ. (2004). Study on carbon-hydrogen activation of ketones by gold(III) complexes and the synthesis and characterization of two ketonylgold(III) complexes. J. Organomet. Chem., 689: 2969-2974.

Fan D, Yang CT, Ranford JD, Vittal JJ. (2003). Chemical and biological studies of gold(III) complexes with uninegative bidentate N-N ligands. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 4749-4753.

Fan D, Yang CT, Ranford JD, Lee P, Vittal JJ. (2003). Synthesis, characterization, and biological activities of 2-phenylpyridine gold(III) complexes with thiolate ligands. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 3376-3381.

Fan D, Yang CT, Ranford JD, Lee P, Vittal JJ. (2003). Chemical and biological studies of dichloro-(2-phenylpyidine) gold(III) complex and its derivatives. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2680-2685.

Lee P, Yang CT, Fan D, Ranford JD. (2003). Synthesis, characterization and properties of copper(II) complexes containing salicylaldehyde semicarbazone. Polyhedron. 22: 2781-2786.

Henderson W, Nicholson BK, Faville SJ, Fan D, Ranford JD. (2001). Gold(III) thiosalicylate complexes containing cycloaurated 2-arylpyridine, 2-anilinopyridine and 2-benzylpyridine ligands. J. Organomet. Chem. 31: 41-46.

Wu Z, Fan D, Huang Z, Cai RF. (1996) Synthesis and characterization of binuclear biscyclopentadienyl lanthanide acetoximate derivatives. Polyhedron. 15: 127-133.

Fan D, Huang Z, Wu Z, Cai RF, Chen Y. (1996). Synthesis and characterization of binuclear organolanthanide alkoxides. Organic Chemistry (Chinese Character). 16: 524-527.

Chen Y, Huang Z, Cai RF, Fan D, Chen SM. (1996) Photoconductivity and paramagnetism of fullerene chemically modified polymers. J. of Applied Science. 61: 2185-2190.

Last Updated: 10/21/09