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Dr. Fu-Cheng Liang is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Midwestern State University (MSU). His research laboratory focuses on protein biochemistry, specifically on protein targeting and translocation in bacteria and chloroplast. More recently, he has been expanding the research to protein aggregation-prone disease, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Dr. Fu-Cheng earned his B.S. in Chemistry from National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan and M.S. in Chemistry from National Taiwan University. He received his Ph.D. in Medical Science from Texas A&M Health Science Center, where he developed a fluorescence based protein translocation assay to decipher the mechanism of protein transport across bacterial cellular membrane. Dr. Fu-Cheng did his postdoc training in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at California Institute of Technology, where he used NMR spectroscopy to study how membrane protein chaperones use spatiotemporal regulation to prevent its substrate from aggregation during the membrane protein biogenesis.
Institution | Degree | Graduation Date |
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Texas A&M Health Science Center | PhD | 2011 |
National Taiwan University | MS | 2002 |
National Chung Cheng University | BS | 2000 |
Employer | Position | Start Date | End Date |
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California Institute of Technology | Post-doctoral Scholar | 07/01/2011 | 06/01/2017 |
Academia Sinica | Research Assistant | 07/01/2002 | 06/01/2004 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Protein targeting and transport across cell membrane
- Protein folding and misfolding or amyloid formation
- Membrane protein biogenesis
- Protein structural and functional studies by NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy
PUBLICATIONS
- Alex Siegel, Camille Z. McAvoy, Vinh Lam, Fu-Cheng Liang, Gerard Kroon, Emily Miaou, Patrick Griffin, Peter E. Wright, Shu-ou Shan (2020) Journal of Molecular Biology, 432, 166708, A disorder-to-order transition activates an ATP-Independent Membrane Protein Chaperone.
- Peng Wang, Fu-Cheng Liang, Daniel Wittmann, Alex Siegel, Shu-ou Shan, Bernhard Grimm (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(15), E3588-E3596, Chloroplast SRP43 acts as chaperone for glutamyl-tRNA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis.
- Fu-Cheng Liang, Gerard J. Kroon, Camille McAvoy, Chris Chi, Peter Wright and Shu-ou Shan (2016) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(12), E1615-E1624, Conformational Dynamics of a Membrane Protein Chaperone Enables Spatially-regulated Substrate Capture and Release.
- Peera Jaru-Ampornpan, Fu-Cheng Liang, Alex Nisthal, Thang X. Nguyen, Steven Mayo, and Shu-ou Shan (2013) The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288, 13431-13445, Mechanism of an ATP-independent Protein Disaggregase. II. Distinct Molecular Interactions Drive Multiple Steps during Aggregate Disassembly.
- Fu-Cheng Liang, Umesh K. Bageshwar and Siegfried M. Musser (2012) The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287, 12703-12714, Position-dependent Effects of Polylysine on Sec Protein Transport.
- Fu-Cheng Liang, Umesh K. Bageshwar and Siegfried M. Musser (2009) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 20, 4256-4266, Bacterial Sec Protein Transport is Rate-Limited by Precursor Length: A Single Turnover Study.
- Umesh K. Bageshwar, Neal Whitaker, Fu-Cheng Liang and Siegfried M. Musser (2009) Molecular Microbiology, 74(1), 209-226, Interconvertibility of Lipid- and Translocon- Bound Forms of the Bacterial Tat Precursor pre-Sufl.
- Marianne M. Lee, Clara E. Isaza, James D. White, Rita P.-Y. Chen, George F.-C. Liang, Hannah T.-F. He, Sunney I. Chan, Michael K. Chan (2009) Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 77(3), 647-657, Insight into the substrate length restriction of M32 carboxypeptidases: Characterization of two distinct subfamilies.
- Rita P.-Y. Chen, Fu-Cheng Liang, Chung-Tien Lee, Rosa Zerella and Sunney I. Chan (2008) Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society 55(4), 772-781, Contributions of a Surface Hydrophobic Cluster to the Folding and Structural Stability of Ubiquitin.
- Clara E. Isaza, Xuejun Zhong, Lucia E. Rosas, James D. White, Rita P.-Y. Chen, George F.-C. Liang, Sunney I. Chan, Abhay R. Satoskar and Michael K. Chan (2008) Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 373(1), 25-29, A Proposed role for Leishmania major Carboxypeptidase in Peptide Catabolism.
- Fu-Cheng Liang, Rita P.-Y. Chen, Chun-Cheng Lin, Kuo-Ting Huang and Sunney I. Chan (2006) Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 342(2), 482-488, Tuning the Conformation Properties of a Peptide by Glycosylation and Phosphorylation.
PRESENTATIONS and CONFERENCES
- George Liang (2023) Oral Presentation, UGROW workshop at Midwestern State University, Principle and Hands-on Operations of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
- Abigail Matthew and Fu-Cheng Liang (2023) Oral Presentation, 18th Annual UGROW Symposium at Midwestern State University, Membrane Protein Chaperone Prevents and Disrupts Alpha-Synuclein Protein Aggregation: A Potential Treatment For Parkinsonâs disease
- Hunter Ordner, Chris Sun, Connor Mitchell, Matthew Mitchell, and Fu-Cheng Liang (2023) Poster Presentation, 67th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting in San Diego, Membrane Protein Chaperone Affects the Kinetics and Morphology of Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Kara Rodgers and Fu-Cheng Liang (2023) Poster presentation, MSU 20th Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity forum, Membrane Protein Chaperone Modulates the Kinetics and Morphology of Tau Aggregation: A Potential Treatment for Alzheimer's disease
- Abigail Guinan and Fu-Cheng Liang (2023) Poster presentation, MSU 20th Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity forum, Using Membrane Protein Chaperone to Prevent Familial Mutant of Alpha-Synuclein Protein Aggregation in Parkinson Disease
- Abigail Matthew and Fu-Cheng Liang (2023) Poster presentation, MSU 20th Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity forum, Using Membrane Protein Chaperone to Prevent Familial Mutant of Alpha-Synuclein Protein Aggregation in Parkinson Disease
- Abigail Matthew, Abigail Guinan and Fu-Cheng Liang (2022) Poster presentation, MSU 19th Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity forum, Using Membrane Protein Chaperone to Prevent Familial Mutant of Alpha-Synuclein Protein Aggregation in Parkinson Disease
- Connor Mitchell, and Fu-Cheng Liang (2022) Poster Presentation, MSU 19th Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity forum, Membrane Protein Chaperone Affects the Kinetics and Morphology of Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Hunter Ordner, Chris Sun, Connor Mitchell, Matthew Mitchell, and Fu-Cheng Liang (2022) Poster Presentation, MSU celebration of scholarship, Membrane Protein Chaperone Affects the Kinetics and Morphology of Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Viviana James, Leslie Cook, Isabella Makelaar, and Fu-Cheng Liang (2022) Poster presentation, MSU celebration of scholarship, Biophysical and Biochemical Characterization of a Familial Mutant of Alpha-Synuclein Protein in Parkinson Disease
- Hunter Ordner, Chris Sun, Connor Mitchell, Matthew Mitchell, George Liang (2022), Poster Presentation, 15th Annual Honors Program Symposium, Membrane Protein Chaperone Affects the Kinetics and Morphology of Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Hunter Ordner, Chris Sun, Connor Mitchell, Matthew Mitchell, and Fu-Cheng Liang (2022) Poster Presentation, Great Plains Honors Conference, Membrane Protein Chaperone Affects the Kinetics and Morphology of Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Christopher Sun and Fu-Cheng Liang (2021) Poster Presentation, Midwest Regional Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Conference, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Christopher Sun and Fu-Cheng Liang (2021) Poster Presentation, National Conference on Undergraduate Research at home, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Christopher Sun and Fu-Cheng Liang (2021) Poster Presentation, Virtual UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Leah Slade and Fu-Cheng Liang (2020) Poster Presentation, Virtual UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Concentration of Sodium Chloride Determines the Aggregation Kinetics and Morphology of Amyloid Beta
- Christopher Sun and Fu-Cheng Liang (2020) Poster Presentation, Virtual UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Dianna Daniel, Blanca Turner, and George Liang (2020) Oral Presentation, UGROW Symposium at Midwestern State University, Utilizing Membrane Protein Chaperone to Prevent Amyloid Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangle Formation in Alzheimer's Disease
- George Liang (2020) Oral Presentation, UGROW workshop at Midwestern State University, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Protein Purification
- Shermali Ratnasinghe and George Liang (2020) Poster Presentation, Abilene Christian University virtual undergraduate research festival, Identification of Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Protein Aggregation of Alzheimer's disease
- Dianna Daniel, Ryan Smith and George Liang (2020) Poster Presentation, Virtual UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Utilize Membrane Protein Chaperone as a Treatment to Ameliorate Tau Protein Aggregation
- Dirgha Vora, Porscha Weaver, George Liang and Jon Scales (2020) Poster Presentation, Virtual UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Using Membrane Protein Chaperone to Rescue the Phenotype in a Fly model of Parkinson's disease
- Prisca Mbonu, Christopher Sun and Fu-Cheng Liang (2020) Oral Presentation, National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Bozeman, Montana (cancelled due to COVID19), Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
- Matthew Mitchell and Fu-Cheng Liang (2020) Poster Presentation, American Chemical Society National meeting in Philadelphia, PA (cancelled due to COVID19), Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
- Kameron Shrum and Fu-Cheng Liang (2020) Poster Presentation, American Chemical Society National meeting in Philadelphia (cancelled due to COVID19), LTD Does Not Function as Membrane Protein Chaperone During Protein Targeting in Chloroplast
- George Fu-Cheng Liang, (2020) Invited Oral Presentation, Biophysics and Quantitative Biology conference and workshop at Midwestern State University entitle, Apply membrane protein chaperone as therapeutics to prevent Alzheimer's disease
- Shermali Ratnasinghe and George Liang (2019) Poster Presentation, UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Utilize Membrane Protein Chaperone to Suppress the Amyloid Beta Aggregation
- Dianna Daniel and George Liang (2019) Poster Presentation, UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Utilize Membrane Protein Chaperone as a Treatment to Ameliorate Tau Protein Aggregation
- Fu-Cheng George Liang (2019) Oral Presentation, EURECA workshop at Midwestern State University, Directed Evolution to Improve Protein Folding in vivo
- Prisca Mbonu and George Liang (2019) Oral Presentation, UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Directed Evolution of Membrane Protein Chaperone to Ameliorate Protein Aggregation-associated Disease
- Dolly Mombeyarara, Cheslin Maloney and George Liang (2019) Oral Presentation, UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Parkinson's Disease
- Prisca Mbonu, Christopher Sun and Fu-Cheng Liang (2019) Oral Presentation, UGRCAF at Midwestern State University, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
- Dolly Mombeyarara, Cheslin Maloney and George Liang (2019) Oral Presentation, UGROW Symposium at Midwestern State University, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Parkinson's Disease
- Prisca Mbonu, Christopher Sun and Fu-Cheng Liang (2019) Oral Presentation, UGROW Symposium at Midwestern State University, Applying Membrane Protein Chaperone as Therapeutics to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
- Fu-Cheng George Liang (2019) Oral Presentation, UGROW workshop at Midwestern State University, Principle and Hands-on Operations of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
- Kameron Shrum, Tyler Jones and F.C. Liang (2019) Poster Presentation, Texas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capital, Deciphering the Mechanism of Protein Targeting Machinery in Chloroplasts
- CUR TURCC institute conference, Capital University, Columbus, OH (2018)
- Kameron Shrum, Tyler Jones and F.C. Liang (2018) Poster Presentation, Undergraduate Research and Creative activity Forum at Midwestern State University, Deciphering the Mechanism of Protein Targeting Machinery in Chloroplasts
- Fu-Cheng George Liang (2018) Oral Presentation, UGROW workshop at Midwestern State University, Using Biochemical and Biophysical Approach to Study the Dynamics of Membrane Protein Chaperone
- F.C. Liang, Gerard J. Kroon, Camille McAvoy, Chris Chi, Peter Wright and Shu-ou (2017) Oral Presentation, 22nd Biophysics Conference in I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Conformational Dynamics of a Membrane Protein Chaperone Enables Spatially-regulated Substrate Capture and Release
- F.C. Liang, Gerard J. Kroon, Camille McAvoy, Chris Chi, Peter Wright and Shu-ou (2016) Oral Presentation, Institute of biological chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Conformational Dynamics of a Membrane Protein Chaperone Enables Spatially-regulated Substrate Capture and Release
- F.C. Liang, Gerard J. Kroon, Camille McAvoy, Chris Chi, Peter Wright and Shu-ou (2016) Oral and Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conference -Protein transport Across Cell Membranes in Galveston, TX, USA, Conformational Dynamics of a Membrane Protein Chaperone Enables Spatially-regulated Substrate Capture and Release
- F.C. Liang, Camille McAvoy, Samantha Piszkiewicz, Gerard J. Kroon, Maria Yamout, Peter Wright and Shu-ou (2015) Poster Presentation, Biophysical Society 59th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD., Inter-domain Dynamics of a Novel Chaperone Enables Effective Capture of Membrane Protein Substrates
- F.C. Liang, U. Bageshwar, S. M. Musser (2012) Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conferences -Protein transport Across Cell Membranes in Galveston, TX, USA, Position-dependent Effects of Polylysine on Sec Protein Transport.
- F.C. Liang, U. Bageshwar, S. M. Musser (2010) Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conferences -Protein transport Across Cell Membranes in Galveston, TX, USA, Bacterial Sec Protein Transport is Rated-limiting by Precursor Length: A Single Turnover Study.
- F.C. Liang, U. Bageshwar, and S. M. Musser (2009) Poster Presentation, Biophysical Society 53th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA., Bacterial Sec Protein Transport is Rated-limiting by Precursor Length: A Single Turnover Study.
- F.C. Liang, U. Bageshwar, and S. M. Musser (2008) Oral Presentation, 13th Annual Student Research Symposium in College of Medicine Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX., Single-turnover Transport Kinetics for the Sec Translocon Demonstrates a Single Rate-limiting Step that is Dependent on Precursor Length.
- F.C. Liang, U. Bageshwar, W. Yang and S. M. Musser (2007) Poster Presentation, 12th Annual Student Research Symposium in College of Medicine Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX., Single-turnover Transport Kinetics for the Sec Translocon Demonstrates a Single Rate-limiting Step that is Dependent on Precursor Length.
- S. M. Musser, F.C. Liang, U. Bageshwar, W. Yang (2005) Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conferences -Protein transport Across Cell Membranes meeting in Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, USA, Real-time Sec Protein Transport under Single Turnover Conditions.
- Fu-Cheng Liang, Pei-Yeh Chen, Der-Lii Tzou, Ying-Ying Chen, Shu-Hua Chien, Chun-Cheng Lin, Yin-Ting Chang and Sunney I. Chan (2003) Poster Presentation, Keystone Symposia-Frontiers of NMR in Molecular Biology meeting in Taos, New Mexico, USA, Glycosylation of an α-Helical Hairpin Peptide: A Model System for Studying the Possible Role of Glycosylation in Signal Transduction.
- Fu-Cheng Liang, Pei-Yeh Chen, Der-Lii Tzou, Ying-Ying Chen, Shu-Hua Chien, Chun-Cheng Lin, Yin-Ting Chang and Sunney I. Chan (2002) Oral and Poster Presentation, The 16th Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB) Symposium: From gene to proteins: Frontiers in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Glycosylation of an α-Helical Hairpin Peptide: A Model System for Studying the Possible Role of Glycosylation in Signal Transduction.
- Fu-Cheng Liang, Pei-Yeh Chen, Der-Lii Tzou, Ying-Ying Chen, Shu-Hua Chien, Chun-Cheng Lin, Yin-Ting Chang and Sunney I. Chan (2002) Poster Presentation, Graduate Students Thesis Poster Competition in Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Glycosylation of an α-Helical Hairpin Peptide: A Model System for Studying the Possible Role of Glycosylation in Signal Transduction.
- Fu-Cheng Liang, Pei-Yeh Chen, Der-Lii Tzou, Ying-Ying Chen, Shu-Hua Chien, Chun-Cheng Lin, Yin-Ting Chang and Sunney I. Chan (2002) Poster Presentation, The 8th Symposium on Recent Advances in Biophysics in Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Glycosylation of an alpha-Helical Hairpin Peptide: A Model System for Studying the Possible Role of Glycosylation in Signal Transduction.