Chao Cai
Associate Professor
Science and Engineering LibrariesFaculty Rank: Associate Professor
Liaison Areas: Department of Agronomy, Department of Animal Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Department of Entomology, Department of Food Science, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
ILS 595 Data Management at the Bench
ILS 103 Introduction to Data Lifecycle Management
Ph.D., Plant Biology, Purdue University, 2018
M.S., Cell Biology, Purdue University, 2015
B.S., Biotechnology, Beijing Normal University, 2010
2021 Maybee, C., Lin, G., Zakharov, W., Cai, C., Jason FitzSimmons J., & Sun, Y. Building undergraduate data literacy through faculty development. In Bauder, J. (Eds.), Data Literacy in Academic Libraries: Teaching Critical Thinking with Numbers. ALA Editions.
2021 Geng, Y.*, Cai, C.*, McAdam, S., Banks, J. A., Wisecaver, J. H., & Zhou, Y. A de novo transcriptome assembly of Ceratopteris richardii provides insights into the evolutionary dynamics of complex gene families in land plants. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(3). (*Equal contributors)
2020 Flierl, M., Fundator, R., Reed, J., McGowan, B., Cai, C. and Maybee, C. Training the trainer to embed IL into curricula. Journal of Information Literacy, 14(1), 3-18.
2019 Cai, C., Atallah, N. M., Withers, K. A., DeLeon, A. M., Wu, Q., Gribskov, M., Salt, D. S., & Banks, J. A. Three genes define a bacterial-like arsenic tolerance mechanism in the arsenic hyperaccumulating fern Pteris vittata. Current Biology, 29(10), 1625-1633.
2019 Zhang, W.*, Cai, C.*, & Staiger, C. J. Myosins XI are involved in exocytosis of cellulose synthase complexes. Plant Physiology, 179(4), 1537-1555. (*Equal contributors)
2016 McAdam, S. A., Brodribb, T. J., Banks, J. A., Hedrich, R., Atallah, N. M., Cai, C., … & Geiger, D. Abscisic acid controlled sex before transpiration in vascular plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(45), 12862-12867.
2014 Cai, C., Henty-Ridilla, J. L., Szymanski, D. B., & Staiger, C. J. Arabidopsis myosin XI: a motor rules the tracks. Plant physiology, 166(3), 1359-1370.
2012 Su, H., Zhu, J., Cai, C., Pei, W., Wang, J., Dong, H., & Ren, H. FIMBRIN1 is involved in lily pollen tube growth by stabilizing the actin fringe. The Plant Cell, 24(11), 4539-4554.
2010 Cai, C., Li, Y., Shen, Y., & Ren, H. Cortical microtubule labeling: Insight of AFH14 in non-dividing cells. Plant signaling & behavior, 5(12), 1619-1622.
2010 Li, Y., Shen, Y., Cai, C., Zhong, C., Zhu, L., Yuan, M., & Ren, H. The type II Arabidopsis formin14 interacts with microtubules and microfilaments to regulate cell division. The Plant Cell, 22(8), 2710-2726
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor
Liaison Areas: Department of Agronomy, Department of Animal Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Department of Entomology, Department of Food Science, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
ILS 595 Data Management at the Bench
ILS 103 Introduction to Data Lifecycle Management
Ph.D., Plant Biology, Purdue University, 2018
M.S., Cell Biology, Purdue University, 2015
B.S., Biotechnology, Beijing Normal University, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Maybee, C., Lin, G., Zakharov, W., Cai, C., Jason FitzSimmons J., & Sun, Y. Building undergraduate data literacy through faculty development. In Bauder, J. (Eds.), Data Literacy in Academic Libraries: Teaching Critical Thinking with Numbers. ALA Editions.
2021 Geng, Y.*, Cai, C.*, McAdam, S., Banks, J. A., Wisecaver, J. H., & Zhou, Y. A de novo transcriptome assembly of Ceratopteris richardii provides insights into the evolutionary dynamics of complex gene families in land plants. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(3). (*Equal contributors)
2020 Flierl, M., Fundator, R., Reed, J., McGowan, B., Cai, C. and Maybee, C. Training the trainer to embed IL into curricula. Journal of Information Literacy, 14(1), 3-18.
2019 Cai, C., Atallah, N. M., Withers, K. A., DeLeon, A. M., Wu, Q., Gribskov, M., Salt, D. S., & Banks, J. A. Three genes define a bacterial-like arsenic tolerance mechanism in the arsenic hyperaccumulating fern Pteris vittata. Current Biology, 29(10), 1625-1633.
2019 Zhang, W.*, Cai, C.*, & Staiger, C. J. Myosins XI are involved in exocytosis of cellulose synthase complexes. Plant Physiology, 179(4), 1537-1555. (*Equal contributors)
2016 McAdam, S. A., Brodribb, T. J., Banks, J. A., Hedrich, R., Atallah, N. M., Cai, C., … & Geiger, D. Abscisic acid controlled sex before transpiration in vascular plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(45), 12862-12867.
2014 Cai, C., Henty-Ridilla, J. L., Szymanski, D. B., & Staiger, C. J. Arabidopsis myosin XI: a motor rules the tracks. Plant physiology, 166(3), 1359-1370.
2012 Su, H., Zhu, J., Cai, C., Pei, W., Wang, J., Dong, H., & Ren, H. FIMBRIN1 is involved in lily pollen tube growth by stabilizing the actin fringe. The Plant Cell, 24(11), 4539-4554.
2010 Cai, C., Li, Y., Shen, Y., & Ren, H. Cortical microtubule labeling: Insight of AFH14 in non-dividing cells. Plant signaling & behavior, 5(12), 1619-1622.
2010 Li, Y., Shen, Y., Cai, C., Zhong, C., Zhu, L., Yuan, M., & Ren, H. The type II Arabidopsis formin14 interacts with microtubules and microfilaments to regulate cell division. The Plant Cell, 22(8), 2710-2726