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Chao Cai

Associate Professor

Science and Engineering Libraries



Faculty Rank: Associate Professor

Liaison Areas: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication, Agriculture, Agriculture & Biological Engineering, Agronomy, Biological Sciences, Botany & Plant Pathology, Entomology, Food Science, Forestry & Natural Resources, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Plant Sciences

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: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication, Agriculture, Agriculture & Biological Engineering, Agronomy, Biological Sciences, Botany & Plant Pathology, Entomology, Food Science, Forestry & Natural Resources, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Plant Sciences

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