Peer-reviewed Research Papers

  1. Steve Zaharias, Talia Fargason, Rory Greer, Yuhua Song, Jun Zhang. Electronegative clusters modulate folding status and RNA binding of unstructured RNA-binding proteins. Protein Science. 2023 Apr 15;e4643. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4643. Online ahead of print.
  2. Andrzej T. Slominski, Tae-Kang Kim, Radomir M. Slominski, Yuwei Song, Zorica Janjetovic, Ewa Podgorska, Sivani B. Reddy, Yuhua Song, Chander Raman, Edith Kang, Adrian Fabisiak, Pawel Brzeminski, Rafal R. Sicinski, Venkatram Atigadda, Anton M. Jetten, Michael F. Holick, Robert C. Tuckey. Metabolic activation of tachysterol3 to biologically active hydroxyderivatives in the human system that act on VDR, AhR, LXRs and PPARγ receptors The FASEB Journal. 2022;36(8):e22451. doi: https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202200578R.
  3. Yuwei Song, Radomir M. Slominski, Shariq Qayyum, Tae-Kang Kim, Zorica Janjetovic, Chander Raman, Robert C. Tuckey, Yuhua Song*, Andrzej T. Slominski*. Molecular and structural basis of interactions of vitamin D3 hydroxyderivatives with aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR): an integrated experimental and computational study. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022; 209:1111-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.04.048. PMID: 35421413
  4. Brzeminski, Pawel; Fabisiak, Adrian; Slominski, Radomir; Kim, Tae-Kang; Janjetovic, Zorica; Podgorska, Ewa; Song, Yuwei; Saleem, Mohammad; Reddy, Sivani; Qayyum, Shariq; Song, Yuhua; Tuckey, Robert C. ; Atigadda, Venkatram; Jetten, Anton; Sicinski, Rafal; Raman, Chander; Slominski, Andrzej. Chemical synthesis, biological activities and action on nuclear receptors of 20S(OH)D3, 20S,25(OH)2D3, 20S,23S(OH)2D3 and 20S,23R(OH)2D3. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2022;121:105660. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105660. PMID: 35168121 PMCID: PMC8923993
  5. Yuwei Song, Shariq Qayyum, Rory A Greer, Radomir M Slominski, Chander Raman, Andrzej T Slominski*, Yuhua Song*. Vitamin D3 and its Hydroxyderivatives as Promising Drugs to Disrupt SARS-CoV-2 Entry against COVID-19:  A Computational Study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2021:1-17. Epub 2021/08/21. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1964601.
  6. Aijun Qiao, Junlan Zhou, Shiyue Xu, Wenxia Ma, Chan Boriboun, Teayoun Kim, Baolong Yan, Jianxin Deng, Liu Yang, Eric Zhang, Yuhua Song, Yongchao Ma, Stéphane Richard, Chunxiang Zhang, Hongyu Qiu, Kirk Habegger, Jianyi Zhang, Marc Montminy, Gangjian Qin. Sam68 promotes hepatic gluconeogenesis. Nature Communications. 2021;12(1):3340. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23624-9.
  7. Andrzej T Slominski*, Tae-Kang Kim, Shariq Qayyum, Yuwei Song, Zorica Janjetovic, Allen SW Oak, Radomir M Slominski, Chander Raman, Joanna Stefan, Venkatram Atigadda, David K Crossman, Yaroslav Bilokin, Robert C Tuckey, Anton Jetten, Yuhua Song*. Biologically Active Vitamin D and Lumisterol Derivatives Act on Liver X Receptors (LXRs). Scientific Reports. 2021; 11: 8002, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87061-w.
  8. Yiming Zhang, Rory A Greer, Yuwei Song, Hrithik Praveen, and Yuhua Song*. In silico identification of available drugs targeting cell surface BiP to disrupt SARS-CoV-2 binding and replication: Drug repurposing approach. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2021:105771. Online ahead of print, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2021.105771
  9. Daniel L. Kober, Melissa Brereton, Colin E. Kluender, Hunter B. Dean, Deborah F. Steinberg, Samantha Nelson, Berevan Baban, Carl Frieden, Jennifer Alexander-Brett, Erik D. Roberson, Yuhua Song, and Tom J. Brett. Functional insights from biophysical study of TREM2 interactions with ApoE and Ab1-42. Featured Article, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 2020, Online ahead of print, Oct 8, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12194
  10. Andrzej Slominski, MD, PhD; Anyamanee Chaiprasongsuk; Zorica Janjetovic; Tae kim; Joanna Stefan; Radomir Slominski; Vidya Hanumanthu; Chander Raman; Shariq Qayyum; Yuwei Song; Yuhua Song; Uraiwan Panich; David Crossman; Mohammad Athar; Michael Holick; Anton Jetten; Michal Zmijewski; Jaroslaw Zmijewski; Robert Tuckey. Photoprotective properties of vitamin D and lumisterol hydroxyderivatives. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2020. 78(2): p. 165-180, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-020-00913-6 
  11. Hongyi Yang, Zainab Ameir Ahmad, Yuhua Song*. Molecular Insight for the Role of Key Residues of Calreticulin in its Binding Activities: A Computational Study, Computational Biology and Chemistry, [In press, published online ahead of print, February 3, 2020] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2020.107228
  12. Lingyun Wang, Yuhua Song*. Molecular insights into the effect of an apoptotic raft-like bilayer on the conformation and dynamics of calreticulin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Biomembranes. 2020,1862(2): p. 183146  [In press, published online ahead of print, December 6, 2019]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183146
  13. Hunter B Dean, Erik D Roberson* , Yuhua Song*. Neurodegenerative Disease–Associated Variants in TREM2 Destabilize the Apical Ligand-Binding Region of the Immunoglobulin Domain. Frontiers in Neurology, 2019, 10(1252).Published on November 26, 2019. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01252
  14. Lingyun Wang, Joanne E, Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Multiscale Simulation of the Interaction of Calreticulin-Thrombospondin-1 Complex with a Model Membrane Microdomain. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2019, 37(3):811-822. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2018.1433065.
  15. Romone M. Fancy, Harrison Kim, Tiara Napier, Donald J. Buchsbaum, Kurt R. Zinn. Yuhua Song*. Calmodulin antagonist enhances DR5-mediated apoptotic signaling in TRA-8 resistant triple negative breast cancer cells.  J Cell Biochem. 2018 Jul;119(7):6216-6230. doi: 10.1002/jcb.26848. 16. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
  16. Lingyun Wang, Di Pan, Qi Yan, Yuhua Song*. Activation Mechanisms of αVβ3 Integrin by Binding to Fibronectin: A Computational Study. Protein Science, 2017, June; 26(6):1124-1137.  DOI:10.1002/pro.3163
  17. Romone M. Fancy, Harrison Kim, Tong Zhou, Kurt R. Zinn, Donald J. Buchsbaum, Yuhua Song*. Calmodulin Binding to Death Receptor 5-mediated Death-inducing Signaling Complex in Breast Cancer Cells. J Cell Biochem. 2017 Aug;118(8):2285-2294. doi: 10.1002/jcb.25882. Epub 2017 Apr 12.
  18. Romone M. Fancy, Lingyun Wang, Thomas Schmid, Qinghua Zeng, Hong Wang, Tong Zhou, Donald J. Buchsbaum, Yuhua Song*. Characterization of the Interactions between Calmodulin and Death Receptor 5 in Triple-Negative and Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Cells: An Integrated Experimental and Computational Study. J Biol Chem. 2016, 291:12862-12870
  19. Hongyi Yang, Yuhua Song*. Structural insight for roles of DR5 death domain mutations on oligomerization of DR5 death domain – FADD complex in the death-inducing signaling complex formation: A Computational Study. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2016, 22 (4):89, 1-12.
  20. Lingyun Wang, Joanne E, Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Molecular insight for the effect of lipid bilayer environments on thrombospondin-1 and calreticulin interactions. Biochemistry. 2014, 53(40):6309-22
  21. Romone Fancy, Lingyun Wang, Tiara Napier, Jiabei Lin, Gu Jing, Aaron Lucius, Jay M McDonald, Tong Zhou, Yuhua Song*. Characterization of calmodulin and Fas death domain interaction: an integrated experimental and computational study. Biochemistry, 2014, 53 (16), 2680–2688
  22. Qi Yan, Jay M McDonald, Tong Zhou, Yuhua Song*. Structural Insight for the Roles of Fas Death Domain Binding to FADD and Oligomerization Degree of the Fas – FADD complex in the Death Inducing Signaling Complex Formation: A Computational Study. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2013, 81(3):377-85
  23. Di Pan, Yuhua Song*. Effects of altered restraints in β1 integrin on the force-regulated interaction between the glycosylated I-like domain of β1 integrin and fibronectin III9-10: a steered molecular dynamic study. Mol Cell Biomech, 2011, 8(3): 233-52
  24. Di Pan,Qi Yan, Yabing Chen, Jay M McDonald, Yuhua Song*. Trifluoperazine Regulation of Calmodulin Binding to Fas: A Computational Study. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2011, 79(8):2543-56.
  25. John T. Wilson, Wanxing Cui, Veronika Kozlovskaya, Eugenia Kharlampieva, Di Pan,, Zheng Qu, Venkata R. Krishnamurthy, Joseph Mets1, Vivek Kumar1, Jing Wen, Yuhua Song, Vladimir V. Tsukruk, and Elliot L. Chaikof. Cell Surface Engineering with Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Thin Films. J Am Chem Soc. 2011,133(18):7054-64
  26. Qi Yan, Joanne E. Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Molecular and Structural Insight for the Role of Key Residues of Thrombospondin-1 and Calreticulin in Thrombospondin-1- Calreticulin Binding. Biochemistry 2011, 50, 566–573
  27. Di Pan, Yuhua Song*, Role of Altered Sialylation of the I-like Domain of β1 Integrin in the Binding of Fibronectin to β1 Integrin: Thermodynamics and Conformational Analyses. Biophys J, 99 (1), 208-217, 2010
  28. Yawar J. Qadri, Bakhrom K. Berdiev, Yuhua Song, Howard L. Lippton, Catherine M. Fuller, and Dale J. Benos. Psalmotoxin-1 docking to human acid sensing ion channel-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284(26), 17625-17633, 2009.
  29. Qi Yan, Joanne E. Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Structural Insight for the Role of Thrombospondin-1 Binding to Calreticulin in Calreticulin-Induced Focal Adhesion Disassembly. Biochemistry, 2010, 49 (17), pp 3685–3694
  30. Yawar J. Qadri, Yuhua Song, Catherine M. Fuller and Dale J. Benos. Amiloride Docking to Acid-sensing Ion Channel-1. J Biol Chem. 2010 Mar 26;285(13):9627-35. Epub 2010 Jan.
  31. Anthony N. Vomund, Sarah Stuhlsatz-Krouper, Julie Dimitry, Yuhua Song and William A. Frazier. Breaking an Extracellular α−β Clasp Activates β3 Integrins. Biochemistry, 47(44), 11616-11624, 2008
  32. Jonathan Suever, Yabing Chen, Jay M McDonald, Yuhua Song*. Conformation and Free Energy Analyses of the Complex of Ca2+-Bound Calmodulin and the Fas Death Domain. Biophys J, 95 (12), 5913–5921, 2008
  33. Yuemin Liu, Di Pan, Susan L. Bellis, Yuhua Song*. Effect of Altered Glycosylation on the Structure of the I-like Domain of beta1 Integrin: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatic, 73(4): 989-1000, 2008
  34. Sun Joo Lee, Yuhua Song, Nathan A. Baker. Molecular dynamics simulations of asymmetric NaCl and KCl solutions separated by phosphatidylcholine bilayers: potential drops and structural changes induced by strong Na+-lipid interactions and finite size effects. Biophys J. 94:3565-3576, 2008
  35. Shyam Rele, Yuhua Song, Robert P. Apkarian, Zheng Qu, Vincent P. Conticello,and Elliot L. Chaikof. D-Periodic Collagen-Mimetic Microfibers. J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Nov 28;129(47):14780-14787
  36. Cheng Y, Suen JK, Zhang D, Bond SD, Zhang Y, Song Y, Baker NA, Bajaj CL, Holst MJ, McCammon JA. Finite element analysis of the time-dependent Smoluchowski equation for acetylcholinesterase reaction rate calculations. Biophys J, 92, 3397-406, 2007.
  37. Yuhua Song, Victor Guallar, Nathan A. Baker. Molecular dynamics simulation of salicylate effects on the micro- and mesoscopic properties of a dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer. Biochemistry 2005 October; 44, 13425-13438
  38. Deqiang Zhang, Jason Suen, Yongjie Zhang, Yuhua Song, Zoran Radic, Palmer Taylor, Michael J. Holst, Chandrajit Bajaj, Nathan A. Baker, J. Andrew McCammon. Tetrameric mouse acetylcholinesterase: continuum diffusion rate calculations by solving the steady-state smoluchowski equation using finite element methods. Biophys J. 2005 March; 88(3):1659-166
  39. Yuhua Song, Yongjie Zhang, Chandrajit L. Bajaj, Nathan A. Baker. Continuum diffusion reaction rate calculations of wild type and mutant mouse acetylcholinesterase: adaptive finite element analysis. Biophys J. 2004 September; 87(3):1558-1566
  40. Yuhua Song, Yongjie Zhang , Tongye Shen , Chandrajit L. Bajaj , J. Andrew McCammon and Nathan A. Baker. Finite element solution of the steady-state Smoluchowski equation for rate constant calculations. Biophys J. 2004 April; 86(4):2017-29.
  41. Yuhua Song, Richard E. Debski, Volker Musahl, Maribeth Thomas, Savio L-Y. Woo. A Three Dimensional Finite Element Model of the Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament – A Computational Analysis with Experimental Validation. J Biomech. 2004 March; 37(3):383-90.
  42. Yuhua Song, Yongnian Yan, Renji Zhang. Finite element analysis of the prestress wire-winding press. Journal of materials processing technology, 2004. 151(1-3): p. 255-257.
  43. Yuhua Song, Yongnian Yan, Renji Zhang etc. Boundary Model between Casting and Matrix and Its Influence on The Dimensional Accuracy Analysis Of Rapid Tooling. Proceeding of the institution of mechanical engineers Part B – Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2002; 216 (8): 1123-1134.
  44. Yuhua Song, Yongnian Yan, Renji Zhang etc. Manufacture of the die of automobile deck part based on rapid prototyping and rapid tooling technology. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2002 January; Vol 20 n1-3: 237-242.
  45. Yuhua Song, Yongnian Yan, Renji Zhang Qingping Lu etc. 3-D Non-linear Coupled Thermo-Mechanical FEM Analysis of the Dimensional Accuracy for Casting Dies in Rapid Tooling. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2001; 38 (1): 79-91.
  46. Yuhua Song, Kaifing Zhang, Zhongren Wang, Faxi Dao, Yongnian Yan, etc. Coupled thermal-mechanical Analysis of Plastics Thermalforming. Polymer Engineering and Science, Aug.; 40(8): 1736-1746.
  47. Yuhua Song, Kaifing Zhang, Zhongren Wang, Faxi Diao. 3-D FEM Analysis of Temperature Field and Thermal Stress for Plastics Thermalforming. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2000 Jan; 97(1-3): 35-43.
  48. Yuhua Song, Kaifeng Zhang, Zhongren Wang, Faxi Diao. Study on the Warpage of Plastics Vacuum- Forming Process. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 1999; 18(10): 931-941.
  49. Yuhua Song, Yongnian Yan, Zhang Renji. Coupled Thermo-mechanical FEM Aanalysis of Laminated Object Manufacturing. China Mechanical Engineering. 2000; Vol. 11, Suppl.: 37-40.
  50. Yuhua Song, Kaifeng Zhang, Zhongren Wang. 3-D FEM Analysis of Temperature Field For Plastic Sheet Thermoforming. Journal of Plasticity Engineering, 1998 Dec.; 5(4): 33-41.
  51. Kaifeng Zhang, Yuhua Song. Analysis Of Thickness Distribution Control Process Of Vacuum Forming Part By Rigid Visco-Plastic Shell FEM. Journal of Plasticity Engineering, 1997 Sep.; 4(3):38-42.
  52. Kaifeng Zhang, Yuhua Song, Zhongren Wang. Study of Latent Heat Disposal during FEM Analysis of 3-D Temperature Field of Plastic Thermoforming. Material Science and Technology, 1998: 6(2):83-87.
  53. Yuhua Song, Shanzhi Ren, Fengyu Qing. The Experimental Study and Realization On Computer About 3-Dimensional Shrinkage Prediction Of Ductile Iron Casting. Materials Science & Technology, 1997; 5(1): 114-116.

Conference papers

  1. Yuhua Song, Yongnian Yan, Da Xu, Renji Zhang and Qingping Lu. Application Of The Dimensional Accuracy Analysis In Rapid Tooling. The 8th International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, 2000 June 12-13, TOKYO, Japan, pp364-370.
  2. Kaifeng Zhang, Wei Wu, Yuhua Song. Some Technical Problems in Rigid Visco-Plastic FEM. NUMIFORM’98, 1998, Netherland, pp753-758.
  3. Yuhua Song, S. P. Wu, F. Y. Qing, S. Z. Ren. Study On Searching For Isolated Region During Casting Solidification Process And Predicting Second Shrinkage Of Ductile Iron Casting. 3rd Pacific Rim International Conference on Modelling of Casting and Solidfication Processes, 1996 Dec, Beijing, China, International Academic Publishers, pp353-358.

Selected abstracts

  1. Rory Greer, Gangjian Qin, Yuhua Song. Effect of Sam68 key residue mutations on its conformation and structure that may affect Sam68-mediated ECE-1b transcription. Accepted to present in 66th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Feb 19-23, 2022
  2. Andrzej T Slominski*, Tae-Kang Kim, Shariq Qayyum, Yuwei Song, Zorica Janjetovic, Allen SW Oak, Radomir M Slominski, Chander Raman, Joanna Stefan, Carlos A Mier-Aguilar, Venkatram Atigadda, David K Crossman, Andriy Golub, Yaroslav Bilokin, Edith K Y Tang, Robert C Tuckey, Anton M Jetten, Yuhua Song*. Vitamin D and lumisterol hydroxyderivatives can act on liver X receptors (LXRs). 2021 Endocrine Society Virtual Annual Meeting, March 20-23, 2021
  3. Andrzej T. Slominski, Tae-Kang Kim, Shariq Qayyum, Radomir M. Slominski, Yuwei Song, Zorica Janjetovic, Ewa Podgorska,  Edith K. Y. Tang, Yaroslav Bilokin, Yuhua Song, Chander Raman,   Robert C. Tuckey, Michael F. Holick. Enzymatically-derived hydroxy-lumisterols regulate epidermal keratinocytes and act as agonists on aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). 2021 Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Virtual Annual Meeting, May 3-8, 2021
  4. Andrzej T. Slominski, Tae-Kang Kim, Radomir M. Slominski, Shariq Qayyum, Yuwei Song, Zorica Janjetovic, Ewa Podgorska,  Sivani Reddy, Yuhua Song, Chander Raman, Robert C. Tuckey, Venkatram Atigadda, Michael F. Holic. 20-hydroxytachysterol: synthesis and biological activity.  2021 Society for Investigative Dermatology Virtual Annual Meeting, May 3-8, 2021
  5. Rory Greer, Yuwei Song, Michael J. Patton, Matthew Might, Kevin S. Harrod, Chad M. Petit, Yuhua Song*. Identification of FDA approved antiviral drugs for COVID-19 treatment using unbiased virtual screening. 65th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Feb 22-26, 2021
  6. Yuwei Song, Shariq Qayyum, Radomir M Slominski, Chander Raman, Andrzej T Slominski*, Yuhua Song*. Vitamin D and its Derivatives as Promising Drugs against COVID-19 – A Computational Study. 65th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Feb 22-26, 2021
  7. Hunter Dean, Thomas Brett, Erik Roberson*, Yuhua Song*. Developing a Functionally Valid Model of the TREM2-ApoE Complex to Better Understand its Role in Alzheimer’s Disease. 65th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Feb 22-26, 2021
  8. Yiming Zhang, Yuwei Song, Hrithik Praveen, Yuhua Song*. In Silico Identification of Drugs that Could Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 Binding and Falter Viral Replication through Cell Surface BiP. BMES 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, October 14-17, 2020
  9. Shariq Qayyum, Tae-Kang Kim, Radomir M. Slominski, Zorica Janjetovic, Yuwei Song, Allen C. Oak, Hanumanthu V. Sagar,  Raman Chandar, Purushotham Guroji, Yaroslav Bilokin, Yuhua Song, Anton Jetten, Robert C. Tuckey and Andrzej T. Slominski. CYP11A1-derived hydroxy-lumisterols act as agonists on LXRα and β. Presented in 2020 Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Virtual Annual Meeting, May 13-16, 2020
  10. Dean HB, Roberson ED, Song Y*. Frontotemporal Dementia–Associated Variants Destabilize the Apical Ligand-Binding Region of the TREM2 Immunoglobulin Domain. BMES 2019 Annual Meeting, October 16-19, 2019; Philadelphia, PA
  11. Romone Fancy, Tiara S. Napier, Qinghua Zeng, Donald J. Buchsbaum, Catherine C. Parker, Yuhua Song*. Potential mechanism for synergistic cytotoxicity of TRA-8 and tamoxifen in ER-positive MCF-7 breast cancer cells. BMES 2018 Annual Meeting, October 17-20, 2018; Atlanta, GA
  12. Dean HB, Roberson ED, Song Y*. The Effects of Common Disease-Causing Variations on the Structure and Stability of TREM2: An In Silico Examination. 1st Annual Southeastern Neurodegenerative Disease Conference; 2018 Sept 27-29; Orlando, FL.
  13. Yuhua Song. Integrated computational and experimental study of death receptor-mediated apoptotic signaling in breast cancer. Shandong University-Qingdao campus, Qingdao, China, July, 2018 (Invited Talk).
  14. Romone M. Fancy, Jun Li, Huixian Hong, John D. Mountz, Joanne E. Murphy-Ullrich, Santosh K. Katiyar, Jianyi Zhang, Yuhua Song*. Cell surface calreticulin-LRP1 binding and its role in apoptotic cell engulfment. Biophysical Society 62th Annual meeting, Feb 17-21, 2018, San Francisco, CA.
  15. Lingyun Wang, Joanne Murphy-Ullrich, Jianyi Zhang, Yuhua Song*. Multiscale Modeling of Dynamic Interactions between Calreticulin and a Model Membrane Microdomain. BMES 2017 Annual Meeting, October 11-14, 2017, Phoenix, AZ.
  16. Hongyi Yang, Joanne E. Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Molecular Insights for the Role of Key Residues of Calreticulin in its Binding Activities. Biophysical Society 60th Annual meeting, 2016.
  17. Yuhua Song, Protein interactions underlying death receptor 5-mediated death inducing signaling complex in apoptosis, UAB Research Computing Day, September, 2016 (Invited Talk).
  18. Romone Fancy, Donald J. Buchsbaum, Tong Zhou, Yuhua Song*. Calmodulin-DR5 binding in breast cancer: Independent of TRA-8 sensitivity. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2015 Apr 18-22; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2015;75 (15 Suppl):Abstract nr 2931. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-2931
  19. Lingyun Wang, Joanne E. Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Effect of an apoptotic membrane raft on the conformational and dynamical changes of calreticulin. Biophysical Society 59th Annual meeting, February, 2015.
  20. Romone Fancy, Hong Wang, Tong Zhou, Yuhua Song*.Calmodulin binding to DR-5 and the role of CaM-DR-5 binding in DR-5-mediated DISC formation in breast cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74 (19 Suppl):Abstract nr 2282. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-2282
  21. Lingyun Wang, Joanne E, Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Molecular insight for the effect of lipid raft on thrombospondin-1 and calreticulin interactions. Biophysical Society 58th Annual meeting,  February, 2014
  22. Yuhua Song. Protein interactions underlying death receptor-mediated death inducing signaling complex in apoptosis. International Conference on Oncology and Therapy, Beijing, July, 2013 (Invited Talk).
  23. Yuhua Song. The Role of Thrombospondin-1 Binding to Calreticulin in Focal Adhesion Disassembly – A Computational Study. International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Beijing, June, 2013 (Invited Talk).
  24. Tiara Napier, Romone Fancy, Tong Zhou, John Mountz, Yuhua Song*.Effect of the combined treatment of TRA-8, an agonistic DR5 antibody, and tamoxifen on breast cancer cells. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2013 Apr 6-10; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2013;73 (8 Suppl):Abstract nr 2955. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2013-2955.
  25. Lingyun Wang, Yuhua Song*. Structural and dynamical changes for different types of lipid bilayer by different length of poly-L-lysine: MD simulations. Biophysical Society 57th Annual meeting, February, 2013
  26. Romone Fancy, Tiara Napier, Lingyun Wang, Gu Jing, Jay M McDonald, Tong Zhou, Yuhua Song*. Characterize calmodulin/Fas death domain interaction with combined ITC, CD and computational studies. BMES 2012 Annual Meeting, October 2012.
  27. Romone Fancy, Tiara Napier, Gu Jing, Jay M McDonald, Tong Zhou, Yuhua Song*. Quantitative characterization of calmodulin and Fas death domain interactions. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4754. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-4754
  28. Lingyun Wang, Di Pan, Qi Yan, Russell Green, Yuhua Song*. Activation mechanisms of αVβ3 integrin by binding to fibronectin: a computational study. Biophysical Society 56th Annual meeting, February 2012.
  29. Qi Yan, Jay M McDonald, Yuhua Song*. Structural insight for the role of Fas binding to FADD and oligomerization degree of Fas/FADD complex in death inducing signaling complex formation. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 19. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-19.
  30. Qi Yan, Joanne E, Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Molecular and structural insight for the role of key residues of thrombospondin-1 and calreticulin in thrombospondin-1- calreticulin binding.  Biophysical Society 55th Annual meeting, March 2011.
  31. Di Pan, Qi Yan, Yabing Chen, Jay M McDonald, Yuhua Song*. Conformational and thermodynamics analyses of the regulation of trifluoperazine in camodulin binding to Fas: Implications for cancer chemotherapy. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2010 Apr 17-21; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2010;70 (8 Suppl):Abstract nr 96.
  32. Di Pan, Yuhua Song*. Effect of the conjugation of PEG to the PLL on the micro- and mesoscopic properties of a POPC bilayer. Biophysical Society 54th Annual meeting, February 2010.
  33. Qi Yan, Joanne E, Murphy-Ullrich, Yuhua Song*. Modeling of the structural basis of thrombospondin-1 and calreticulin interactions. Biophysical Society 53th Annual meeting, March 2009.
  34. Di Pan, Qi Yan, Yuhua Song*. Effect of Trifluoperazine on Ca2+ -Bound Calmodulin binding to Fas Death Domain for DISC Formation. Biophysical Society 53th Annual meeting, March 2009.
  35. Jonathan Suever, Yabing Chen, Jay M. McDonald, Yuhua Song*. Conformation and Free Energy Analyses of the Complex of Ca2+-Bound Calmodulin and the Fas Death Domain. Southeastern Meeting of the American Society for Biomechanics, April 2008.
  36. Di Pan, Yuhua Song*. Effect of Altered Glycosylation on Binding Affinity of Beta1 I-Like Domain with Fibronectin. Southeastern Meeting of the American Society for Biomechanics, April 2008.
  37. Yuemin Liu, Susan L. Bellis, Yuhua Song*. Effect of Altered Glycosylation on the Structure of the I-like Domain of β1 Integrin: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Biophysical Society 52th Annual meeting, Feb. 2008.
  38. Yuhua Song. Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics and Biology: Molecular to Continuum. Symposium Frontiers in Biological Sciences, July 2007.
  39. Yuhua Song, Nathan A. Baker. Molecular dynamics simulation of the asymmetric salicylate and monovalent ion solution around model lipid bilayers. Biophysical Society 51th Annual meeting, March 2007.
  40. Yuhua Song, Nathan A. Baker. Effect of salicylate on electromechanical properties of a model biomembrane. Huntsville Simulation Conference sponsored by The Society for Modeling & Simulation International, Oct. 2006
  41. Yuhua Song, Nathan A. Baker. Effect of salicylate on ion distributions in a model biomembrane: molecular dynamics simulations. Biophysical Society 50th Annual meeting, Feb. 2006.
  42. Yuhua Song, Victor Guallar, Nathan A. Baker. Molecular dynamics simulation of salicylate effects on the micro- and mesoscopic properties of a dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer. Gibbs Conference on Biothermodynamics. Oct. 2005.
  43. Yuhua Song, Nathan A. Baker. Effect of salicylate on lipid bilayer mechanics and electrostatics. Biophysical Society 49th Annual meeting, Feb. 2005.
  44. Yuhua Song, Yongjie Zhang , Tongye Shen , Chandrajit L. Bajaj , J. Andrew McCammon  and Nathan A. Baker. Finite element solution of the steady-state diffusion equation for rate constant calculations. Biophysical Society Meeting. Feb. 2004.
  45. Yuhua Song, Yongjie Zhang , Tongye Shen , Chandrajit L. Bajaj , J. Andrew McCammon  and Nathan A. Baker. Computational modeling of biomolecular diffusion. 17th Annual Gibbs Conference on Biothermodynamics. Sep. 2003.
  46. Yuhua Song, Richard E. Debski, Maribeth Thomas, Savio L-Y. Woo. Force and stress distribution of the ACL is affected by the ACL wrapping around the femoral condyle under anterior tibial load, Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, Feb. 2003 in New Orleans, LA.
  47. Yuhua Song, Richard E. Debski, Jorge Gil, Savio L-Y. Woo. Development of a 3-D non-linear finite element model of human knee joint. BED-9C, Joint Biomechanics I, Advances in Bioengineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Meeting, New Orleans, Nov. 2002.
  48. Yuhua Song, Richard E. Debski et al. Stress distribution within the anteromedial and posterolateral bundles of ACL under anterior tibial load. 10th Annual symposium on computational methods in orthopaedic biomechaics, Dallas, TX, Feb. 9, 2002.
  49. Yuhua Song, Yongnian Yan, Da Xu, Renji Zhang and Qingping Lu. Application of the dimensional accuracy analysis in rapid tooling. The 8th International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, June, 2000, TOKYO, Japan, pp364-370.
  50. Yuhua Song, S. P. Wu, F. Y. Qing, S. Z. Ren.  Study on searching for isolated region during casting solidification process and predicting second shrinkage of ductile iron casting. 3rd Pacific Rim International Conference on Modeling of Casting and Solidification Processes, 1996, Beijing.

Techniacal report

  1. Yuhua Song. Coupled thermo-mechanical finite element analysis for rapid prototyping and rapid tooling, and finite element analysis for prestress wire-winding press. Postdoctoral Research Report, Beijing: Tsinghua University, 2000.

Dissertation and Thesis

  1. Yuhua Song. Coupled thermo-mechanical 3-D finite element analysis for plastic thermoforming. Ph. D. Dissertation, Harbin: Harbin Institute of Technology, 1998.
  2. Yuhua Song. The three dimensional numerical simulation software package for solidification process and shrinkage prediction of ductile iron castings. Master thesis, Harbin: Harbin University of Science and Technology, 1996.