Nancy Wu

Nancy Wu

Associate Professor of Teaching

nancywu@wayne.edu

Chem 101.4

Department

Chemistry

Nancy Wu

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

Chemical Education

Chemical Biology

RNA Enzymology

 

Education

  • B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 2012
  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2017
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, 2017-2019

Selected publications

 

Journal Articles

 

Wu Meyers, N.; Karasik, A.; Kaitany, K.; Fierke, C. A.; Koutmos, M. Gambogic acid and juglone inhibit RNase P through distinct mechanisms. J. Biol. Chem. 2022, 298 (12), 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102683

Wu, N.; Kubo, T.; Hall, A. O.; Zurcher, D. M.; Phadke, S.; Wallace, R. L.; McNeil, A. J. Adapting Meaningful Learning Strategies to Teach Liquid-Liquid Extractions. J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97, 80-86. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00717

Wu, N.; Kubo, T.; Sekoni, K. M.; Hall, A. O.; Phadke, S.; Zurcher, D. M.; Wallace, R. L.; Kothari, D. B.; McNeil, A. J. Student-Designed Green Chemistry Experiment for a Large-Enrollment, Introductory Organic Laboratory Course. J. Chem. Educ. 2019, 96, 2420-2425. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00375

Wu, N.; Hall, A. O.; Phadke, S.; Zurcher, D. M.; Wallace, R. L.; Castañeda, C. A.; McNeil, A. J. Meaningful Learning Strategies for an Introductory Laboratory Course: Using Thin-Layer Chromatography to Monitor Reaction Progress. J. Chem. Educ. 2019, 96, 1873-1880. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00256


Book Chapter

Chen, Y.; Liu, X.; Wu, N.; Fierke, C.A. Fluorescence-Based Real-Time Activity Assays to Identify RNase P Inhibitors. In: Sass, P. (eds) Antibiotics. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2017, Vol 1520, pp. 201-225. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6634-9_12

Invited Review

Klemm, B.P.; Wu, N.; Chen, Y.; Liu, X.; Kaitany, K.J.; Howard, M.J.; Fierke, C.A. The Diversity of Ribonuclease P: Protein and RNA Catalysts with Analogous Biological Functions. Biomolecules 2016, 6, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom6020027

 

 

Courses taught by Nancy Wu

Winter Term 2025 (future)

Fall Term 2024

Winter Term 2024

Spring-Summer Term 2023

Winter Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

Winter Term 2022