Brief Autobiography of Yafan Huang
Yafan Huang is the Sr.Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Performance Plants, Inc. He began his career as a plant biologist in Canada, where he earned his M.Sc. in plant biochemistry from Mount Allison University in 1991, and his Ph.D. in plant biochemistry and molecular biology from Dr. David Dennis’ lab at Queen’s University in 1995. Subsequently, he spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow in Joe Kieber’s lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago working in the area of plant hormone signal transduction. Yafan joined Performance Plants in 1998 and is responsible for research and development in the company.
JOURNAL PEER REVIEWER
Nature Biotechnology, Plant Cell, Plant Journal, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Crop Science.
Selected Refereed Publications
Yang, S.J., Vanderbeld, B., Wan, J. & Huang, Y. (2010) Narrowing down the targets: towards successful genetic engineering of drought tolerant crops. Mol. Plant 3: 469-490.
Wan, J., Griffiths, R., Ying, J., McCourt, P. & Huang, Y. (2009) Development of drought tolerant canola through genetic modulation of ABA-mediated stomatal responses. Crop Sci. 49: 1539-1554.
Wang, Y., Beaith, M., Chalifoux, M., Ying, J., Kuzma, M., Wan, J. & Huang, Y. (2009) Shoot-specific down-regulation of protein farnesyltransferase (-subunit) for yield protection against drought in canola. Mol. Plant 2:191-200.
Wang, Y., Ying, J., Kuzma, M., Chalifoux, M., Sample, A., McArthur, C., Uchacz, T., Sarvas, C., Wan, J., Dennis, D.T., McCourt, P. & Huang, Y. (2005) Molecular tailoring of farnesylation for plant drought tolerance and yield protection. Plant J. 43: 413-424.
Huang, Y., Li, H., Hutchison, C.E., Laskey, J. and Kieber, J. J. (2003) Biochemical and functional analysis of CTR1, a protein kinase that negatively regulates ethylene signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 33: 221-233.
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