Ventura College - Biology
The disclosure provides a method for increasing plant yield relative to corresponding wild type plants comprising modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding WAKL14 polypeptide or homologue thereof
and selecting for plants having increased yield or growth on a nutrient deficient substrate. In one embodiment
the modulated expression is effected by introducing a genetic modification in the locus of a gene encoding a WAKL14 polypeptide or a homologue thereof.\n\n
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Wall-associated kinase-like polypeptide mediates nutritional status perception and response
Zhenbiao Yang
International Society for Extracelluar Vesicles- ISEV
World Future Society-WFS
American Society for Plant Biologists-ASPB
International Society for Horticultural Science- ISHS
International Society for Seed Science-ISSS
American Chemical Society
The disclosure shows that loss-of-function mutations of SRF6 (At1g53730) and SRF7 (At3g14350) (srf6-1 and srf7-1) reduced cellulose synthase A (CesA) gene expression
had reduced hypocotyl elongation in the dark similar to the CesA6 mutant PROCUSTE1 (prc1-1
At5g64740) and had reduced cellulose deposition as observed by Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) microspectroscopy. Other insertional mutants of SRF7 (srf7-2 and srf7-3)
which truncate the C-terminus
showed an increase in CesA gene expression that may be caused by the elimination of an auto-inhibitory region and thus generates a constitutively active mutant. Full-length overexpression of SRF7 (35S:SRF7) exhibited increased CesA gene expression and also had increased glycosidic bonds and carbohydrate bonds indicative of increased cellulose. This increase in cellulose production without a deleterious increase in pectin would be of great interest to bioenergy producers interested in cellulolytic ethanol production. \r\n\r\n
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Compositions and methods for increasing cellulose production
Zhenbiao Yang
Ventura County Rescue Mission
American Red Cross
Volunteer
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Molecular Biology
Agriculture
Cell Biology
Protein Purification
Six Sigma
Project Management
HPLC
ELISA
Gel Electrophoresis
Molecular Cloning
Lean Manufacturing
qPCR
PCR
DNA Extraction
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Data Analysis
Genetics
DNA
Cell
Karr
Stephen
Ventura County Community College District
University of California
Riverside
Earth NERDS
Bayer Crop Science
Monsanto
Ventura
CA
I taught biology lab (BIOL V01L) and biotechnology (BIOL V30).
Adjunct Professor
Ventura County Community College District
Riverside
CA
Developed a novel method to determine receptor-like kinase function in the model plant species
Arabidopsis. My work in this area has lead to 2 patents on the production of increased cellulose and the perception of nutritional status in plants . One patent is still pending.
Research Associate- Plant Cell
Molecular
Developmental Biology
University of California
Riverside
Saint Louis
MO
PS (Product Supply) Expert is a role in the PS Expert program. A technical career path within Product Supply at Bayer.
PS Expert
Bayer Crop Science
Saint Louis
MO
This is a new role for me in the Innovation Engineering group based in Saint Louis
MO. I plan to continue working on projects related to seed quality improvement.
Senior Seed Technology Research Scientist
Bayer Crop Science
Oxnard
CA
My position was responsible for developing high-throughput seed quality testing platforms for vegetable seeds as well as field validation of current seed quality tests.
Seed Technology Research Associate
Monsanto
Saint Louis
MO
Since 2007 we have been working to develop clean energy solutions and products. We have been looking for angel investors and government grants to get some start up capital.
Co Founder
Earth NERDS
Oxnard
CA
In this role I developed new value added seed technologies to improve seed performance for our customers. Tested and trialed these technologies across North and South America. Developed new methods for seed quality testing to increase their speed and accuracy.
Molecular Seed Technology Scientist
Monsanto
Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) form a large monophyletic gene family of approximately 600 members in plants (Shiu and Bleecker
Plant receptor-like kinase gene family: diversity
function and signaling. Science STKE
re22
2001; and Shiu and Bleecker
Receptor-like kinases from Arabidopsis form a monophyletic gene family related to animal receptor kinases. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science U.S.A. 98:10763-10768
2001). They consist of proteins that contain a single extracellular domain that is thought to be the site of ligand binding
connected to a single kinase domain
via a single transmembrane domain. Upon ligand binding the kinase domain is capable of generating a phosphorylation signaling cascade. Because of the sheer size of this gene family and of the potential functional redundancy among closely related gene family members
not much is known about the function of many of these important signaling genes. What little that was known shows that RLKs have many diverse roles in plants such as
hormone perception
plant defense
plant development and cell growth.\n\n
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Methods for the screening of novel functions of receptor like kinases
Zhenbiao Yang
FOOD Share of Ventura County
Certificate
Grant Writing
California State University-San Bernardino
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Cell
Molecular
Developmental Biology
NSF- East Asia & Pacific Summer Institutes (China)
University of California
Riverside
Master's degree
Biological Sciences
Omicron Theta Epsilon- Biology Honor Society
\nGolden Key International Honour Society
\nPhi Kappa Phi Honor Society
California State University-Chico
Modern Techniques of HPLC
Agilent Technologies
Monsanto Company
Six Sigma Green Belt
Multivariate Data Analysis- Level 2
CAMO Software Inc.
Monsanto Company
Lean Practitioner
Six Sigma Black Belt
Monsanto Company