Guodong Wang Plant Biology Division Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2510 Sam Noble Parkway Ardmore, OK  73401 USA Lab Phone: (580) 224-6640 Desk Phone: (580) 224-6181 Fax: (580) 224-6692 E-mail: gwang@noble.org

Current Position

Postdoctoral Fellow 12/2006-Present. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Advisor: Dr. Richard Dixon

Research Interests

My academic interests are focused on the study of how plants synthesize secondary metabolites in planta, the key enzymes involved in these biosynthesis pathways, and the mechanism of the enzymatic reactions. Also, I have interest in studying the mechanism of how plants respond to biotic and abiotic stresses, and the signal transduction pathways for these kinds of responses.    

Education and Professional Training

• Dec, 2006-present, postdoctoral research fellow, Richard Dixon’s lab, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.
• Nov, 2003-Dec, 2006, postdoctoral research fellow and lab manager, Eran Pichersky’s lab, MCDB, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
• Aug, 1999-Oct, 2003, Ph. D. student, majored in molecular genetics, Xiaoya Chen’s lab, Shanghai Insititute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
• Aug, 1996-Jun, 1999, Master graduate student, majored in organic chemistry, Aina Lao’s  Lab (retired), Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
• Aug, 1992-Jun, 1996, Undergraduate student, majored in chemistry, Nankai University, China. 

Awards

• Doctoral thesis entitled “ Phytoremediation ex planta of phenolics and trichlorophenol by overexperssing a cotton secretory laccase in Arabisopsis” was awarded “Top 50 Excellent Doctoral Thesis of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005” and “ Shanghai Excellent Doctoral Thesis in 2005” 

Peer reviewed journal Publications 

• Wang, G. D., and Pichersky, E. Nicotinamidase participates in the salvage pathway of NAD biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal (In press).
• Iijima, Y., Wang, G. D., Fridman, E., and  Pichersky, E. (2006) Analysis of the enzymatic formation of citral in the glands of sweet basil. Arch Biochem Biophys. 448, 141-149.
• Wang, G. D., Li, Q. J., Luo, B., and Chen, X. Y. (2004) Ex planta phytoremediation of trichlorophenol and phenolic allelochemicals via an engineered secretory laccase. Nat. Biotechnol. 22, 893-897.
• Wang, G. D., and Chen, X. Y. (2003) Laccase: properties, catalytic mechanism and applicability. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 20, 469-475.
• Luo, P., Wang, Y. H., Wang, G. D., Essenberg, M., and Chen, X. Y. (2001) Molecular cloning and functional identification of (+)-delta-cadinene-8-hydroxylase, a cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase (CYP706B1) of cotton sesquiterpene biosynthesis. Plant J. 28, 95-104.
• Luo, P., Wang, G. D., and Chen, X. Y. (2001) Isolation and expression analysis of two cDNA encoding C4H homologues from Gossypium arboretum. Acta Botanica Sinica, 43, 77-81. 

Book chapters and conference proceedings 

• Yang Y., Varbanova M., Ross J., Wang, G. D.,  Cortes D.,  Fridman E., Shulaev V., Noel J.P.,  Pichersky E. (2006) Methylation and demethylation of plant signal molecules. In Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, Vol. 40. Oxford: Elsevier Science, (In press).
• Wang, G. D., and Chen, X. Y. (2006) Detoxification of soil phenolic pollutants by plant secretory enzyme. In Methods in Biotechnology Vol. 23: Phytoremediation: Methods and Reviews, (Neil, W. ed.). Humana Press. (In press).
• Wang, G. D., and Pichersky, E. Poster presentation on “The role of S-adenosyl-L-methionine: nicotinic acid methyltransferase (NAMT) in the salvage pathway of NAD+ in Arabidopsis”. PSNA 2005 Annual Meeting. July 30-Augest 3, 2005. La Jolla, California, USA.