The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.   Curriculum Vitae: Yongzhen Pang
 

 

Yongzhen Pang
 
Plant Biology Division
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
2510 Sam Noble Parkway
Ardmore, OK  73401 USA

Phone: 580-224-6640
Fax: 580-224-6692
E-mail: ypang@noble.org


Current Position

  •  Postdoctoral fellow, Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.

 
Research Interests

  • Functional genomics, metabolomics and biochemistry of condensed tannin biosynthesis. 
     

Education and Professional Research Experience

  • 2005.7-present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.
  • 2002.9-2005.6, Ph. D, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. 2003.2-2003.5, visited Rothamsted Research, UK, conducting part of the China/British Science & Technology Collaborative Funds Project.
  • 1999.9-2002.7, M.S., School of Life Sciences, Southwest China Normal University, Chongqing. During 2000.9-2002.4, was recommended to study at State Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  • 1995.9-1999.7, B.S., School of Life Sciences, Southwest University (Formerly Southwest China Normal University), Chongqing, China.

 
Selected Scholarships and Awards 

  • 1995-1999, First-class Scholarship every year, Southwest China Normal University 
  • 1997, Top Ten Outstanding Student Awards, Southwest China Normal University
  • 1998, Chongqing Outstanding Undergraduate Award
  • 1999, China National Outstanding Student Award
  • 2004, First-class Scholarship for graduate student, Fudan University
  • 2004, Shanghai Outstanding Graduate Student Award
  • 2005, Shanghai Outstanding Graduate Award 
     


Publications

  1. Modolo, L.V., Pang, Y., Tian, L. and Dixon, R.A. (2008). Gene discovery and metabolic engineering in the phenylpropanoid pathway. Recent Advances in Polyphenols Research, 1, in press.
  2. Tian, L., Pang, Y. and Dixon, R.A. (2007). Biosynthesis and genetic engineering of proanthocyanidins and (iso)flavonoids. Phytochemistry Reviews, in press. 
  3. Yongzhen Pang, Gregory J. Peel, Elane Wright, Zengyu Wang, and Richard A. Dixon. (2007) Early steps in Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Physiology 145, 601-615.
  4. Pang, Y., Shen, G., Wu, W., Bergès, T., Cardier, H., Sun, X. and Tang, K. (2006) Molecular cloning, characterization and heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae of a novel mevalonate disphosphate decarboxylase cDNA from Ginkgo biloba. Physiologia Plantarum 127: 19–27. 
  5. Pang, Y., Shen, G., Wu, W., Liu, X., Lin, J., Tan, F., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2005). Characterization and expression of chalcone synthase gene from Ginkgo biloba. Plant Science 168(6): 1525-1531. 
  6. Shen, G., Pang, Y., Wu, W., Zhao, L., Zhao, Sun, X., Tang, K. (2006). Cloning and characterization of a root-specific expressing gene encoding 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase from Ginkgo biloba. Mol Biol Rep 33(2): 117-127.
  7. Wu, W., Pang, Y., Shen, G., Lu, J., Lin, J., Wang, J., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2006). Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of a novel trehalose-6-phosphate synthase homologue from Ginkgo biloba. Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 39(2): 158-166. 
  8. Shen, G., Pang, Y., Wu, W., Deng, Z., Zhao, L., Cao, Y., Sun, X. and Tang, K. (2006) Molecular cloning and characterization and function identification of a novel tissue-specific flavanone 3-hydroxylase cDNA from Ginkgo biloba. Bioscience Reports 26(1): 19-29. 
  9. Shen, G., Pang, Y., Wu, W., Liu X., Zhao, L., Tan, F., Sun, X. and Tang, K. (2005) Isolation and characterization of a novel tissue-specific anthocyanidin reductase gene from Ginkgo biloba. Journal of Plant Physiology 163(2):224-227. 
  10. Deng, Z., Pang, Y., Kong, W., Chen, Z., Wang, X., Liu, X., Pi, Y., Sun, X. and Tang, K. (2005). A novel ABA-dependent dehydrin ERD10 gene from Brassica napus. DNA Sequence 16(1): 28-35. 
  11.  Shen, G., Pang, Y., Wu, W., Deng, Z., Liu, F., Lin, J., Li, Z., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2005). Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of a novel Asr gene from Ginkgo biloba. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 43(9): 836-843 (in press). 
  12. Chen, Z., Pang, Y., Liu, X., Wang, X., Deng, Z., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2005). Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel mannose-binding lectin cDNA from Zantedeschia aethiopica. Biocell 29(2): 187-193. 
  13. Shen, G., Pang, Y., Wu, W., Miao, Z., Qian, H., Zhao, L., Sun, X., Tang, K. (2005) Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of a novel defensin gene from Ginkgo biloba. Journal of Plant Physiology 162: 1160-1168.
  14. Liu, X., Wang, X., Pang, Y., Liang, J., Liu, S., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2006). Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Novel WRKY Gene from Brassica chinensis. Molecular Biology (accepted).
  15. Lin, J., Zhou, X., Pang, Y., Gao, S., Fei, J., Shen, G., Wang, J., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2005). Cloning and characterization of an agglutinin gene from Arisaema lobatum. Bioscience Reports 25(5-6):345-62.
  16. Liu, X., Huang, B., Lin, J., Fei, J., Chen, Z., Pang, Y., Sun, X. and Tang, K. (2005). A novel pathogenesis-related protein (SsPR10) from Solanum surattense with ribonucleolytic and antimicrobial activity is stress- and pathogen- inducible. Journal of Plant Physiology 163 (2006) 546-556.
  17. Pi, Y., Liao, Z., Chai, Y., Zeng, H., Wang, P., Gong, Y., Pang, Y., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2006). Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel stem-specific gene from Camptotheca acuminata. Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 39: 68-75.
  18. Pang, Y., Shen, G., Qi, H., Tan, F., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2004). Transgenic tobacco expressing Zephyranthes candida agglutinin showed enhanced resistance to aphids. Engineering in Life Sciences (formerly Acta Biotechnologica) 4: 155-159.
  19. Pang, Y., Yao, J., Shen, G., Qi, H., Tan, F., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2004). Transgenic tobacco expressing Lycoris radiata agglutinin showed enhanced resistance to aphids. Acta Botanica Sinica 46(7): 767-772.
  20. Pang, Y., Shen, G., Liu, C., Liu, X., Tan, F., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2004). Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of a novel chalcone synthase gene from Ginkgo biloba. DNA Sequence. 15(4): 283-290.
  21. Fan, Y., Pang, Y., Wu, W., Yao, J., Tang, K. and Wu, T. (2004). Construction of plant expression vectors containing binary insect resistance gene Cry IA(a)-pta and Cry IA(c)-pta and their expression in transgenic tobaccos. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University. 22(1), 1-6 (in Chinese with English abstract).
  22. Song, J., Chai, Y., Pang, Y., Zuo, K., Fei, J., Liu, X., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2004). Isolation and characterization of an IAA-responsive gene from Gossypium barbadense L. DNA sequence 15(1): 71-76.
  23. Liu, S., Wang, X., Fan, Z., Pang, Y., Sun, X., Wang, X. and Tang, K. (2004). Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel cold-regulated gene from Capsella bursa-pastoris. DNA sequence 15(4): 262-268.
  24. Li, Z., Zhao, L., Kai, G., Yu S., Cao, Y., Pang, Y., Sun, X. and Tang, K (2004). Cloning and expression analysis of a water stress-induced gene from Brassica oleracea. Plant physiology and biochemistry. 42(10), 789-794.
  25. Wang, X., Liu, S., Liu, X., Chen, Z., Liu, X., Pang, Y., Sun, X., and Tang, K. (2004). Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Novel CBF Gene from Capsella bursa-pastoris. DNA Sequence 15(3), 180-187.
  26. Pang, Y., Shen, G., Liao, Z., Yao, J., Fei, J., Sun, X., Tan, F. and Tang K. (2003). Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel lectin gene from Zephyranthes candida. DNA Sequence 14(3): 163-167.
  27. Yao, J., Pang, Y., Qi, H., Wan, B., Zhao, X., Kong, W., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2003). Transgenic tobacco expressing Pinellia ternata agglutinin conferred enhanced resistance to aphids. Transgenic Research 12(6), 715-722.
  28. Shen, G., Pang, Y., Lin, C., Wei, C., Qian, X., Jiang, L., Du, X., Li, K., Yang, J. (2003) Cloning and Characterization of a novel Hsp100/Clp gene (osClpD) from Oryza sativa. DNA Sequence 14(4), 285-293.
  29. Chai, Y., Pang, Y., Liao, Z., Zhang, L., Sun, X., Lu, Y., Wang, S. and Tang K. (2003). Molecular cloning and characterization of a mannose-binding lectin gene from Crinum asiaticum. Journal of Plant Physiology 160 (8): 913-920.
  30. Zhao, C., Lu, Z., Pang, Y. and Tan, F. (2003) Semilethal temperature and low temperature adaptability of two Taxus media species. Journal of Chongqing University. 26(6), 86-88 (in Chinese with English abstract).
  31. Zhao, C., Lu, Z., Pang, Y. and Tan, F. (2003) Effect of water stress on the photosynthesis characterizations of Taxus media. Journal of Southwest China Normal University. 28(1), 126-129 (in Chinese with English abstract).
  32. Kai, G., Zheng, J., Zhang, L., Pang, Y., Liao, Z., Li, Z., Zhao, L., Sun, X. and Tang, K. (2003). Cloning and molecular characterization of a novel mannose-binding lectin gene from Zephyranthes grandiflora. DNA Sequence 14(4): 335-338.
  33. Fei, J., Liao, Z., Chai, Y., Pang, Y., Yao, J., Sun, X. and Tang K. (2003). Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel mannose-binding lectin gene from Amorphophallus konjac. Molecular Biology Reports 30(3): 177-183.
  34. Lu, Y., Sun, X., Yao, J., Chai, Y., Zhao, X., Zhang, L., Song, J., Pang, Y., Wu, W. and Tang K. (2003). Isolation and expression of cold-regulated cDNA from Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis). DNA Sequence 14(3): 219-222.
  35. Wu, A., Sun, X., Pang, Y. and Tang, K. (2002) Homozygous transgenic rice lines expressing GNA with enhanced resistance to rice sap-sucking pest Laodelphax striatellus. Plant breeding 121, 93-95.
  36. Pang, Y., Tan, F. and Long, Y. (2000). Modification method to purify the flavonoids from Ginkgo biloba. Journal of Southwest China Normal University. 25 (1), 70-73 (in Chinese with English abstract). 
  37. Tan, F., Pang, Y., Xiong, N. and Deng, C. (2000) Introduction, propation and toxol’s accumulation in leaves of Taxus media. Journal of Southwest China Normal University. 25(4), 448-451 (in Chinese with English abstract).
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