Qiao Zhao Plant Biology Division Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2510 Sam Noble Parkway Ardmore, OK  73401 USA Lab Phone: (580) 224-6640 Desk Phone: (580) 224-6119 E-mail: qzhao@noble.org

CURRENT POSITION:

Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-present) Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA

RESEARCH INTEREST:

My research focuses on improving the performance of low lignin Medicago with improved efficiency for bioethanol processing.

EDUCATION:

• 9/2002 -6/2008        Ph.D., Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
• 9/1998 - 6/2002       B.S., Department of Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China 

• 8/2008-present      Postdoctoral Fellow, Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
  Advisor: Dr. Richard Dixon
• 6/2008-8/2008       Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
  Advisor: Dr. Iris Meier
• 9/2002-6/2008       PhD Research Assistant, Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• 12/2001-7/2002      Research Assistant, Department of Plant Cell Biology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
• 12/2000-1/2001      Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Genetics of Insecticide Resistant, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• 7/2000-9/2000        Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Genetics of Insecticide Resistant, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Qiao Zhao, Jelena Brkljacic and Iris Meier (2008) Two distinct, interacting classes of nuclear envelope-associated proteins are required for the tissue-specific nuclear-envelope targeting of Arabidopsis RanGAP. Plant Cell 20(6):1639-51
2. Xianfeng Xu, Qiao Zhao, Thushani Rodrigo-Peiris, Chao Sylvia He, and Iris Meier (2008) RanGAP is a continuous marker of the Arabidopsis cell division plane. PNAS (manuscript in revision)
3. Jelena Brkljacic, Qiao Zhao* and Iris Meier (2008) Arabidopsis Hsc70-1 and WPP-domain Proteins Prevent Aggregation and Facilitate Nuclear Envelope Targeting of Arabidopsis Tail-Anchored RanGAP Anchorage Protein, WIT1 (*co-first author. Submitted in Plant Physiology).
4. Iris Meier, Xianfeng Xu, Jelena Brkljacic, Qiao Zhao, and H-J Wang (2008) Going Green: Plants’ Alternative Way to Position the Ran Gradient. Journal of Microscopy. In press.
5. Xianfeng Xu, Annkatrin Rose, Sivaramakrishanan Muthuswamy, Sun Yong Jeong, Sowmya Venkatakrishanan, Qiao Zhao and Iris Meier (2007) NUCLEAR PORE ANCHOR, the Arabidopsis homolog of Tpr/Mlp1/Mlp2/Megator, is involved in mRNA export and SUMO homeostasis and affects diverse aspects of plant development. Plant Cell 19(5): 1537-48
6. Qiao Zhao, Sara Leung, Anita H. Corbett, and Iris Meier (2006) Identification and characterization of the Arabidopsis orthologs of Nuclear Transport Factor 2, the nuclear import factor of Ran. Plant Physiology 140(3): 869-78
7. Huang Jing, Qiao Chuanling, Zhao Qiao, and Wang Peng (2002) Expression and characterization of carboxylesterase A2 in E. coli. Acta Biologiae Experimentalis Sinica. 35（2）：6-10
8. De-Xiu Zhao, Jianming Xing, Maoyin Li, Dongping Lu and Qiao Zhao (2001) Optimization of growth and jaceosidin production in callus and cell suspension cultures of Saussurea medusa. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Cultures, 67：227－234
9. Huang Yan, Zhao De-Xiu, Lu Dong-Ping, Yan Fang, Li Zuo-Hu, Chen-Hong-Zhang, Zhao Qiao (2001) Studies on the cell suspension culture of Saussurea medusa in a stirred tank bioreactor. Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 17: 561-565.
10. Lu Dong-Ping, Zhao De-Xiu, Huang Yan, Zhao Qiao (2001) The Effect of Precursor Feeding on Flavonoids Biosynthesis in Cell Suspension Cultures of Saussurea medusa.  Acta Botanica Yunnanica 23(4):497-503 

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT:

1. Jelena Brkljacic, Qiao Zhao, Iris Meier (2008) Arabidopsis HSC70-1 and WPP-domain proteins prevent aggregation and promote nuclear envelope targeting of Arabidopsis tail-anchored protein WIT1. The 19^th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. June 23-27, 2008, Montreal, Canada
2. Qiao Zhao, Jelena Brkljacic, Iris Meier (2008) Two distinct, interacting classes of nuclear envelope-associated coiled-coil proteins are required for the tissue-specific nuclear envelope targeting of Arabidopsis RanGAP. The 19^th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. June 23-27, 2008, Montreal, Canada
3. Qiao Zhao and Iris Meier (2007) Identification and characterization of the Arabidopsis orthologs of Nuclear Transport Factor 2, the nuclear import factor of Ran. The 18^th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. June 20-23, 2007, Beijing, China