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Curriculum Vitae: Qiao Zhao

CURRICULUM VITAE

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 high 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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

    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. Jelena Brkljacic, Qiao Zhao* and Iris Meier (2009) (*co-first author) WPP-domain proteins mimic the activity of the HSC70-1 chaperone in preventing mis-targeting of RanGAP1-anchoring protein WIT1. Plant Physiology Epub ahead of print
  2. 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
  3. Xianfeng Xu, Qiao Zhao, Thushani Rodrigo-Peiris, Jelena Brkljacic, Chao Sylvia He, Sabine Müller and Iris Meier (2008) RanGAP is a continuous marker of the Arabidopsis cell division plane. PNAS 105(47):18637-42
  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 231(2) 225-233
  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 19th 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 19th 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 18th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. June 20-23, 2007, Beijing, China
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