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Photosynthesis is essential for agricultural production but it is one of the most heat-sensitive processes in plants. Heat stress decreases photosynthetic rates, jeopardizes plant growth, reduces crop yields, and hinders biofuel production. This problem will only become exacerbated as global warming progresses. Despite this, the mechanisms how photosynthetic cells regulate heat responses remain poorly understood. To engineer heat-tolerant crops and algae for food and biofuel, a thorough understanding of how plant cells perceive and respond to heat stress is required. My laboratory currently has two projects listed below.
Project 1. Interrogate the functional genomic landscape of heat sensing and regulation in photosynthetic cells by using a genome-saturating, mapped, indexed, algal mutant library and a quantitative phenotyping tool.
Project 2. Explore the regulation of photosynthesis in C4 crops (e.g. maize) under high temperatures by using C4 model plant Setaria viridis.
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Moderate high temperature is beneficial or detrimental depending on carbon availability in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Zhang, N., Venn, B., Bailey, C. E., Xia, M., Mattoon, E. M., Mühlhaus, T. & Zhang, R., Feb 2 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 75, 3, p. 979-1003 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High salt-induced PSI-supercomplex is associated with high CEF and attenuation of state transitions
Kalra, I., Wang, X., Zhang, R. & Morgan-Kiss, R., Sep 2023, In: Photosynthesis Research. 157, 2-3, p. 65-84 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
High-throughput identification of novel heat tolerance genes via genome-wide pooled mutant screens in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Mattoon, E. M., McHargue, W. E., Bailey, C. E., Zhang, N., Chen, C., Eckhardt, J., Daum, C. G., Zane, M., Pennacchio, C., Schmutz, J., O'Malley, R. C., Cheng, J. & Zhang, R., Mar 2023, In: Plant, Cell & Environment. 46, 3, p. 865-888 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Identification and preliminary characterization of conserved uncharacterized proteins from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Setaria viridis
Knoshaug, E. P., Sun, P., Nag, A., Nguyen, H., Mattoon, E. M., Zhang, N., Liu, J., Chen, C., Cheng, J., Zhang, R., St. John, P. & Umen, J., Dec 2023, In: Plant Direct. 7, 12, e527.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparative Phenotyping of Two Commonly Used Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Background Strains: CC-1690 (21gr) and CC-5325 (The CLiP Mutant Library Background)
Zhang, N., Pazouki, L., Nguyen, H., Jacobshagen, S., Bigge, B. M., Xia, M., Mattoon, E. M., Klebanovych, A., Sorkin, M., Nusinow, D. A., Avasthi, P., Czymmek, K. J. & Zhang, R., Mar 1 2022, In: Plants. 11, 5, 585.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations