Quan Zhang
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Plant Science
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Post-doctoral Researcher Quan received his PhD in Plant Pathology from Oklahoma State University. After graduation he moved to Ithaca, New York, where he worked on Medicago arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis... Quan received his PhD in Plant Pathology from Oklahoma State University. After graduation he moved to Ithaca, New York, where he worked on Medicago arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis at Boyce Thompson Institute, primarily focusing on genetic mapping and gene function analysis. Prior to joining Danforth Center he studied the molecular mechanism of cortical microtubule organization in Washington University at St. Louis. Currently he is a research scientist in Brutnell lab working on Setaria and maize.
Research Interest
Molecular biology, Biotechnlogy, Plant science
Publications
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Zhang Q, Blaylock LA, Harrison MJ. Two Medicago truncatula half-ABC transporters are essential for arbuscule development in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. The Plant Cell. 2010 May 1;22(5):1483-97.
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Javot H, Penmetsa RV, Breuillin F, Bhattarai KK, Noar RD, Gomez SK, Zhang Q, Cook DR, Harrison MJ. Medicago truncatula mtpt4 mutants reveal a role for nitrogen in the regulation of arbuscule degeneration in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. The Plant Journal. 2011 Dec 1;68(6):954-65.
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Gutjahr C, Radovanovic D, Geoffroy J, Zhang Q, Siegler H, Chiapello M, Casieri L, An K, An G, Guiderdoni E, Kumar CS. The halfâ€size ABC transporters STR1 and STR2 are indispensable for mycorrhizal arbuscule formation in rice. The Plant Journal. 2012 Mar 1;69(5):906-20.
