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Jingya Zhao
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Plant
Metabolic
Gene
Engineering
Transgenic
Biotechnology
Secondary Metabolites
Gene Cloning
Metabolic Engineering
Gene Expression
Areas of Focus
- Plant Metabolic Gene Engineering
Work Experience
- 2004-present Associate Professor at School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992-1996 Bachelor in Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University
- 1996-1999 Master in Insect Ecology, Nanjing Agricultural University, mentored by Professor Xiaoxi Zhang
- 1999-2002 PhD in Animal Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, mentored by Academician Le Kang
- 2002-2004 Postdoctoral research in Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, mentored by Professor Kexuan Tang
- Award: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Outstanding Postdoctoral Honor, 2004
- Award: Second Prize, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Outstanding Postdoctoral Reward Fund, 2004
Publications
- Cloning and functional analysis of the Catharanthus roseus deacetylvindoline 4-O-acetyltransferase gene promoter, Quan Wang, Fang Yuan, Qifang Pan, Meiya Li, Guofeng Wang, Jingya Zhao, Kexuan Tang, 2009
- Effect of plant growth regulators on the biosynthesis of vinblastine, vindoline and catharanthine in Catharanthus roseus, Qifang Pan, Yu Chen, Quan Wan, Fang Yuan, Shihai Xing, Yuesheng Tian, Jingya Zhao, Xiaofen Sun, Kexuan Tang, 2010
- Induction and Flow Cytometry Identification of Tetraploids from Seed-Derived Explants Through Colchicine Treatments in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don, Xing SH, Guo XB, Wang Q, Pan QF, Tian YS, Liu P, Zhao JY, Wang GF, Sun XF and Tang KX, 2011
Awards
- 2011 Shanghai Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Third Prize for the project on secondary metabolites anti-cancer drugs from medicinal plants and their endophytic fungi
