The goal of my PhD project is to identify the transporter(s) of zaxinone, an apocarotenoid, and their role in plant growth and rhizospheric communication.
Selected Publications
Wang, J. Y., Jamil, M., Lin, P. Y., Ota, T., Fiorilli, V., ... & Al-Babili, S. (2020). Efficient mimics for elucidating zaxinone biology and promoting agricultural applications. Molecular plant, 13(11), 1654-1661.
Wang, J. Y., Lin, P. Y., & Al-Babili, S. (2020, July). On the biosynthesis and evolution of apocarotenoid plant growth regulators. In Seminars in cell & developmental biology. Academic Press.
Awards
Professor Yih-Ming Chen Memorial Scholarship, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2017.
Outstanding Poster Award, Annual Contest of the Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2017.
The Dean Award, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2017.