Zhanyuan J Zhang has expertise in Plant Genetic Transformation and Gene Regulation. He got his PhD in the area of plant genetic engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA. He has been the Director of Plant Transformation Core Facility at University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo, USA since 2000. The mission of his core facility is to enhance both basic and applied plant biology studies by providing plant transformation services and to advance transgenic technologies. He has contributed to the transformation system improvements in soybean, maize, sorghum, wheat, and switchgrass. His interest in gene regulation has led to the validation and revealing of effective RNAi in soybean and novel approach for plant gene silencing employing artificial trans-acting siRNA. His research efforts in basic study of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation have discovered the role of the heat shock protein 90.1 in this T-DNA transfer process Zhanyuan J Zhang has expertise in Plant Genetic Transformation and Gene Regulation. He got his PhD in the area of plant genetic engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE, USA. He has been the Director of Plant Transformation Core Facility at University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo, USA since 2000. The mission of his core facility is to enhance both basic and applied plant biology studies by providing plant transformation services and to advance transgenic technologies. He has contributed to the transformation system improvements in soybean, maize, sorghum, wheat, and switchgrass. His interest in gene regulation has led to the validation and revealing of effective RNAi in soybean and novel approach for plant gene silencing employing artificial trans-acting siRNA. His research efforts in basic study of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation have discovered the role of the heat shock protein 90.1 in this T-DNA transfer process

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