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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 1988 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1988 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Nam-Hai Chua is a researcher affiliated with the National University of Singapore. Their primary fields of study include Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The researcher has contributed extensively to the subfields of Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Endocrinology, and Cancer Research.

The research work of Nam-Hai Chua covers several main topics, including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Light effects on plants
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Frequent publication venues for Nam-Hai Chua demonstrate a focus on plant and molecular biology research. These venues include:

  • New Phytologist
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Advanced Materials

Nam-Hai Chua has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Gajendra Singh
  • Su Hyun Park
  • Rajeev J. Ram
  • Haiying Xu
  • In-Cheol Jang

Their documented recent publications include the following works:

  • "PLncDB V2.0: a comprehensive encyclopedia of plant long noncoding RNAs," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Portable Raman leaf-clip sensor for rapid detection of plant stress," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Drug Delivery in Plants Using Silk Microneedles," 2022, Advanced Materials
  • "Ubiquitin-specific proteases UBP12 and UBP13 promote shade avoidance response by enhancing PIF7 stability," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Nutrient status regulates MED19a phase separation for ORESARA1-dependent senescence," 2022, New Phytologist

Nam-Hai Chua is recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, with both honors received in 1988. Additionally, they hold the status of Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana using the floral dip method

    Xiuren Zhang;Rossana Henriques;Shih-Shun Lin;Qi-Wen Niu

  • Identification of DNA sequences required for activity of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter

    Joan T. Odell;Ferenc Nagy;Nam-Hai Chua

  • An estrogen receptor-based transactivator XVE mediates highly inducible gene expression in transgenic plants

    Jianru Zuo;Qi-Wen Niu;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Actin Depolymerizing Factor (ADF/Cofilin) Enhances the Rate of Filament Turnover: Implication in Actin-based Motility

    Marie-France Carlier;Valérie Laurent;Jérôme Santolini;Ronald Melki

  • A glucocorticoid-mediated transcriptional induction system in transgenic plants

    Takashi Aoyama;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Arabidopsis NAC1 transduces auxin signal downstream of TIR1 to promote lateral root development

    Qi Xie;Giovanna Frugis;Diana Colgan;Nam-Hai Chua

  • MicroRNA Directs mRNA Cleavage of the Transcription Factor NAC1 to Downregulate Auxin Signals for Arabidopsis Lateral Root Development

    Hui Shan Guo;Qi Xie;Qi Xie;Ji Feng Fei;Nam Hai Chua

  • A postgermination developmental arrest checkpoint is mediated by abscisic acid and requires the ABI5 transcription factor in Arabidopsis

    Luis Lopez-Molina;Sébastien Mongrand;Nam-Hai Chua

  • THE CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS 35S PROMOTER : COMBINATORIAL REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION IN PLANTS

    Philip N. Benfey;Nam-Hai Chua

  • ABA induction of miR159 controls transcript levels of two MYB factors during Arabidopsis seed germination.

    José L. Reyes;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Abscisic acid and water-stress induce the expression of a novel rice gene.

    J. Mundy;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Cucumber mosaic virus-encoded 2b suppressor inhibits Arabidopsis Argonaute1 cleavage activity to counter plant defense

    Xiuren Zhang;Yu-Ren Yuan;Yi Pei;Shih-Shun Lin

  • The WUSCHEL gene promotes vegetative-to-embryonic transition in Arabidopsis.

    Jianru Zuo;Qi-Wen Niu;Giovanna Frugis;Nam-Hai Chua

  • ABI5 acts downstream of ABI3 to execute an ABA-dependent growth arrest during germination.

    Luis Lopez-Molina;Sébastien Mongrand;Derek T. McLachlin;Brian T. Chait

  • Circadian clock mutants in Arabidopsis identified by luciferase imaging

    Andrew J. Millar;Isabelle A. Carré;Carl A. Strayer;Nam-Hai Chua

  • The CaMV 35S enhancer contains at least two domains which can confer different developmental and tissue-specific expression patterns.

    Philip N. Benfey;Ling Ren;Nam-Hai Chua

  • A GFP-mouse talin fusion protein labels plant actin filaments in vivo and visualizes the actin cytoskeleton in growing pollen tubes.

    Benedikt Kost;Pius Spielhofer;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Expression of artificial microRNAs in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana confers virus resistance

    Qi-Wen Niu;Shih-Shun Lin;Jose Luis Reyes;Jose Luis Reyes;Kuan-Chun Chen;Kuan-Chun Chen;Kuan-Chun Chen

  • Auxin Polar Transport Is Essential for the Establishment of Bilateral Symmetry during Early Plant Embryogenesis.

    Chun-ming Liu;Zhi-hong Xu;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Genome-Wide Analysis Uncovers Regulation of Long Intergenic Noncoding RNAs in Arabidopsis

    Jun Liu;Choonkyun Jung;Jun Xu;Huan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve A. Kay
Steve A. Kay University of Southern California
Jianru Zuo
Jianru Zuo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ferenc Nagy
Ferenc Nagy Institute of Plant Biology
Eric Lam
Eric Lam Sun Yat-sen University
Chris Bowler
Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure
Fumiaki Katagiri
Fumiaki Katagiri University of Minnesota
Gen Hua Yue
Gen Hua Yue National University of Singapore
Philip N. Benfey
Philip N. Benfey Duke University
Giorgio Morelli
Giorgio Morelli The Canadian Real Estate Association
Santiago F. Elena
Santiago F. Elena Santa Fe Institute

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