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Biology and Biochemistry

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53
Citations
13175
World Ranking
15998
National Ranking
456

Overview

Qingyu Wu is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has made contributions primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans various subfields, notably plant science, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and genetics.

Their research covers several main topics, including photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, CRISPR and genetic engineering, plant virus research studies, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant stress responses and tolerance, plant molecular biology research, and plant reproductive biology.

Wu has published multiple papers in leading scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • Enhancing grain-yield-related traits by CRISPR-Cas9 promoter editing of maize CLE genes, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Recent Advanced Metabolic and Genetic Engineering of Phenylpropanoid Biosynthetic Pathways, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Wearable electrochemical sensors for plant small-molecule detection, 2023, Trends in Plant Science
  • Mutagenesis reveals that the rice OsMPT3 gene is an important osmotic regulatory factor, 2020, The Crop Journal
  • Genome assembly of the Chinese maize elite inbred line RP125 and its EMS mutant collection provide new resources for maize genetics research and crop improvement, 2021, The Plant Journal

Frequent coauthors in Wu's research include:

  • David Jackson
  • Jianfeng Weng
  • Tayebeh Kakeshpour
  • Shujun Meng
  • Changlin Liu

Wu's publications appear most often in several scientific venues, such as:

  • The Plant Journal
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • Experimental Cell Research

Best Publications

  • Biodiesel production from heterotrophic microalgal oil.

    Xiaoling Miao;Qingyu Wu

  • High quality biodiesel production from a microalga Chlorella protothecoides by heterotrophic growth in fermenters.

    Han Xu;Xiaoling Miao;Qingyu Wu

  • High yield bio-oil production from fast pyrolysis by metabolic controlling of Chlorella protothecoides.

    Xiaoling Miao;Qingyu Wu

  • Large-scale biodiesel production from microalga Chlorella protothecoides through heterotrophic cultivation in bioreactors.

    Xiufeng Li;Han Xu;Qingyu Wu

  • High-density fermentation of microalga Chlorella protothecoides in bioreactor for microbio-diesel production.

    Wei Xiong;Xiufeng Li;Jinyi Xiang;Qingyu Wu

  • Application of sweet sorghum for biodiesel production by heterotrophic microalga Chlorella protothecoides

    Chunfang Gao;Yan Zhai;Yi Ding;Qingyu Wu

  • Pyrolytic characteristics of microalgae as renewable energy source determined by thermogravimetric analysis

    Weimin Peng;Qingyu Wu;Pingguan Tu;Nanming Zhao

  • Signaling from maize organ primordia via FASCIATED EAR3 regulates stem cell proliferation and yield traits

    Byoung Il Je;Jeremy Gruel;Young Koung Lee;Peter Bommert

  • Double CO2 fixation in photosynthesis-fermentation model enhances algal lipid synthesis for biodiesel production

    Wei Xiong;Chunfang Gao;Dong Yan;Chao Wu

  • Engineering the ribosomal DNA in a megabase synthetic chromosome

    Weimin Zhang;Guanghou Zhao;Guanghou Zhao;Zhouqing Luo;Yicong Lin

  • Biodiesel production from Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus Tuberosus L.) tuber by heterotrophic microalgae Chlorella protothecoides

    Yun Cheng;Wenguang Zhou;Chunfang Gao;Kenneth Lan

  • Oil accumulation mechanisms of the oleaginous microalga Chlorella protothecoides revealed through its genome, transcriptomes, and proteomes.

    Chunfang Gao;Chunfang Gao;Yun Wang;Yue Shen;Dong Yan

  • Waste molasses alone displaces glucose-based medium for microalgal fermentation towards cost-saving biodiesel production

    Dong Yan;Yue Lu;Yi-Feng Chen;Qingyu Wu

  • Effects of cassava starch hydrolysate on cell growth and lipid accumulation of the heterotrophic microalgae Chlorella protothecoides

    Aili Wei;Xuewu Zhang;Dong Wei;Gu Chen

  • Effects of temperature and holding time on production of renewable fuels from pyrolysis of Chlorella protothecoides

    Weimin Peng;Qingyu Wu;Pingguan Tu

  • Biodiesel production from algal oil using cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) as feedstock

    Yue Lu;Yan Zhai;Minsheng Liu;Qingyu Wu

  • Arabidopsis monothiol glutaredoxin, AtGRXS17, is critical for temperature-dependent postembryonic growth and development via modulating auxin response

    Ning Hui Cheng;Jian Zhong Liu;Xing Liu;Qingyu Wu

  • 13C-Tracer and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analyses Reveal Metabolic Flux Distribution in the Oleaginous Microalga Chlorella protothecoides

    Wei Xiong;Lixia Liu;Chao Wu;Chen Yang

  • Identifying and characterizing SCRaMbLEd synthetic yeast using ReSCuES.

    Zhouqing Luo;Lihui Wang;Yun Wang;Weimin Zhang

  • YeastFab: the design and construction of standard biological parts for metabolic engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Yakun Guo;Junkai Dong;Tong Zhou;Jamie Auxillos

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Xiong
Wei Xiong University of Pittsburgh
Jiamo Fu
Jiamo Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jef D. Boeke
Jef D. Boeke New York University
Jing Huang
Jing Huang Peking University
Guoying Sheng
Guoying Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guo-Qiang Chen
Guo-Qiang Chen Tsinghua University
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute
Jianping Xu
Jianping Xu McMaster University
Joel S. Bader
Joel S. Bader Johns Hopkins University
Ying-Jin Yuan
Ying-Jin Yuan Tianjin University

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