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Yi-Ming Chiang is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics related to microbial natural products, fungal biology, and sustainable bioeconomy solutions. The main fields of study for Yi-Ming Chiang include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with subfields focusing on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Oncology, and Biotechnology.

Their work covers several key topics in scientific research, notably:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Yi-Ming Chiang has published multiple papers in high-impact journals across various disciplines. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Polystyrene Upcycling into Fungal Natural Products and a Biocontrol Agent," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "An Aspergillus nidulans Platform for the Complete Cluster Refactoring and Total Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products," 2020, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • "Conversion of Polyethylenes into Fungal Secondary Metabolites," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Total Heterologous Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products in Aspergillus nidulans," 2022, Journal of Natural Products
  • "Metabolomic Analysis of Aspergillus niger Isolated From the International Space Station Reveals Enhanced Production Levels of the Antioxidant Pyranonigrin A," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yi-Ming Chiang include Clay C. C. Wang, C. Elizabeth Oakley, Berl R. Oakley, Chris Rabot, and Yuhao Chen.

The most common publication venues where Yi-Ming Chiang has contributed papers are:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Fungal Genetics and Biology
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Small Methods

Best Publications

  • Chromatin-level regulation of biosynthetic gene clusters

    Jin Woo Bok;Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Edyta Szewczyk;Edyta Szewczyk;Yazmid Reyes-Dominguez

  • A Gene Cluster Containing Two Fungal Polyketide Synthases Encodes the Biosynthetic Pathway for a Polyketide, Asperfuranone, in Aspergillus nidulans

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Edyta Szewczyk;Ashley D. Davidson;Nancy Keller

  • Two separate gene clusters encode the biosynthetic pathway for the meroterpenoids, austinol and dehydroaustinol in Aspergillus nidulans

    Hsien-Chun Lo;Ruth A. Entwistle;Chun-Jun Guo;Manmeet Ahuja

  • Plumbagin induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through reactive oxygen species/c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathways in human melanoma A375.S2 cells

    Clay C.C. Wang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Shu-Chiao Sung;Ya-Ling Hsu

  • Recent advances in awakening silent biosynthetic gene clusters and linking orphan clusters to natural products in microorganisms.

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Shu-Lin Chang;Shu-Lin Chang;Berl R Oakley;Clay C C Wang

  • Metabolite profiling and chemopreventive bioactivity of plant extracts from Bidens pilosa.

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Da-Yung Chuang;Sheng-Yang Wang;Yueh-Hsiung Kuo

  • An Efficient System for Heterologous Expression of Secondary Metabolite Genes in Aspergillus nidulans

    Yi-Ming Chiang;C. Elizabeth Oakley;Manmeet Ahuja;Ruth Entwistle

  • Molecular Genetic Mining of the Aspergillus Secondary Metabolome: Discovery of the Emericellamide Biosynthetic Pathway

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Edyta Szewczyk;Tania Nayak;Ashley D. Davidson

  • Cytotoxic triterpenes from the aerial roots of Ficus microcarpa.

    Yi Ming Chiang;Jang-Yang Chang;Ching Chuan Kuo;Chi Yen Chang

  • Ethyl caffeate suppresses NF-kappaB activation and its downstream inflammatory mediators, iNOS, COX-2, and PGE2 in vitro or in mouse skin.

    Yi Ming Chiang;Chiu Ping Lo;Yi Ping Chen;Sheng Yang Wang

  • Identification and characterization of the asperthecin gene cluster of Aspergillus nidulans.

    Edyta Szewczyk;Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;C. Elizabeth Oakley;Ashley D. Davidson

  • Characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans Monodictyphenone Gene Cluster

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Edyta Szewczyk;Ashley D. Davidson;Ruth Entwistle

  • Genome-Based Deletion Analysis Reveals the Prenyl Xanthone Biosynthesis Pathway in Aspergillus nidulans

    James F. Sanchez;Ruth A. Entwistle;Jui-Hsiang Hung;Junko Yaegashi

  • Illuminating the diversity of aromatic polyketide synthases in Aspergillus nidulans.

    Manmeet Ahuja;Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Shu-Lin Chang;Shu-Lin Chang;Mike B. Praseuth

  • Development of Genetic Dereplication Strains in Aspergillus nidulans Results in the Discovery of Aspercryptin.

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Manmeet Ahuja;Manmeet Ahuja;C. Elizabeth Oakley;Ruth Entwistle

  • Molecular genetic analysis of the orsellinic acid/F9775 gene cluster of Aspergillus nidulans

    James F. Sanchez;Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Edyta Szewczyk;Ashley D. Davidson

  • Rosmarinic acid and baicalin epigenetically derepress peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor γ in hepatic stellate cells for their antifibrotic effect.

    Melissa D. Yang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Reiichi Higashiyama;Kinji Asahina

  • Overexpression of the Aspergillus nidulans histone 4 acetyltransferase EsaA increases activation of secondary metabolite production

    Alexandra A. Soukup;Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Jin Woo Bok;Yazmid Reyes-Dominguez;Yazmid Reyes-Dominguez

  • Resistance Gene-Guided Genome Mining: Serial Promoter Exchanges in Aspergillus nidulans Reveal the Biosynthetic Pathway for Fellutamide B, a Proteasome Inhibitor.

    Hsu-Hua Yeh;Manmeet Ahuja;Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;C. Elizabeth Oakley

  • Unlocking fungal cryptic natural products.

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Kuan-Han Lee;James F. Sanchez;Nancy P. Keller

Frequent Co-Authors

Clay C. C. Wang
Clay C. C. Wang University of Southern California
Berl R. Oakley
Berl R. Oakley University of Kansas
Yueh-Hsiung Kuo
Yueh-Hsiung Kuo China Medical University
Nancy P. Keller
Nancy P. Keller University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joseph Strauss
Joseph Strauss BOKU University
Hidekazu Tsukamoto
Hidekazu Tsukamoto University of Southern California
Kasthuri Venkateswaran
Kasthuri Venkateswaran Jet Propulsion Lab
Martin Wagner
Martin Wagner University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Audrey P. Gasch
Audrey P. Gasch University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jason E. Stajich
Jason E. Stajich University of California, Riverside

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