JamesLiao
@JamesLiaoLab
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Formerly UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Prof and Chair, now President of Academia Sinica in Taiwan
Joined February 2021
Rubisco limits plant CO₂ fixation. Lu et al. engineered Arabidopsis with a synthetic McG cycle, turning a Rubisco by-product into acetyl-CoA. Result: more lipids, seeds & biomass—a proof-of-concept to boost carbon fixation by creating a synthetic “C2” plant.
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Dual-cycle CO2 fixation enhances growth and lipid synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana | Science
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Carbon fixation through the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle accounts for the majority of carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake from the atmosphere. The CBB cycle generates C3 carbohydrates but is inefficient...
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Hard problems: Science solutions. See my short talk at the NAS-Nobel Prize Summit: Our planet, our future https://t.co/gwDeRn2DMU
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Toxins from one bacterial species contribute to genetic diversity of others | For the press | eLife
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Bacterial toxins that cause mutations in surviving cells profoundly shape bacterial diversity and could contribute to antibiotic resistance.
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In Taipei, you don’t have to go out of town to go out of box.
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Perseverance Rover’s Descent and Touchdown on Mars (Official NASA Video) https://t.co/WK06WrCWIa via @YouTube
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A COVID-19 mRNA vaccine whiteboard explanation https://t.co/DcEl1AUkum
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Recent work by my group: Constructed an E. coli strain that can grow completely on methanol as the sole carbon source. See how E. coli escapes from the "web of DNA and proteins"
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