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• 8648231

  The disclosure provides a method for increasing plant yield relative to corresponding wild type plants comprising modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding WAKL14 polypeptide or homologue thereof

  and selecting for plants having increased yield or growth on a nutrient deficient substrate. In one embodiment

  the modulated expression is effected by introducing a genetic modification in the locus of a gene encoding a WAKL14 polypeptide or a homologue thereof.\n\n

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  Wall-associated kinase-like polypeptide mediates nutritional status perception and response

  Zhenbiao Yang

  International Society for Extracelluar Vesicles- ISEV

  World Future Society-WFS

  American Society for Plant Biologists-ASPB

  International Society for Horticultural Science- ISHS

  International Society for Seed Science-ISSS

  American Chemical Society

• 8168861

  The disclosure shows that loss-of-function mutations of SRF6 (At1g53730) and SRF7 (At3g14350) (srf6-1 and srf7-1) reduced cellulose synthase A (CesA) gene expression

  had reduced hypocotyl elongation in the dark similar to the CesA6 mutant PROCUSTE1 (prc1-1

  At5g64740) and had reduced cellulose deposition as observed by Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) microspectroscopy. Other insertional mutants of SRF7 (srf7-2 and srf7-3)

  which truncate the C-terminus

  showed an increase in CesA gene expression that may be caused by the elimination of an auto-inhibitory region and thus generates a constitutively active mutant. Full-length overexpression of SRF7 (35S:SRF7) exhibited increased CesA gene expression and also had increased glycosidic bonds and carbohydrate bonds indicative of increased cellulose. This increase in cellulose production without a deleterious increase in pectin would be of great interest to bioenergy producers interested in cellulolytic ethanol production. \r\n\r\n

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  Compositions and methods for increasing cellulose production

  Zhenbiao Yang

• 2014

  Ventura County Rescue Mission

  American Red Cross

  Volunteer

  Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

  Molecular Biology

  Agriculture

  Cell Biology

  Protein Purification

  Six Sigma

  Project Management

  HPLC

  ELISA

  Gel Electrophoresis

  Molecular Cloning

  Lean Manufacturing

  qPCR

  PCR

  DNA Extraction

  Genomics

  Bioinformatics

  Data Analysis

  Genetics

  DNA

  Cell

  Karr

  Stephen

  Ventura County Community College District

  University of California

  Riverside

  Earth NERDS

  Bayer Crop Science

  Monsanto

  Ventura

  CA

  I taught biology lab (BIOL V01L) and biotechnology (BIOL V30).

  Adjunct Professor

  Ventura County Community College District

  Riverside

  CA

  Developed a novel method to determine receptor-like kinase function in the model plant species

  Arabidopsis. My work in this area has lead to 2 patents on the production of increased cellulose and the perception of nutritional status in plants . One patent is still pending.

  Research Associate- Plant Cell

  Molecular

  Developmental Biology

  University of California

  Riverside

  Saint Louis

  MO

  PS (Product Supply) Expert is a role in the PS Expert program. A technical career path within Product Supply at Bayer.

  PS Expert

  Bayer Crop Science

  Saint Louis

  MO

  This is a new role for me in the Innovation Engineering group based in Saint Louis

  MO. I plan to continue working on projects related to seed quality improvement.

  Senior Seed Technology Research Scientist

  Bayer Crop Science

  Oxnard

  CA

  My position was responsible for developing high-throughput seed quality testing platforms for vegetable seeds as well as field validation of current seed quality tests.

  Seed Technology Research Associate

  Monsanto

  Saint Louis

  MO

  Since 2007 we have been working to develop clean energy solutions and products. We have been looking for angel investors and government grants to get some start up capital.

  Co Founder

  Earth NERDS

  Oxnard

  CA

  In this role I developed new value added seed technologies to improve seed performance for our customers. Tested and trialed these technologies across North and South America. Developed new methods for seed quality testing to increase their speed and accuracy.

  Molecular Seed Technology Scientist

  Monsanto

  Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) form a large monophyletic gene family of approximately 600 members in plants (Shiu and Bleecker

  Plant receptor-like kinase gene family: diversity

  function and signaling. Science STKE

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  2001; and Shiu and Bleecker

  Receptor-like kinases from Arabidopsis form a monophyletic gene family related to animal receptor kinases. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science U.S.A. 98:10763-10768

  2001). They consist of proteins that contain a single extracellular domain that is thought to be the site of ligand binding

  connected to a single kinase domain

  via a single transmembrane domain. Upon ligand binding the kinase domain is capable of generating a phosphorylation signaling cascade. Because of the sheer size of this gene family and of the potential functional redundancy among closely related gene family members

  not much is known about the function of many of these important signaling genes. What little that was known shows that RLKs have many diverse roles in plants such as

  hormone perception

  plant defense

  plant development and cell growth.\n\n

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  Methods for the screening of novel functions of receptor like kinases

  Zhenbiao Yang

• 2011

  FOOD Share of Ventura County

• 2007

  Certificate

  Grant Writing

  California State University-San Bernardino

• 2002

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Cell

  Molecular

  Developmental Biology

  NSF- East Asia & Pacific Summer Institutes (China)

  University of California

  Riverside

• 2000

  Master's degree

  Biological Sciences

  Omicron Theta Epsilon- Biology Honor Society

  \nGolden Key International Honour Society

  \nPhi Kappa Phi Honor Society

  California State University-Chico

  Modern Techniques of HPLC

  Agilent Technologies

  Monsanto Company

  Six Sigma Green Belt

  Multivariate Data Analysis- Level 2

  CAMO Software Inc.

  Monsanto Company

  Lean Practitioner

  Six Sigma Black Belt

  Monsanto Company