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Ying Xiao
Research Associate
xiao9@lsu.edu
(225)578-0488
My specializes are in specimens preparations (animals, plants, microbiological samples and other materials) for light microscopy (LM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and data analyses. These include (1) tissue fixation and embedding in paraplast (wax) and various resins (plastics); (2) sectioning embedded materials with microtome to get thin and ultrathin sections; (3) using various staining techniques for LM and TEM studies; (4) immunecytochemical techniques for EM level studies; (5) operating LM, TEM and SEM instruments. I also work on photographic processing, digital image manipulation, and providing training, assisting for individual’s microscopy studies.
My previous research work was in Dr. Musgrave's lab in LSU Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology. I worked on the research projects funded by NASA and participated in STS 68, STS 87, and Mir Space Station flight experiments. My responsibilities included: (a) developing methods for growing plants for space flight experiments; (b) testing these methods by using a computer-controlled growth chamber used on the Space Shuttle; and (c) processing spaceflight materials for further studies with various microcopies. In the NASA-supported research projects, we successfully grew Arabidopsis and Brassica plants on the Space Shuttle, and were the first to demonstrate normal seed production in space.
Thompkins K, Chattopadhyay B, Xiao Y, Henk MC and Doerrler WT. Temperature Sensitivity and Cell Division Defects in an Escherichia coli strain with mutations in yghB and yqjA, Encoding Related and Conserved Inner Membrane Proteins. J Bacteriology 190; 4489-4500, 2008.
Mitra M., Mason C.B., Xiao, Y., Ynalvez, R.A., Lato S.M., Moroney, J.V. 2005. The carbonic anhydrase gene families of
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . Can. J. Bot. 83: 780-795
Mitra, M., Lato, S.M., Ynalvez, R.A., Xiao, Y., Moroney, J.V. 2004. Identification of a new chloroplast carbonic anhydrase in
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiol. 135: 173-182
Betty C. R. Zhu, Gregg Henderson, Huixin Fei, Xiao Ying and Roger A. Laine. Terpene-Induced Morphological Changes to Exoskeleton of Formosan Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Toxic Effects of
cis-nerol. J. Entomol. Sci. 38(2) 225-233 (April 2003)
Ramonnel, KM, A. Kuang, D. M. Poterfield, M. L. Crispi, Y. Xiao, G. McClure & M. E. Musgrave (2001). Influence of atmospheric oxygen on leaf structure and starch deposition in
Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell & Environment, 24(4): 419-429
Kuang A, Popover A, Ying Xiao, Gloria Mcclure, Musgrave ME (2000) Influence of Microgravity on Ultrastructure and Storage Reserves in Seeds of
Brassica rapa L. Annals of Botany. 85:851-859
Kuang, A., Y. Xiao, G. McClure, and M.E. Musgrave (2000). Influence of microgravity on ultrastructure and store reserves in seeds of
Brassica repa L. Annals of Botany (in press).
Musgrave, M.E., A. Kuang, Y. Xiao, G.E. Bingham, L. G. Briarty, M.A. Levinski, V.N. Sychev, and I.G. Podolski (2000). Gravity independence of seed-to-seed cycling in
Brassica rapa. Planta, 210(3):440-406.
Kuang, A., A. Popova, Y. Xiao, and M. E. Musgrave (1998). Pollination and embryo development in
Brassica rapa on STS-87. Gravitational and Space Biology Bulletin, 12:77 (Abstr).
Kuang, A., M. Crispi, Y. Xiao, D. M. Porterfield, and M. E. Musgrave, 1996. Effect of atmospheric oxygen on reproductive development of Arabidopsis thaliana. ASGSB Bull. 10 (1): 68
Kuang, A., M. E. Musgrave, and Y. Xiao, 1996. Cytochemical localization of reserves during seed development in
Arabidopsis under microgravity environment. Annals of Botany, 78:343-351.
