
Postdoctoral Fellow
Office:
Room #B326
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203
940-369-7872
Nan.Lu@unt.edu
Education:
Ph.D. | Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Title: Transposon Tagging in Strawberry and Potato and Characterization of Representative Strawberry Mutants (Advisors: Dr. Richard Veilleux and Dr. Vladimir Shaulaev) 2008 - 2013 |
B.S. | Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, 2004 - 2008 |
Research:
Mar/2014 - Present | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Identifying mesophyll and bundle sheath-specific gene promoters from switchgrass |
2013 - 2014 | Postdoc Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas |
2012, 2013 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
2008 - 2013 | Research Assistant, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
2009 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
2008 | Research Assistant, Department of Life Sciences, Shandong Agriculture University |
Publications:
- Veilleux, R. E., K. P. Mills, A. J. Baxter, K. T. Upham, T. J. Ferguson, S. H. Holt, N. Lu, J. J. Ruiz-Rojas, C. J. Pantazis, C. M. Davis, R. C. Lindsay, F. L. Powell, Y. Dan, A. W. Dickerman, T. Oosumi and V. Shulaev (2012). "Transposon tagging in diploid strawberry." Plant Biotechnol J 10(8): 985-994.
- Lu, N; Carter, J; Holt, S.H; Boluarte-Medina, T; Manrique-Carpintero, N; Piovano, Suzanne; Davis, C; Pereira, A; Shulaev, V; Veilleux, R. E.: Transposon based activation tagging in diploid strawberry and monoploid derivatives of potato. (Manuscript submitted)
- Lu, Nan; Upham, Kendall; Pereira, Andy; Davis, Cherish; Holt, Sarah; Shulaev, Vladimir; Veilleux, Richard. Transposon Based Activation Tagging in Diploid Strawberry. Sixth Rosaceous Genomic Conference, September 2012. Trento, ITALY
- Veilleux, Richard; Boluarte-Medina, Tatiana; Manrique-Carpintero, Norma; Piovano, Suzanne; Pereira, Andy; Carter, Jared; Lu, Nan. Transposon Tagging in Monoploid Derivatives of Potato. Plant and Animal Genome XIX conference, January 2011. San Diego CA.