University of North Texas 
Xiaolan Rao Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Room #A126-B
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203
Education:
| Ph.D. | Developmental Biology, Wuhan University -- 2004-2011 |
| B.S. | Biotechnology, Wuhan University -- 2000-2004 |
Research:
| Jun/2013 - Present | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Identifying mesophyll and bundle sheath-specific gene promoters from switchgrass |
| 2012 - May/2013 | Postdoctoral Fellow, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation |
| 2011-2012 | Bioinformatician, BGI, Shenzhen |
Publications:
- Xiao-Lan Rao, Xiu-Hong Zhang, Rong-Jun Li and Ying-Tang Lu*. (2011). A calcium sensor-interacting protein kinase negatively regulates salt stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Functional Plant Biology.
- Xiu-Hong Zhang, Xiao-Lan Rao, Hai-Tao Shi, Rong-Jun Li and Ying-Tang Lu*. (2011). Expression analysis of the cytosolic Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene family in rice under environmental stresses. Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture.