Lee, Ding-Hua (李頂華)
Research Scientist
- 2016 Ph.D. in Biotechnology Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. Molecular and Biological Sciences (MBAS) program, Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP), Academia Sinica.
- 2006 B.Sc. in Biology (Major in Genetics and Molecular Biology) University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- +886-2-2787-1119
- dinghua@gate.sinica.edu.tw
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
- Proficiency with the basic molecular biology techniques, including DNA, RNA and protein handling.
- Good knowledge and experience in imaging using confocal microscopy, widefield microscopy, and ability to analyze image using imaging software.
- Good knowledge in the field of meiosis and experience in working with reproductive processes in plants.
- Experience in plant growth and conducting, evaluating and analyzing experiments in greenhouse and field. Previous experience with maize, Arabidopsis, rice and oil palm.
Selected publication list
- Ding Hua Lee, Yu-Hsin Kao, Jia-Chi Ku, Chien-Yu Lin, Robert Meeley, Ya-Shiun Jan, Chung-Ju Rachel Wang (2015) The axial element protein DESYNAPTIC2 mediates meiotic double-strand break formation and synaptonemal complex assembly in maize. The Plant Cell, 27(9), 2516-2529.
- Yi-Shih Chen, Tuan-Hua David Ho, Lihong Liu, Ding Hua Lee, Chun-Hua Lee, Yi-Ru Chen, Shu-Yu Lin, Chung-An Lu, and Su-May Yu (2019) Sugar starvation-regulated MYBS2 and 14-3-3 protein interactions enhance plant growth, stress tolerance, and grain weight in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, no. 43: 21925-21935.
- Jia-Chi Ku, Arnaud Ronceret, Inna Golubovskaya, Ding Hua Lee, Chiting Wang, Ljudmilla Timofejeva, Yu-Hsin Kao, Ana Karen Gomez Angoa, Karl Kremling, Rosalind Williams-Carrier, Robert Meeley, Alice Barkan, W Zacheus Cande, Chung-Ju Rachel Wang (2020) Dynamic localization of SPO11-1 and conformational changes of meiotic axial elements during recombination initiation of maize meiosis. PLoS genetics, 16(4), e1007881.