JamesLiao

Formerly UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Prof and Chair, now President of Academia Sinica in Taiwan

[JamesLiao @JamesLiaoLab]

Rubisco limits plant CO₂ fixation.
Lu et al. engineered Arabidopsis with a synthetic McG cycle, turning a Rubisco by-product into acetyl-CoA.
Result: more lipids, seeds & biomass—a proof-of-concept to boost carbon fixation by creating a synthetic “C2” plant.

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Dual-cycle CO2 fixation enhances growth and lipid synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana | Science https://t.co/EOW0tFjT26

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Hard problems: Science solutions. See my short talk at the NAS-Nobel Prize Summit: Our planet, our future

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[📅 Industrial Ecology, Climate and Energy Agenda @IndEcolAgenda]

..to April, 28 https://t.co/VywDHwfab8

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Toxins from one bacterial species contribute to genetic diversity of others | For the press | eLife https://t.co/VlYwm3MIix

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In Taipei, you don’t have to go out of town to go out of box.

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Perseverance Rover’s Descent and Touchdown on Mars (Official NASA Video) https://t.co/WK06WrCWIa via @YouTube

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The coronavirus is here to stay — here’s what that means https://t.co/t0mnuUraID

[Clara Liao @ItsClaraLiao]

A COVID-19 mRNA vaccine whiteboard explanation
https://t.co/DcEl1AUkum

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Recent work by my group: Constructed an E. coli strain that can grow completely on methanol as the sole carbon source. See how E. coli escapes from the "web of DNA and proteins" https://t.co/zaLRa8Sl2I