Yuzhen Fan

Post-doctoral researcher at The Australian National University. See the world with C4. Team Monocots.

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

First N&V as a Plant Phys AFE! C4 evolution has a trigger!

[Plant Physiology @PlantPhys]

NEWS & VIEWS: Roles of cyclic electron transport in powering the evolution of C4 photosynthesis (Yuzhen Fan) https://t.co/YEqKGQXkpP @YuzhenFan @ASPB #PlantSci

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

Check out our latest work exploring how respiration and metabolites change over a 24h in C4 plants.
https://t.co/bS0rZQhzOc

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

Two PhD opportunities at the Australian National University and the University of Technology Sydney, working on thermal responses and thermal acclimation of C4 photosynthesis.
https://t.co/4zJn7SsSKJ

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

My beautiful Portulaca grandiflora flowered today. This smart C4 + CAM species can switch between C4 and CAM in response to drought stress. Plus, it has pretty flowers!

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

Touring Western Australia with C4 pioneer Rowan Sage, his student Arthur Leung, and our excellent tech @elliek_jordan. We are on a mission to collect seeds of native Oz C4 plants for next-gen research. Incredible landscape and 5,000+ km drive! Once-in-a-lifetime experience.

[The RIPE Project @RIPEproject]

RIPE Researchers, in work done for @CABBIbio, demonstrated that increasing the Rubisco enzyme in C4 crops like sorghum and sugar cane increases photosynthesis and yield as well!

Their work was published in the @theNASciences proceedings. https://t.co/NTrBgZconT

@IGBIllinois

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

@MirindiDusenge @RIPEproject @LancasterUni @LancsUniSciTech @LancsUniLEC @LancsPhotosynth @ecarmosilva @CatyMarsden Thanks Eric! Exactly what I need (but didn’t expect found it on X!)

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

This is how one should dress up for all meetings during holiday season. Excellent chat with Rowan Sage and @OwenAtkin (hiding behind the camera; no, he didn’t dress up) about how evolution may have altered respiratory mechanism in C4 plants.

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

Realised a typo in my post; serving not servicing. Do not post when doing experiments 🥲

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

I’m also pleased and excited to share that I will be working with Ali and others as Plant Physiology AFEs starting in 2026. Looking forward to servicing my community.

[Dr Ali Gill @aligill_]

Very excited to share that I will be joining @PlantPhys as an Assistant Feature Editor, starting in early 2026! Really looking forward to gaining valuable editor experience and connecting with other AFEs and plant physiologists across the world!🌱https://t.co/OlPRLkCngA

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

Our excellent PhD student @Xuan_Xuan_Hu attended her very first conference #ASPS2024 and took home the best student presentation runner-up as souvenir! @OwenAtkin Lab.

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

@elliek_jordan picture credit ❤️

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

Glad to promote my work on C4 photosynthesis at the ACT/NSW #ASPS2024 conference. C4 for you. @asps_ozplants

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

@JamesPBLloyd Great to have you here James! (sorry my X decided not to push any notifications until one month later!)

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

Successful fan No.1 meeting the C4 physiology pioneer Rowan Sage at C4 photosynthesis workshop funded by @USGS John Wesley Powell Centre. Don’t just stand on the shoulders of giants, stand next to them too.

[Owen Atkin @OwenAtkin]

Looking forward to reading this contribution from Lou et al. on distribution of C4 plants across the world and how their abundance is changing through time. @nick_greg_smith
https://t.co/S2qOu9jhAb

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

Excellent collaboration with Nic on figuring out what C4 photosynthesis may have done to their respiration cousin. Great teamwork!

[Nicolas Taylor @nictaylorbio]

Great to see @YuzhenFan and @PlantSci_ANU amazing work examining variation in C3 and C4 respiration published. A great team to work with led by @OwenAtkin @SMS_UWA @uwanews @UWAresearch @IOA_UWA https://t.co/WCeRXqkFru

[Yuzhen Fan @YuzhenFan]

First day back to the lab of @OwenAtkin and received a warm welcome from colleague/mate @AndrewScafaro - matching tops and bottoms! Disclaimer: we didn't communicate beforehand about fashion choices and we are not sponsored by Uniqlo.

[The RIPE Project @RIPEproject]

The long-awaited release of @LongLab’s @TEDTalks is here!

Watch the talk, “Can we hack photosynthesis to feed the world,” about how changes to photosynthesis could help reduce food insecurity & CO2 in the atmosphere.

Video: https://t.co/QLf7C8eFZK
Story: https://t.co/47Ssu1scy8