Chan Yul Yoo

Contact Info


Chan Yul Yoo

Purdue University

625 Agriculture Mall Dr. West Lafayette, IN, USA

yoo6@purdue.edu, chanyulyoo@hotmail.com

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Education

 * 2011, PhD, Purdue University, USA
 * 2004, BS, Yonsei University, South Korea

Publications
1. Yoo CY, Hasegawa PM, Mickelbart MV (2011) Regulation of stomatal density by the GTL1 transcription factor for improving water use efficiency. Plant Signaling & Behavior (In press)

2. Miura K, Lee J, Gong Q, Ma S, Jin JB, Yoo CY, Miura T, Sato A, Bohnert HJ, Hasegawa PM (2011) SIZ1 regulation of phosphate starvation-induced root architecture remodeling involves the control of auxin accumulation. Plant Physiol. 155:1000-1012

3. Yoo CY, Pence HE, Jin JB, Miura K, Gosney M, Hasegawa PM, Mickelbart MV (2010) The Arabidopsis GTL1 transcription factor regulates water use efficiency and drought tolerance by modulating via transrepression of SDD1. Plant Cell 22:4128-4141

4. Yoo CY, Pence HE, Hasegawa PM, Mickelbart MV (2009) Regulation of transpiration to improve crop water use. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a916730453 'Crit. Rev. Plant Sci.' 28:410-431]

5. Miura K, Lee J, Jin JB, Yoo CY, Miura T, Hasegawa PM (2009) Sumoylation of ABI5 by the Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 negatively regulates abscisic acid signaling. [http://www.pnas.org/content/106/13/5418.long 'Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.' 106(13): 5418-5423]

6. Jin JB, Jin YH, Lee J, Miura K, Yoo CY, Kim WY, Van Oosten M, Hyun Y, Somers DE, Lee I, Yun DJ, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM (2008) The SUMO E3 ligase, AtSIZ1, regulates flowering by controlling a salicylic promotion pathway and through affects on FLC chromatin structure. Plant J. 53:530-540

7. Miura K, Jin JB, Lee J, Yoo CY, Stirm V, Miura T, Ashworth EN, Bressan RA, Yun DJ, Hasegawa PM (2007) SIZ1-mediated sumoylation of ICE1 controls CBF3/DREB1A expression and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19:1403-1414

8. Lee J, Nam J, Park HC, Na G, Miura K, Jin JB, Yoo CY, Baek D, Kim DH, Jeong JC, Kim D, Lee SY, Salt DE, Mengiste T, Gong Q, Ma S, Bohnert HJ, Kwak SS, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM, Yun DJ (2007) Salicylic acid-mediated innate immunity in Arabidopsis is regulated by SIZ1 SUMO E3 ligase. Plant J. 49:79-90

9. Yoo CY, Miura K, Jin JB, Lee J, Park HC, Salt DE, Yun DJ, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM (2006) SIZ1 small ubiquitin-like modifier E3 ligase facilitates basal thermotolerance in Arabidopsis independent of salicylic acid. Plant Physiol. 142:1548-1558

Fellowships, Awards, and Grants

 * 2011, Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship


 * 2011, Graduate Student Oral Presentation – 2nd place in HLA (Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architectures) Research Retreat, West Lafayette, IN


 * 2010, Outstanding Poster Presentation – 1st place in American Society of Plant Biologist (ASPB) Midwestern Section Annual Meeting


 * 2009, Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching, Purdue University Teaching Academy (HORT301, Plant Physiology)


 * 2009, Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) Research Grant, “Characterization of Calcium/Calmodulin-Regulated Transcription Factors involved in Drought Tolerance and Water Use Efficiency”


 * 2008, US Departments of Energy and Agriculture-sponsered: United States Registration Award for 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Montreal, Canada


 * 2007, Outstanding Poster Presentation - HLA (Department of Horticulture and Landscape architecture) Research Retreat, West Lafayette, IN

Academic Presentation

 * 2010, Yonsei University, South Korea, Title: AtGTL1 regulates drought tolerance and water-use efficiency by modulating stomatal density via transrepression of SDD1.


 * 2010, Purdue Plant Biology Student/Postdic seminar, West Lafayette, IN, Title: AtGTL1 regulates transpiration and water use efficiency by controlling stomatal number through transcriptional repression of SDD1.


 * 2008, 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Montreal, Canada July 23 – 27 (presented in concurrent session) Title: AtGTL1 transcription factor regulates water use efficiency and drought adaptation 	through Ca2+/Calmodulin signaling.


 * 2007, American Society of Plant Biologist (ASPB) meeting, Chicago, IL, July 7-13, (presented in minisymposium) Title: AtGTL1 transcription factor regulates drought adaptation through Ca2+/Calmodulin signaling.

Grant Proposals
Title: Improvement of water-use efficiency through regulation of transpiration by GTL transcription factors
 * 2011 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational Program - Biology of Agricultural Plants (A1101)

Status: Submitted

Title: Improvement of drought tolerance and water-use efficiency through regulation of transpiration by the GTL1 transcription factor
 * 2009 USDA-NIFA-AFRI-Plant Biology: Environmental Stress

Status: Not funded, ranked as high priority

Title: Calcium-regulated transcription factors mediating carbon metabolism in response to drought.
 * 2008 Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD)

Status: Funded

Title: Determination of GTL1 transcription factor functions in regulating drought adaptation and WUE through calcium/calmodulin signaling
 * 2008 USDA-NIFA-AFRI

Status: Not funded, ranked as low priority

Title: Calcium-regulated transcription factor mediating carbon metabolism and partitioning in response to drought
 * 2007 BARD

Status: Not funded

Professional Activities

 * 2011 Reviewer for Planta
 * 2008 Teaching Assistant – Fall, HORT301 Plant Physiology, 3 credits

Membership
American Society of Plant Biologists

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