Faculty

Wan-Ling Chiu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University (1991)
wchiu@vcu.edu
http://www.vcu.edu/csbc/chiu/

Office room: 336
Office phone: (804) 828-0798

Lab room: 334

Research interests:
Molecular genetic characterization of endosymbiosis between Gunnera plants and N2-fixing cyanobacteria; signal transduction in plant development.

Representative publications:

Khamar HJ, Breathwaite EK, Prasse CE, Fraley ER, Secor CR, Chibane FL, Elhai J, Chiu WL (2010). Multiple roles of soluble sugars in the establishment of Gunnera-Nostoc endosymbiosis. Plant Physiol 154:1381-1389.

Lindon HL, Prasse CE, Weeda SM, Fraley E, Satterfield E, Sheen J, Chiu W-L (submitted). Antagonistic effects of ethylene and cytokinin on plant growth and development revealed by MAP kinase inactivation.

Prasse CE, Smith M, Chiu W-L (in preparation). Transformation and regeneration of Gunnera manicata: an angiosperm system for investigating plant-cyanobacteria symbioses.  

Chiu W-L, Peters GA, Levieille G, Still PC, Cousins S, Osborne B, Elhai J (2005). Nitrogen deprivation stimulates symbiotic gland development in Gunnera manicata. Plant Physiol 139:224-230

Kovtun Y, Chiu W-L, Tena G, Sheen J (2000). Functional analysis of oxidative stress activated MAPK cascade in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97:2940-2945.

Kovtun Y, Chiu W-L, Zeng W, Sheen J (1998). Suppression of auxin signal transduction by a MAPK cascade in higher plants. Nature 395:716-720.

Chiu W-L, Niwa Y, Zeng W, Hirano T, Kobayashi H, Sheen J (1996). Engineered GFP as a vital reporter in plants. Current Biol 3: 325-330.

Classes currently teaching:
Biology of Seed plants (BIOL 320)
Fundamentals of Molecular Genetics (BIOL 540)


Wan-Ling Chiu was a postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Jen Sheen’s lab at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her Ph.D. in Plant Biology at Michigan State University where she worked with Dr. Barbara Sears.