Dr. Zhaomin Yang

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
College of Science
Biology - Microbiology
Microbiology
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2006
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Mailing Address

Virginia Tech
2119 Derring Hall
Biological Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0406
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (540) 231-1350
Fax: (540) 231-9307
zmyang@vt.edu

Qualifications

B.Sc., Peking University, Biology.
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Microbiology.
M.S., University of California, Davis, Food Microbiology.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, Molecular Microbiology.

Expertise and Research Interests

Research Interests:
Bacterial locomotion and signal transduction (BLAST!!)
Myxococcus xanthus S-motility and development
Function of type IV pili (Tfp) in bacterial motility, signaling, biofilm formation and pathogenesis
Molecular modeling, bioinformatics/genomics

Other Expertise

Yeast genetics
Chemotaxis
Protein kinases and phosphorylation

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Biofilms, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Genomics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Pathogenesis, Proteins and Macromolecules, Signal Transduction.

Additional Terms:

Bacterial Motility, Pathogenesis, Signaling, Type IV Pili.

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Microbiology
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Honors and Awards

1996-1997, Incentive Award, University of California, Los Angeles
1996-1999, NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Health, University of California, Los Angeles
1991-1992, Novo/Nordisk Fellowship, Novo/Nordisk, University of California, Davis
1990-1996, Wine Spectator Scholarship, Wine Spectator, University of California, Davis

Previous Positions

2002-2006, Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Science, Biological Sciences, Microbiology
1999-2002, Assistant Professor, Auburn University, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Biological Sciences, Microbiology

Funding Received

  • National Science Foundation (NSF): MCB Research Grant, Aug 2002 to Jul 2005.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIGMS Rearch Grant, 2004 to 2009.
  • AU Office of Vice President for Research (Co-PI): Large Equipment Grant, 2000 to 2001.
  • AU Biogrant: Research Grant, 2000 to 2002.

Publications

  • Bonner PJ, Xu Q, Black WP, Li Z, Yang Z, Shimkets LJ (Sep 2005) The Dif chemosensory pathway is directly involved in phosphatidylethanolamine sensory transduction in Myxococcus xanthus., Molecular Microbiology, 57 (5), 1499-508 Abstract
  • Yang Z, Li Z., Demonstration of Interactions Among Myxococcus Xanthus Dif Chemotaxis-like Proteins By the Yeast Two-hybrid System, Arch Microbiol, 16 Mar 2005
  • Lu A, Cho K, Black WP, Duan XY, Lux R,, Yang Z, Kaplan HB, Zusman DR, Shi W, Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis Genes Required for Social Motility in Myxococcus Xanthus, Mol Microbiol, 55(1), 206-20, 2005
  • Black WP, Yang Z, Myxococcus xanthus chemotaxis homologs DifD and DifG negatively regulate fibril polysaccharide production, Journal of Bacteriology, 186(4), 1001-8, 2004 Abstract
  • Bellenger K, Ma X, Shi W, Yang Z, A CheW homologue is required for Myxococcus xanthus fruiting body development, social gliding motility, and fibril biogenesis, Journal of Bacteriology, 184(20), 5654-60, October 2002 Abstract
  • Yang Z, Guo D, Bowden MG, Sun H, Tong L, Li Z, Brown AE, Kaplan HB, Shi W, The Myxococcus xanthus wbgB gene encodes a glycosyltransferase homologue required for lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthesis, Archives of Microbiology, 174(6), 399-405, December 2000 Abstract
  • Shi W, Yang Z, Sun H, Lancero H, Tong L, Phenotypic analyses of frz and dif double mutants of Myxococcus xanthus, Fems Microbiology Letters, 192(2), 211-5, November 2000 Abstract
  • Yang Z, Ma X, Tong L, Kaplan HB, Shimkets LJ, Shi W, Myxococcus xanthus dif genes are required for biogenesis of cell surface fibrils essential for social gliding motility, Journal of Bacteriology, 182(20), 5793-8, October 2000 Abstract
  • Sun H, Yang Z, Shi W, Effect of cellular filamentation on adventurous and social gliding motility of Myxococcus xanthus, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 96(26), 15178-83, 1999 Abstract
  • Yang Z, Geng Y, Xu D, Kaplan HB, Shi W, A new set of chemotaxis homologues is essential for Myxococcus xanthus social motility, Molecular Microbiology, 30(5), 1123-30, December 1998 Abstract
  • Geng Y, Yang Z, Downard J, Zusman D, Shi W, Methylation of FrzCD defines a discrete step in the developmental program of Myxococcus xanthus, Journal of Bacteriology, 180(21), 5765-8, November 1998 Abstract
  • Shi W, Yang Z, Geng Y, Wolinsky LE, Lovett MA, Chemotaxis in Borrelia burgdorferi, Journal of Bacteriology, 180(2), 231-5, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Yang Z, Geng Y, Shi W, A DnaK homolog in Myxococcus xanthus is involved in social motility and fruiting body formation, Journal of Bacteriology, 180(2), 218-24, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Yang Z, Bisson LF, The SKS1 protein kinase is a multicopy suppressor of the snf3 mutation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yeast, 12(14), 1407-19, November 1996 Abstract

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