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About
Sam holds a joint appointment the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor at the University of Missouri in St. Louis in the Department of Biology and as a member of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky, his M.S. from Ohio State University, and his B.S. from Huazhong Agricultural University. He completed postdoctoral training at Louisiana State University.
Sam joined Kansas State University as an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry in 1991. He became a professor in 2000 and served as the founding director of the Kansas Lipidomics Research Center until joining the Danforth Center and UMSL in 2004. Sam's research aims to discover and understand the signaling and regulatory processes that mediate plant stress response and oil production. He is interested in translating knowledge gained from this work to improve plant oils and biomass production.
Contact Information
Phone: (314) 516-6219
Fax: (314) 516-6233
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Kentucky
… → 1987
MS, Ohio State University
… → 1984
BS, Huazhong Agricultural University
… → 1982
External positions
Director, Kansas Lipidomics Research Center
Jan 1 2002 → Jan 1 2004
Professor, Kansas State University
Jan 1 1991 → Jan 1 2004
Research Interests
- Development and Stress Responses
- Functional Fenomics of Phospholipases
- Lipid-mediated Signaling
- Metabolic Engineering
- Metabolic Profiling and Lipidomics
- Plant Science
- Signal Transduction in Plant Growth
- Biomass Production
- Molecular Biology
- Oil Production
- Plant Biochemistry
- Plant Oils
- Signal Transduction in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses
Disciplines
- Biology
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Cadmium-induced changes in composition and co-metabolism of glycerolipids species in wheat root: Glycerolipidomic and transcriptomic approach
Wu, S., Hu, C., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Yu, M., Xiao, H., Shabala, S., Wu, K., Tan, Q., Xu, S. & Sun, X., Feb 5 2022, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 423Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of Phospholipase Dε Overexpression on Soybean Response to Nitrogen and Nodulation
Yao, S., Wang, G. & Wang, X., 2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phospholipase Dε interacts with autophagy-related protein 8 and promotes autophagy in Arabidopsis response to nitrogen deficiency
Yao, S., Peng, S. & Wang, X., Mar 2022, In: The Plant Journal. 109Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Specific Changes in Arabidopsis thaliana Rosette Lipids during Freezing Can Be Associated with Freezing Tolerance
Vu, H. S., Shiva, S., Samarakoon, T., Li, M., Sarowar, S., Roth, M. R., Tamura, P., Honey, S., Lowe, K. A., Porras, H., Prakash, N., Roach, C., Stuke, M., Wang, X., Shah, J., Gadbury, G., Wang, H. & Welti, R., 2022, In: Metabolites. 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The functions of phospholipases and their hydrolysis products in plant growth, development and stress responses
Ali, U., Lu, S., Fadlalla, T., Iqbal, S., Yue, H., Yang, B., Hong, Y., Wang, X. & Guo, L., Apr 2022, In: Progress in Lipid Research. 86Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Chancellors Award for Excellence in Research & Creativity
Wang, X. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)