Guanqun (Gavin) Chen

Associate Professor; Canada Reserach Chair in Plant Lipid Biotechnology

University of Alberta

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Guanqun (Gavin) Chen is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Plant Lipid Biotechnology at the University of Alberta. His research focuses on plant lipid biotechnology, including protein interactions in fatty acid synthesis, improved plant resilience, and biotechnological methods for producing unusual fatty acids. Recent publications highlight his work on utilizing engineered organisms for sustainable production and optimizing nutrient uptake for higher crop yields.

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University of Alberta

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The Effect of Humalite on Improving Soil Nitrogen Availability and Plant Nutrient Uptake for Higher Yield and Oil Content in Canola

Advanced upcycling of spent hen lipids using engineered-enzymatic cascade

Exploring potential protein-protein interactions driving unusual fatty acid synthesis in pomegranate

Self-interaction pattern and targeted potential protein interaction networks of Arabidopsis CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase 1

The down‐regulation of MsWOX13‐2 promotes enhanced waterlogging resilience in alfalfa

Functions of Arabidopsis CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase 1 in phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and root growth

Engineering Rhodosporidium toruloides for sustainable production of value-added punicic acid from glucose and wood residues

Emerging microalgal feed additives for ruminant production and sustainability

Biotechnological advances in the production of unusual fatty acids in transgenic plants and recombinant microorganisms

Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the Production of Punicic Acid-Rich Yeast Biomass

CRISPR/Cas‐Mediated Gene Editing in Plant Immunity and Its Potential for the Future Development of Fungal, Oomycete, and Bacterial Pathogen‐Resistant Pulse Crops

Protein interactomes for plant lipid biosynthesis and their biotechnological applications

A simple and cost‐effective direct transmethylation procedure for plant lipid analysis

Genetic architecture of seed glycerolipids in Asian cultivated rice

Genome‐wide characterization of plant CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferases through evolutionary, biochemical, and structural analyses

Elucidation of Physiological, Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Salinity Response Mechanisms in Medicago sativa

Microalgal glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase role in galactolipids and high-value storage lipid biosynthesis

Acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Properties, physiological roles, metabolic engineering and intentional control

Current progress in lipid-based biofuels: Feedstocks and production technologies

Improving the Production of Punicic Acid in Baker’s Yeast by Engineering Genes in Acyl Channeling Processes and Adjusting Precursor Supply

Evolutionary and biochemical characterization of a Chromochloris zofingiensis MBOAT with wax synthase and diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity

BnTIR: an online transcriptome platform for exploring RNA‐seq libraries for oil crop Brassica napus

The effect of AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE 7 over-expression on seed fatty acid biosynthesis, storage oil accumulation and the transcriptome in Arabidopsis thaliana

Combining quantitative trait locus and co-expression analysis allowed identification of new candidates for oil accumulation in rapeseed

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Muhammad Zubair

Yang Xu

Leluo Guan

Tao Huan

Malinda Thilakarathna

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