Editorial Board
Kin-Ying To Ph.D. (National Taiwan University); Master of Science (National Taiwan University); Bachelor of Science (National Taiwan University)
Associate Research Specialist, Academia Sinica, Taipei · Taiwan
Editorial leadership for Journal of Plant Cell Development ISSN 2832-5311
Research interests
- Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation
- Plant Transformation
- Genetic Engineering
- Plant Tissue Culture
- Plant Molecular Biology
Biography
- Dr. To received a Ph.D. degree at the Institute of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 1990.
- After postdoctoral trainings in Chang-Gung University (Taiwan), Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA), and Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Dr. To joined Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, since 1999.
- Dr. To published over 25 research articles and reviews (in a range of well-known journals including Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Plant Cell Reports, Genome, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Journal, Current Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular and General Genetics, Plant and Cell Physiology, Planta, Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Physiologia Plantarium, Molecular Breeding, Plant Science, Botanical Studies, Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, Plant Biology, etc.), 3 book chapters, and also received 2 patents.
- Dr. To has been serving as a reviewer in a range of journals.
Selected publications
- Maize Golden2-like transcription factors boost rice chloroplast development, photosynthesis, and grain yield 2021 cited 57×
- Induction of Polyploidy and Metabolic Profiling in the Medicinal Herb Wedelia chinensis 2021 cited 18×
- In vitro regeneration, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, and genetic assay of chalcone synthase in the medicinal plant Echinacea pallida 2017 cited 10×
- Transformation and Characterization of Δ12-Fatty Acid Acetylenase and Δ12-Oleate Desaturase Potentially Involved in the Polyacetylene Biosynthetic Pathway from Bidens pilosa 2020 cited 7×
- Plant Regeneration from Leaf Explants of the Medicinal Herb Wedelia chinensis 2021 cited 3×
- Transformation and characterization of transgenic rice and Cleome spinosa plants carrying the maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase genomic DNA 2016 cited 2×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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