JamesLiao

Rubisco limits plant CO₂ fixation. Lu et al. engineered Arabidopsis with a synthetic McG cycle, turning a Rubisco by-product into acetyl-CoA. Result: more lipids, seeds & biomass—a proof-of-concept to boost carbon fixation by creating a synthetic “C2” plant.

Dual-cycle CO2 fixation enhances growth and lipid synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Hard problems: Science solutions. See my short talk at the NAS-Nobel Prize Summit: Our planet, our future youtube.com/watch?v=XGx0px…

..to April, 28 nobelprize.org/events/nobel-p…

Toxins from one bacterial species contribute to genetic diversity of others | For the press | eLife elifesciences.org/for-the-press/…

In Taipei, you don’t have to go out of town to go out of box.

Perseverance Rover’s Descent and Touchdown on Mars (Official NASA Video) youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg via @YouTube

The coronavirus is here to stay — here’s what that means nature.com/articles/d4158…

A COVID-19 mRNA vaccine whiteboard explanation youtu.be/188EY9Q4J7U

Recent work by my group: Constructed an E. coli strain that can grow completely on methanol as the sole carbon source. See how E. coli escapes from the "web of DNA and proteins" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…