Liyuan Wang
Liyuan received her doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering in Oct 2017. She is currently working in Robert Nordon’s research group on micro-bioreactor projects. She completed her Bachelor of Science at South-Central University for nationalities in China in 2008 with a major in Biotechnology. Her thesis was on the effect of rice blast gene pi36 on the expression of disease-related OsWRKY family. Liyuan joined Dr Robert Nordon’s research group in Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering after completing Master's study in 2011 in UNSW. Her thesis is studying the angiogenic properties of endothelial cells in concentration gradient of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) using microfluidics and FRET probes tools with live cell imaging.
She applied microfluidic systems to establish gradients in vitro for live cell imaging, particularly focusing on the involvement of Rho GTPases that are key regulators of the cytoskeleton in highly dynamic membrane protrusions. She is interested in tracking cells using in-house semi-automated tracking software developed by Dr Robert Nordon. Furthermore, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) probes were encoded by Raichu plasmids (constructed by Matsuda lab in Kyoto University), providing a tool to visualise spatio-temporal activities of Rho GTPases. She generated plasmids for single-colour control in FRET imaging analysis using standard molecular biology methods. During her PhD study, she was awarded a Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering postgraduate scholarship in August 2013.
Abstracts this author is presenting: