College of Agriculture and Bioresources

Research Area(s)

  • Molecular Biology, functional genomics and biotechnology
  • Lipids, nutraceutical and industrial compounds

Department

Food and Bioproduct Sciences

Education

  • Ph.D. (Plant Molecular Biology), University of Guelph
  • M.Sc. (Plant Physiology), Southwest University, China
  • B.A. (Plant Science), Southwest University, China

Selected Publications

Sun K, Meesapyodsuk D, Qiu X (2024): Biosynthetic mechanisms of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in microalgae. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300(9):107699. 

Meesapyodsuk D, Sun K, Qiu X (2024): Structural and functional analysis of plant ELO-like elongase for fatty acid elongation. Plant Molecular Biology, 114:90.

 Sun K, Meesapyodsuk D, Qiu X (2024): Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a plastidial ω3 desaturase from Emiliania huxleyiFrontier in Microbiology, 15:1381097.

Meesapyodsuk D, Sun K, Zhou R, Thoms K, Qiu X (2023): Stepwise metabolic engineering of docosatrienoic acid - an ω3 very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid with potential health benefits in Brassica carinata. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 21:8.

Meesapyodsuk D, Chen Y, Ye S, Chapman RG, Qiu X (2021): Co-expressing Eranthis hyemalis lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase 2 and elongase improves two very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid production in Brassica carinataMetabolic Engineering Communcations, 12:e00171. 

Almendáriz-Palacios C, Meesapyodsuk D, Qiu X (2021): Functional analysis of an acyltransferase-like domain from polyunsaturated fatty acid synthase in ThraustochytriumMicroorganisms. 9(3):626. 

Chen Y, Qiu XYang J (2020): Comparing the in vitro antitumor, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities between two new very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, docosadienoic acid (DDA) and docosatrienoic acid (DTA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Nutrition and Cancer, 11:1-11. 

Qiu X*, Xie X, Meesapyodsuk D (2020): Molecular mechanisms for biosynthesis and assembly of nutritionally important very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in microorganisms. Progress in Lipid Research, 79:101047. 

Xie X, Sun K, Meesapyodsuk D, Miao Y, Qiu X (2020): Distinct functions of two FabA-like dehydratase domains of polyunsaturated fatty acid synthase in the biosynthesis of very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Environmental Microbiology, 22(9): 3772.

Courses

Undergraduate courses:

FABS 211: Introductory Bioproduct Science

FABS 411: Lipid Science and Technology

FABS 492/4: Literature/Research Thesis

Graduate courses:

FDSC 811: Plant and Microbial Lipids

FDSC 855: Functional Genomics in Food & Bioproducts