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 huxleyi. Frontier 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 carinata. Metabolic 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 Thraustochytrium. Microorganisms. 9(3):626.
Chen Y, Qiu X, Yang 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