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Latest papers
Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae).
Natural product reports · 2025
An independent biosynthetic route to frame a xanthanolide-type sesquiterpene lactone in Asteraceae.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025
A chromosome level reference genome of Diviner's sage (Salvia divinorum) provides insight into salvinorin A biosynthesis.
BMC plant biology · 2024
Latest funding
- $120,000
Elucidating the biosynthetic mechanism for natural rubber in lettuce
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Replacement growth chambers for plant biology research
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $19,968
Upgrade and repair of high performance liquid chromatography
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
48 publications.
Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae).
Frey M, Gohr ST, Köllner TG, Bathe U, Lackus ND, Padilla-Gonzalez F, Ro DK, O'Connor SE, Degenhardt J, Tissier A
An independent biosynthetic route to frame a xanthanolide-type sesquiterpene lactone in Asteraceae.
Li C, Li Y, Wang J, Lu F, Zheng L, Yang L, Sun W, Ro DK, Qu X, Wu Y, Zhang Y
A chromosome level reference genome of Diviner's sage (Salvia divinorum) provides insight into salvinorin A biosynthesis.
Ford SA, Ness RW, Kwon M, Ro DK, Phillips MA
Biosynthesis of bridged tricyclic sesquiterpenes in Inula lineariifolia.
Wu Y, Chen X, Hao F, Liu Y, Luo W, Zhu Y, Li L, Han F, Zhang Y, Jiang Y, Xiong X, Ro DK, Shang Y, Huang S, Gou J
Identification of clerodane diterpene modifying cytochrome P450 (CYP728D26) in Salvia divinorum - en route to psychotropic salvinorin A biosynthesis.
Ngo I, Kumar R, Li L, Kim SW, Kwon M, Ro DK
Reconstructing curcumin biosynthesis in yeast reveals the implication of caffeoyl-shikimate esterase in phenylpropanoid metabolic flux.
Utomo JC, Barrell HB, Kumar R, Smith J, Brant MS, De la Hoz Siegler H, Ro DK
Creating saponin-free yellow pea seeds by CRISPR/Cas9-enabled mutagenesis on β-amyrin synthase.
Hodgins CL, Salama EM, Kumar R, Zhao Y, Roth SA, Cheung IZ, Chen J, Arganosa GC, Warkentin TD, Bhowmik P, Ham BK, Ro DK
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated lipoxygenase gene-editing in yellow pea leads to major changes in fatty acid and flavor profiles.
Bhowmik P, Yan W, Hodgins C, Polley B, Warkentin T, Nickerson M, Ro DK, Marsolais F, Domoney C, Shariati-Ievari S, Aliani M
New insights into natural rubber biosynthesis from rubber-deficient lettuce mutants expressing goldenrod or guayule cis-prenyltransferase.
Kwon M, Hodgins CL, Salama EM, Dias KR, Parikh A, Mackey AV, Catenza KF, Vederas JC, Ro DK
Improved protein glycosylation enabled heterologous biosynthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids and their unnatural derivatives in yeast.
Shahsavarani M, Utomo JC, Kumar R, Paz-Galeano M, Garza-García JJO, Mai Z, Ro DK, Qu Y
Elucidating the biosynthetic mechanism for natural rubber in lettuce
Principal investigators: Ro, Dae-Kyun
Keywords: enzyme; metabolism; isoprenoid; terpenoid; biopolymer; natural rubber; genome-editing; crispr/cas9; lettuce; mutation
Replacement growth chambers for plant biology research
Principal investigators: Muench, Douglas
Upgrade and repair of high performance liquid chromatography
Principal investigators: Ro, DaeKyun
Epifluorescence microscopy workstation
Principal investigators: Muench, Douglas
Discovery of catalytic tools for isoprenoid production
Principal investigators: Ro, Dae-Kyun
Assessment of the CRISPR technology in tobacco for therapeutic protein production
Principal investigators: Ro, DaeKyun
A laser-scanning system for radioisotope-labeled, multi-fluorescent, chemifluorescent and colorimetric imaging
Principal investigators: Zimmerly, Steven
High-Capacity and Temperature-Controlled Shaker Incubators
Principal investigators: Facchini, Peter
Investigating isoprenoid metabolism in the sunflower (Asteraceae) family
Principal investigators: Ro, DaeKyun
Investigating isoprenoid metabolism in the sunflower (Asteraceae) family
Principal investigators: Ro, DaeKyun
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Yang Qu and Dae-Kyun Ro: 2 shared papers
- Liang Li and Dae-Kyun Ro: 1 shared paper
- Michel Aliani and Dae-Kyun Ro: 1 shared paper
- Michel Aliani and Michael Nickerson: 1 shared paper
- Hector De la Hoz Siegler and Dae-Kyun Ro: 1 shared paper
- Byung-Kook Ham and Dae-Kyun Ro: 1 shared paper
- Dae-Kyun Ro and Michael Nickerson: 1 shared paper
- Chemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Biology
- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Food and Bioproduct Sciences
- Human Nutritional Sciences
Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Yang Qu
Chemistry
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Michael Nickerson
Food and Bioproduct Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Liang Li
Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Michel Aliani
Human Nutritional Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Hector De la Hoz Siegler
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Byung-Kook Ham
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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