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Research
Latest papers
PPSR1 Protein Functions as an Important Regulator to Enhance Plant Growth Performance Under N, P, and K Deficient Stress Conditions.
Plant biotechnology journal · 2026 · senior author
CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1 modulates amino acid distribution between stem and leaf in new shoots: A case study of theanine distribution in tea plants (Camellia sinensis).
Plant physiology · 2025
Decoding Long-Distance Communication Under Mineral Stress: Advances in Vascular Signalling and Molecular Tools for Plant Resilience.
Plant, cell & environment · 2025
Latest funding
- $450,000
NSERC CREATE Training in Ultrafast Science and Technology (TrUST)
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $48,218
Replacement documentation system for quantifying protein levels and other biological applications.
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $250,000
Dynamics of mineral nutrient distribution and homeostasis, at the cellular to whole-plant levels
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
11 publications.
PPSR1 Protein Functions as an Important Regulator to Enhance Plant Growth Performance Under N, P, and K Deficient Stress Conditions.
Chen J, Quan C, Zhao Y, Kalumith ILDS, Fei Z, Kochian LV, Lucas WJ, Ham BK
CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1 modulates amino acid distribution between stem and leaf in new shoots: A case study of theanine distribution in tea plants (Camellia sinensis).
Zhang S, Lin S, Jin R, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Zhu B, Luo Y, Ham BK, Chen J, Yang T, Wan X, Zhang Z
Decoding Long-Distance Communication Under Mineral Stress: Advances in Vascular Signalling and Molecular Tools for Plant Resilience.
Xia C, Miranda J, Mendoza-Cozatl D, Ham BK, Ma J, Zhang C
A cucumber protein, Phloem Phosphate Stress-Repressed 1, rapidly degrades in response to a phosphate stress condition.
Chen J, Ham BK, Kochian LV, Lucas WJ
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
Phloem-Mobile MYB44 Negatively Regulates Expression of PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER 1 in Arabidopsis Roots.
Olukayode T, Chen J, Zhao Y, Quan C, Kochian LV, Ham BK
Plasmodesmal endoplasmic reticulum proteins regulate intercellular trafficking of cucumber mosaic virus in Arabidopsis.
Ham BK, Wang X, Toscano-Morales R, Lin J, Lucas WJ
Getting to the roots of N, P, and K uptake.
Lyzenga WJ, Liu Z, Olukayode T, Zhao Y, Kochian LV, Ham BK
The Mobile Small RNAs: Important Messengers for Long-Distance Communication in Plants.
Yan Y, Ham BK
Systemic Signaling: A Role in Propelling Crop Yield.
Chen J, Ham BK
NSERC CREATE Training in Ultrafast Science and Technology (TrUST)
Principal investigators: Légaré, François F
Keywords: femtosecond lasers; hard x-ray imaging; laser-based spectroscopy; laser material processing; material characterization; nonlinear optics; optics; photonics; thz science and technology; ultrafast science and technology
Replacement documentation system for quantifying protein levels and other biological applications.
Principal investigators: Todd, Christopher
Dynamics of mineral nutrient distribution and homeostasis, at the cellular to whole-plant levels
Principal investigators: Ham, Byung-Kook
Keywords: Nutrient-stress responses X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technology Homeostasis Shoot-Root communication Mineral element cell imaging Plant Physiology Femtosecond laser-matter interaction Dynamic imaging with X-ray sources Mineral nutrient distribution
Regulation of nutrient-stress signaling through the plant vascular system
Principal investigators: Ham, Byung-Kook
Keywords: plant biology; plant vascular system; nutrient-stress signaling; plant physiology; root-shoot communication; long-distance mobile signaling; functional genomics; proteome; cell imaging; protein biochemistry
Regulation of nutrient-stress signaling through the plant vascular system
Principal investigators: Ham, ByungKook
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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