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Dr. Joshua Yuan
Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics
139A Borlaug
979-845-3016
syuan@neo.tamu.edu
Education
Dr. Joshua Yuan joined the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor, located at College Station effective July 2008. His major responsibilities are developing a research program in bioinformatics and systems biology. He will also be developing graduate and undergraduate teaching programs consisting of courses in bioenergy, systems biology, and bioinformatics. Dr Yuan reveived his Ph.D. in Plants, Insects, and Soils with Focus on Functional Genomics (Major) and Statistics (Minor) from the University of Tennessee (2007), where he focused on plant indirect defense under the supervision of Dr. Feng Chen. He Also holds an M.S. in Plant Sciences from the University of Arizona (2001) and a B.S. in Biology (Major) and International Economics (Minor) from Fudan University (1997). Most recently, Dr. Yuan was a Genomics Scientist in the Department of Plant Sciences, and Director of UTIA Genomics Hub, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Research Emphasis:
The Yuan lab aims to develop active programs from applied, basic, and technical perspectives. For the applied research, we are focusing on bioenergy to provide novel solutions for biofuel-related biomolecule production, enzyme discovery and modification. For the fundamental research, we are employing systems biology approaches to study the plant, insect, and microbe interaction. In particular, we are developing novel protein-protein interaction analysis platforms to study the plant interactome and protein interaction in host pathogen recognition. From the technology development perspective, we are developing novel packages for next generation sequencing data analysis, systems biology modeling and mass spectra analysis. The three aspects of research are relevant to one another to form a synergistic program.
