Bo Liu
Associate Professor
bliu@ucdavis.edu

Plant Biology

Office
2165 Life Sciences
(530) 754-8138

Lab
2203 Life Sciences
(530) 754-8139


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Degrees:
1995 PhD University of Georgia Botany
1988 MS Peking University Cell Biology
1985 BS Peking University Cell Biology and Genetics
Research Interests:

Cell biology of the cytoskeleton and intracellular motility in plant and fungal cells. The dynamics of microtubules and actin microfilaments during plant cell division and cell growth. Roles of kinesin motor proteins in mitosis and cytokinesis. Molecular mechanisms of cytoskeleton-mediated hyphal growth in filamentous fungi. Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa (rice), and Gossypium hirsutum (cotton) as model systems for plant studies, and Aspergillus nidulans as a model for fungal studies.
Department and Center Affiliations:

 UC Davis Cancer Center
Department of Plant Biology
Professional Societies:
American Society of Plant Biologists
American Society for Cell Biology
Genetics Society of America
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Plant Biology  
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology  
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Microbiology  
Publications: Last updated 11/19/2009
  • Guo*, L., C.-M. Ho*, Z. Kong*, Y.-R.J. Lee*, Q. Qian, and B. Liu. 2009. Evaluating the microtubule cytoskeleton and its interacting proteins in monocots by mining the rice genome. Annals Bot. 103:387–402.
  • Kim*, J.-M., C.T. Zeng*, T. Nayak, R. Shao, A. Huang, B.R. Oakley, and B. Liu. 2009. Timely septation requires SNAD-dependent spindle pole body localization of the septation initiation network components in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Mol. Biol. Cell. 20:2874–2884.
  • Zeng, C.T., Y.-R.J. Lee, and Liu, B. 2009. The WD-40 repeat protein NEDD1 functions in microtubule organization during mitotic cell division in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell. 21:1129–1140.
  • Bisgrove S.R., Y.-R. J. Lee, B. Liu, N. Peters, and D.L. Kropf. 2008. The microtubule plus-end binding protein EB1 functions in root responses to touch and gravity signals in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 20: 396–410.
  • Lee, Y.-R.J., Y. Li, and B. Liu. 2007. Two homologous phragmoplast-associated kinesins play a critical role in cytokinesis during male gametogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 19:2595-2605.
  • Kim, J.-M., L. Lu, R. Shao, J. Chin, and B. Liu. 2006. Mutations that bypass the requirement of the septation initiation network for septum formation and conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans. Genetics. 173:685-696.
Laboratory Personnel:
2203 Life Sciences
http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/labs/liu/
Graduate Students: Miss Chin-Min (Kimmy) Ho, Miss Cui (Tracy) Zeng. Postdoctoral Scientists: Dr. Takashi Hotta, Dr. Hye-Ryun Kim, Dr. Zhaosheng Kong, Dr. Julie Lee. Technician: Ms. Rongzhong Shao

Teaching Interests:
General botany and biology. Plant cell biology at the graduate level.
General biology, cell biology, and biochemistry laboratory. Plant cell biology at the graduate level.
Courses:
MCB 120L Biochemistry Laboratory Spring
PBI 203 Biology of the Plant Cell Fall
BIS 104 Regulation of Cell Function (Cell Biology) Fall
Key Words:
Arabidopsis, Aspergillus, Cell Division, Microtubules, Motor Proteins