About

Introduction

Yong-Ling Ruan joined the University of Newcastle (UoN) in 2008 and has served as the Director of Australia-China Research Centre for Crop Improvement since its establishment in 2008.

Qualifications

• BSc (Horticultural Science), Zhejiang University
• MSc (Plant Physiology), Zhejiang University
• PhD (Plant & Cell Physiology), University of Newcastle
  

Research

Research Interests

By using a combination of molecular, biochemical and cell biological approaches, Ruan's group focuses on:

• Sugar transport, metabolism and signalling in relation to seed, fruit and fibre development; and
• Molecular control of water flow, senescence and programmed cell death.
  

Research Interests

Refereed Journal Articles

Selected 5 Key Refereed Journal Articles:

• Ruan Y-L, Llewellyn DJ, Furbank RT (2001) Control of cotton fibre elongation by developmentally reversible gating of plasmodesmata and coordinated expression of sucrose and potassium transporters and expansin. Plant Cell 13, 47-60.  Corresponding author. Journal  Impact factor 10.5
• Ruan Y-L, Llewellyn DJ, Furbank RT (2003) Suppression of sucrose synthase expression represses cotton fiber cell initiation, elongation and seed development. Plant Cell 15, 952-964.  Corresponding author.
• Ruan Y-L, Xu, S-M, White, and Furbank, R.T (2004) Genotypic  and developmental evidence for the role of plasmodesmatal regulation in cotton fiber elongation mediated by callose turnover. Plant Physiology 136, 4104-4113. Corresponding author. Journal  Impact factor 6.7
• Jin Y, Ni DA and Ruan Y-L (2009) Posttranslational elevation of cell wall invertase activity by silencing its inhibitor in tomato delays leaf senescence and increases seed weight and fruit hexose level. Plant Cell  21, 2072-2089.
• Wang L, Li XR, Lian H, Ni DA, He  YK, Chen XY and Ruan Y-L (2010) Evidence that high activity of vacuolar invertase is required for cotton fiber and Arabidopsis root elongation through osmotic dependent and independent pathway, respectively. Plant Physiol 154, (in press)

Please refer to Researcher Report in Related Links for more publications.

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Teaching philosophy:
(i)   To deliver essential knowledge on contemporary Plant Biology;
(ii)  To excite students' passion to learn actively and deeply; and
(iii) To link course content/lab skills with potential applications, career opportunities and relevance to economic and environmental issues.

Courses

Other

Membership of Societies and Professional Bodies

• Australian Sociery of Plant Scientists
• American Society of Plant Biologists

Awards and Prizes

• Peter Goldacre Medal from the Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS).
• Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the National Science Foundation of China.
• One Hundred Talents Program Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Governance

• Director of Australia-China Research Centre for Crop Improvement.