Scientific link between UCC and China leads to PhD success for Shi-qi An
- 12 Dec 2012
Congratulations to Shi-qi An, who successfully defended her PhD thesis in Guangxi University, Nanning, China on December 3rd, 2012.
Shi-qi An’s research, the aim of which was to study the virulence-related regulators HpaR1 and RpfG in the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris, was performed under the joint supervision of Dr Max Dow at the Department of Microbiology, UCC and Prof. Ji-liang Tang at the College of Life Sciences, Guangxi University. During her PhD, Shi-qi An worked in the laboratory of Dr Max Dow in UCC, funded by the SFI International Research Partnership. This project is part of a long standing joint programme aimed at understanding the role cell-to-cell signalling plays in virulence in plant pathogenic bacteria belonging to the genera Xanthomonas.
Pictured (L-R): Prof. Wei Jiang; Prof. Bin Liu (Member of the PhD committee); Prof. Ji-guang Wei (Member of the PhD committee); Shi-qi An (PhD candidate); Dr Robert Ryan (Department of Microbiology, UCC); Dr Delphine Caly (Department of Microbiology, UCC); Prof. Xiao-hui Fan (Chairman of the PhD committee); Prof. Jia-xun Feng (Dean of the College of Life Sciences); Xiao-lin Chen (PhD candidate); Prof. You-zhi Li (Member of the PhD committee and Dean of Graduate Studies); Wei Liu (PhD candidate); Prof. Yong-qiang He (Vice-dean of the College of Life Sciences).
