Research in Dr. Xu’s laboratory focuses on lipid biochemistry and biotechnology in terrestrial plants and microalgae. Her lab uses state-of-the-art approaches in genetics, biochemistry, synthetic biology and biotechnology to explore the mechanisms underlying lipid assembly in photosynthetic organ...
Research in Dr. Xu’s laboratory focuses on lipid biochemistry and biotechnology in terrestrial plants and microalgae. Her lab uses state-of-the-art approaches in genetics, biochemistry, synthetic biology and biotechnology to explore the mechanisms underlying lipid assembly in photosynthetic organisms and to engineer lipid biosynthetic pathways in order to produce value-added oils for food, feed, fuel, and materials applications.