Po-Hsiang Wang
Assistant Professor- pohsiang@ncu.edu.tw
- 03-4227151 #34655
- Sustainable Biochemical Engineering Lab
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry,University of Toronto, Canada (2014-2018)
- Assistant Professor, National Central University (Aug 2020-present)
- Affiliated Scientist, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan (Aug 2020-present)
- Research Scientist, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan (Oct 2018-July 2020)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BioZone, University of Toronto, Canada (July 2018-Sep 2018)
- Microbial CO2 fixation
- Valorization of organic solid wastes (farming; fishery; food waste)
- Application of microbial enzymes from acidic or alkaline hot springs
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Po-Hsiang Wang, Yi-Lung Chen, Sean Ting-Shyang Wei, Kan Wu, Tzong-Huei Lee, Tien-Yu Wu, and Yin-Ru Chiang. Retroconversion of estrogens into androgens by bacteria via a cobalamin-mediated methylation. (2020) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117 (3):1395-1403 (IF: 9.6; 7/69 in Multidisciplinary; highlighted by PNAS with a commentary)
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Khorcheska A. Batyrova, Anna N. Khusnutdinova, Po-Hsiang Wang, Rosa Di Leo, Robert Flick, Alexei Savchenko, and Alexander F. Yakunin. Biocatalytic in vitro and in vivo FMN prenylation and (de)carboxylase activation. (2020) ACS Chemical Biology (IF: 4.4; 51/456 in Biochemistry) https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.0c00136
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Yin-Ru Chiang, Sean Ting-Shyang Wei, Po-Hsiang Wang, Pei-Hsun Wu, Chang-Ping Yu. Microbial degradation of steroid sex hormones: implications for environmental and ecological studies. (2020) Microbial Biotechnology (Wiley) 13 (4):926-949 (IF: 4.86; 35/177 in Chemical Engineering)
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Luz A. Puentes Jácome*, Po-Hsiang Wang*, Olivia Molenda, Jine-Jine Li, M. Ahsanul Islam and Elizabeth A. Edwards. Sustained dechlorination of vinyl chloride to ethene in Dehalococcoides-enriched cultures grown without addition of exogenous vitamins and at low pH. (2019) Environmental Science & Technology 53(19):11364-11374. (co-1st author) (IF: 7.1; 6/108 in Environmental Chemistry)
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Po-Hsiang Wang, Kevin Correia, Naveen Venayak, Kayla Nemr, Robert Flick, Radhakrishnan Mahadevan and Elizabeth A. Edwards. An interspecies malate-pyruvate shuttle reconciles redox imbalance in an anaerobic microbial community. (2019) the ISME Journal (Springer Nature) 13:1042-1055. (IF: 9.5; 10/620 in Ecology; 7/149 in Microbiology)
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A bi-functional polyphosphate kinase drives NTP regeneration and reconstituted cell-free protein synthesis. Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Cell Synthesis Research, Ehime University, Shikoku, Japan (October, 2019)
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Biosynthesis and biochemical characterization of prenylated FMN cofactors. Gordon Conference Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Biological Pathways, New Hampshire, USA (July, 2017)
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Refined experimental annotations reveals conserved vitamin B12 autotrophy in chloroform-respiring Dehalobacter isolates. 16th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Montreal, Canada (August, 2016)
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Functional characterization of vitamin B12 biosynthesis in chloroform and 1,1,1-trichloroethane contaminated groundwater. Gordon Conference Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Boston, USA (July, 2015)
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Shawn E. McGlynn, Kosuke Fujishima, and Po-Hsiang Wang. (2020) Energy recycling utilizing polyphosphate kinase and redox control in the reconstituted cell-free protein synthesis system. Industrial collaboration project with GeneFrontier Corporation, Japan.
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Elizabeth A. Edwards and Po-Hsiang Wang. (2017) In-Situ bioremediation of chlorinated solvents in Minsyong Industrial Park, Chiayi, Taiwan. Collaborative project between U of Toronto and Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency, hosted by SinoTech Corp., Taiwan.
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Elizabeth A. Edwards, Radhakrishnan Mahadevan, and Po-Hsiang Wang. (2017) SPARK Research Grant, Genome Ontario, Canada.
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2018 Award: PhD Discovery Award Issuing Unit: Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada