User:LeongKeat LEO Chan

Contact

Leong-Keat Chan

• Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, 30602-3636
• Email: lkchan@uga.edu
• Download my CV here

Professional Preparation

• 2009-present
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Georgia (Advisor: Mary Ann Moran)
• 2009
  • Ph.D., Marine Biosciences, University of Delaware (Advisor: Thomas Hanson)
• 2002-2003
  • Laboratory Assistant, SUNY at Albany (Employer: Caro-Beth Stewart)
• 2002
  • B.Sc., Biochemistry, SUNY at Buffalo (Research advisor: Gail Willsky)

Areas of Interest in Bacteriology

• Extremophile
• Physiology, metabolic network and evolution
• Genome research, genetic manipulation
• Enzyme function
• Transcriptome profiling
• Bacterial biogeochemistry

Current Project

• Transcriptome profiling of the marine heterotrophic bacterium Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3 grown under steady-state, macronutrient-limiting conditions with microarray and SOLiD deep sequencing technology.

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Publications

2009

1. Chan LK, Morgan-Kiss RM, and Hanson TE. Functional analysis of three sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase homologs in Chlorobaculum tepidum. J Bacteriol. 191: 1026-34. PubMed
2. Morgan-Kiss RM, Chan LK, Modla S, Weber TS, Warner M, Czymmek KJ, and Hanson TE. Chlorobaculum tepidum regulates chlorosome structure and function in response to temperature and electron donor availability. Photosynth Res. 99: 11-21. PubMed

2008

1. Chan LK, Weber TS, Morgan-Kiss RM, and Hanson TE. A genomic region required for phototrophic thiosulfate oxidation in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum). Microbiology. 154: 818-29. PubMed

Book Chapters

2010

1. Hanson TE, Morgan-Kiss RM, Chan LK, and Hiras J. Beyond the genome: Functional studies of phototrophic sulfur oxidation, p. 109-121. In P.C. Hallenbeck (ed.). Recent Advances in Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 675. Springer. PubMed

2008

1. Chan LK, Morgan-Kiss R, and Hanson TE. Sulfur oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum): Genetic and proteomic analyses, p. 117-126. In C. Dahl and C. G. Friedrich (ed.). Proceedings of the International Symposium on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism. Springer. SpringerLink
2. Chan LK, Morgan-Kiss R, and Hanson TE. Genetic and proteomic studies of sulfur oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum), p. 363-379. In R. Hell, C. Dahl, T. Leustek and D. Knaff (Ed.). Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms. Springer. SpringerLink