IDP Students


	Advanced Concentration	Genetics
	Mentor	Jorg Bungert, Ph.D.
	Department	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
	Enrolled	August 2005
	Lab Room	CGRC 430E
	Lab Phone	273-8097
	E-mail	syliang@ufl.edu, website
Education
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Washington, WA
Dissertation Research
The role of cell cycle progression and upstream stimulatory factor (USF) in β-globin regulation

Publications
Liang SY, Moghimi B, Crusselle-Davis VJ, Lin IJ, Rosenberg MH, Li X, Strouboulis J, Huang S, Bungert J. Defective erythropoiesis in transgenic mice expressing dominant-negative upstream stimulatory factor. Mol Cell Biol. 2009 Nov;29(21):5900-10. abstract
Thurisch B, Liang SY, Sarioglu N, Schomburg L, Bungert J, Dame C. Transgenic mice expressing small interfering RNA against Gata4 point to a crucial role of Gata4 in the heart and gonads. J Mol Endocrinol. 2009 Oct;43(4):157-69. abstact
Liang S, Moghimi B, Yang TP, Strouboulis J, Bungert J. Locus control region mediated regulation of adult beta-globin gene expression. J Cell Biochem. 2008 Sep 1;105(1):9-16. abstrac t
Xi, Z, A. Denton, S. Liang, L. Sugden, M. Hodson, B. Hall. Regional DNA Variation within Rhododendron macrophyllum. (2006) J. Am. Rhod. Soc. 60(1):37-41.
Abstracts Presented at Meetings
Bungert J, Zhou Z, Liang S, Moghimi B, Crusselle-Davis VJ, Lin I-J, Pantic D, Rosenberg M, Li X, Huang S. "USF and NF-E2 regulate the recruitment, transfer, and phosphorylation of RNA Polymerase II in the β-globin gene locus." University of Florida College of Medicine Celebration of Research, April 2009, Gainesville, FL.
Liang S, Moghimi B, Crusselle-Davis VJ, Zhou Z, Lin I-J, Li X, Huang S, Bungert J. "Defective erythropoesis in mice expressing dominant negative USF." Florida Genetics 2008, November 2008, Gainesville, FL.
Liang S, Zhou Z, Moghimi B, Crusselle-Davis VJ, Lin I-J, Anantharaman A, Dodev TS, Anderson F, Gandhi K, Huang S, Bungert J. "Regulation of locus control region mediated transcription complex recruitment to the β-globin gene locus by transcription factor USF." Florida Genetics 2007, November 2007, Gainesville, FL.
Liang S & Xi Z. "The Regional Phylogeography of Rhododendron macrophyllum." American Rhododendron Society 2005 Annual Conference, April 2005, Victoria, BC.
Li X & Liang S. "Using DNA Polymorphisms to Ascertain Species Boundaries in Rhododendron Subsection Moupinensia." 7th Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 2004, Seattle, WA.
Kusunose J, Liang S, Poling V, Tsiang M. "The Biodiversity in and Around Yangjuan (Sichuan Province, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Autonomous Region)." Yangjuan Ecological Research Symposium, February 2004, Seattle, WA.
Honors & Awards
UF Alumni Fellowship, 2005-09