Post-doctoral researcher at The Australian National University. See the world with C4. Team Monocots.
Yuzhen Fan
Our global meta-analysis is finally out - we explore the most important influencer on C4 photosynthetic capacity using ~1700 C4 Aci curves! Data are freely available for the community.
My beautiful Portulaca grandiflora flowered today. This smart C4 + CAM species can switch between C4 and CAM in response to drought stress. Plus, it has pretty flowers!
Attending the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on CO2 assimilation at its fullest! Practicing my mind concentrating mechanisms to hitting the bull’s eye. #grc
Showcasing my spectacular C4 Tribulus occidentalis. Far from its home in WA, this individual took over 2x2m space and still spreading strong!
Great collaboration among C4 biologists, respiration folks and metabolism specialist exploring how respiration and metabolites change in 24h.
Excellent Gordon Research Conference in Maine to catch up with colleagues and friends for life. Excellent conference always ends with excellent highlight. Lobster and beer are the way to go. Beer again in 2 years! #grc
Two PhD opportunities at the Australian National University and the University of Technology Sydney, working on thermal responses and thermal acclimation of C4 photosynthesis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Photorespiration is a major source of photosynthetic inefficiency in C3 crops. In photorespiration, the oxygenation rather than carboxylation of RuBP by Rubisco triggers an energy-expensive pathway t....
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
@yuzhenfan.bsky.social and coworkers examine O2-based leaf Rdark and metabolites at six time points over a diel cycle
🌱#plantscience
Environmental conditions drive variation in C4 photosynthetic capacity more than species traits
Fan, et al.
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New Phytologist
Arthur Leung
Leaf dark respiration varies over diel cycle and reflects coordinated metabolic shifts, making daytime dark-adapted measurements poor proxies for true nigh