Publications (Peer-reviewed articles, method, and reviews)
Yang, E.J.-N., Filpo, K., Boldogh, I., Swayne, T.C., and Pon, L.A. (Under Review in Current Biology) Tying up loose ends: an actin cable organizing center contributes to actin cable polarity, function and quality control in budding yeast.
VepÅ™ek, N.A., Cooper, M.H., Laprell, L., Yang, E.J.-N., Folkerts, S., Bao, R., Boczkowska, M., Palmer, N.J., Dominguez, R., Oertner, T.G., et al. (2024). Optical Control of G-Actin with a Photoswitchable Latrunculin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 8895–8903. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c10776.
Yang E.J., Liao PC, Pon L. Mitochondrial protein and organelle quality control-Lessons from budding yeast. (2024) IUBMB Life. doi: 10.1002/iub.2783. (Cover image feature, Vol 76, Issue 2)
Yang, E. J. N., Boldogh, I. R., Ji, H., Pon, L., Swayne, T. C. Imaging of mtHyPer7, a Ratiometric Biosensor for Mitochondrial Peroxide, in Living Yeast Cells. (2023) J. Vis. Exp. (196), e65428, doi:10.3791/65428.
Yang E.J., Pon L.A. Enrichment of aging yeast cells and budding polarity assay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (2022) STAR Protoc. 3(3):101599. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101599.
Sing, C.N., Garcia, E.J., Lipkin, T.G., Huckaba, T.M., Tsang, C.A., Coughlin, A.C., Yang, E.J., Higuchi-Sanabria, R., Boldogh, I.R., Pon, L.A. (2022) Identification of a modulator of the actin cytoskeleton, mitochondria, nutrient metabolism and lifespan in yeast. Nature Communication 16;13(1):2706. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30045-9.
Yang, E.J., Pernice, W.M., and Pon, L.A. (2022). A Role for Cell Polarity in Lifespan and Mitochondrial Quality Control in the Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ISCIENCE: 103957.
Liao, P.-C.*, Yang, E.J.*, Borgman, T.*, Boldogh, I.R.*, Sing, C.N., Swayne, T.C., and Pon, L.A. (2022). Touch and Go: Membrane Contact Sites Between Lipid Droplets and Other Organelles. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 10. (*Equal contribution)
Liao, P.-C., Yang, E.J., and Pon, L.A. (2020). Live-Cell Imaging of Mitochondrial Redox State in Yeast Cells. STAR Protoc 1: 100160.
Yang, E.J., Yoo, C.Y., Liu, J., Wang, H., Cao, J., Li, F.-W., Pryer, K.M., Sun, T.-P., Weigel, D., Zhou, P., and Chen, M. (2019). NCP activates chloroplast transcription by controlling phytochrome-dependent dual nuclear and plastidial switches. Nat Commun 10: 2630–13.
Feng, C.-M., Qiu, Y., Van Buskirk, E.K., Yang, E.J., Chen, M. (2014) Light-regulated gene repositioning in Arabidopsis. Nat Commun 5:3027 doi: 10.1038/ncomms4027.
Book Chapters
Sing, C.N., Yang, E.J., Swayne, T.C., Higuchi-Sanabria, R., Tsang, C.A., Boldogh, I.R., and Pon, L.A. (2022). Imaging the Actin Cytoskeleton in Live Budding Yeast Cells. Methods Mol. Biol. 2364: 53–80.
Sing, C.N., Yang, E.J., Higuchi-Sanabria, R., Pon, L.A., Boldogh, I.R., and Swayne, T.C. (2022). Imaging the Actin Cytoskeleton in Fixed Budding Yeast Cells. Methods Mol. Biol. 2364: 81–100.
Oral Presentations
2024 Retreat of the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, CUIMC: Oral and Poster Presentation “Tying up loose ends—an actin cable organizing center contributes to actin cable polarity, function and quality control in budding yeast”
2017 International Conference on Arabidopsis Research in St. Louis, Missuori: Oral and Poster Presentation “REGULATOR-FOR-CHLOROPLAST-BIOGENESIS-IN-LIGHT-SIGNALING: a nuclear and plastidial dual-targeted protein required for phytochrome signaling and chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis”
Other Conference Presentations
2024 American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA: “Tying up loose ends—an actin cable convergent site contributes to actin cable organization, function and quality control in budding yeast”
2020 American Society for Cell Biology Virtual Annual Meeting: “Role for Polarity Machinery in Lifespan Through Effects on Mitochondrial Quality Control During Inheritance in the Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae”
2015 American Society of Plant Biology Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN: “DAUGHTER-OF-HEMERA: a nuclear and plastidial dual localized protein required for phytochrome signaling in Arabidopsis”
Honors
06/2017 Herbert Tabor Young Investigator Award
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Rockville, MD
03/2017 International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Travel Grant
North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC)
Davis, CA
06/2016 Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship
Duke University, Graduate School
Durham, NC
05/2015 Graduate School Conference Travel Grant
Duke University, Graduate School
Durham, NC
06/2014, 06/2013 Summer Mentorship, Vertically Integrated Partners program
Duke University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Durham, NC
06/2011 First Place Poster Award
National Taiwan University, Life Science Department
Taipei, Taiwan
06/2009
Summer Undergraduate Internship Program
Academia Sinica, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology
Taipei, Taiwan