2002-2006: BSc (Hons) Biotechnology, University of Sciences - Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2007-2010: Master of Biochemistry, University of Sciences - Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research and funding
Chemical and biological properties of a novel factor that modulates wall enzyme action in plants:
This project aims to determine the nature and some biological and chemical properties of XAF (XET 'activating'
factor), which was recently documented and which 'activates' XET, probably by solubilising it from binding
sites in the plant cell wall. The work is a follow-up of Takeda and Fry (2004), Control of xyloglucan
endotransglucosylase activity by salts and anionic polymers. Planta219, 722-732. We speculate that XAF may
constitute a novel mechanism of plant cell growth control.
Research funding: Vietnamese government and the University of Edinburgh (SBS)
Publications
Conferences
Poster presentations
Nguyen Phan C.T. Fry, S.C.: An XET activating factor (XAF) in plant cells. In: Abstract book of the XIIIth Cell Wall Meeting. July 7-12, 2013, P2-02, p.84. Nantes, France.
Nguyen Phan C.T. Fry, S.C.: Chemical and biological propeties of a wall-enzyme activating factor (XAF) recently detected in plants. Graduate School of Biological Sciences Poster Day. September 5th, 2013, Edinburgh, UK.