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Kin-Ying To

Dr. Kin-Ying To

Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan

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Dr. Kin-Ying To received his Ph.D. degree at the Institute of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 1990. After postdoctoral training at Chang-Gung University (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA), and Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan), Dr. To joined the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, in 1999. Currently, Dr. To is appointed as an Associate Research Specialist. Dr. To has published around 30 SCI-indexed research articles and reviews, four book chapters, one edited book, and has also authored two patents and been awarded numerous research grants. In addition, Dr. To has served as a reviewer for over 30 verified reviews, documented on Publons, and as a lecturer in several courses at the National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica. Since 2008, Dr. To has been operating and developing the Plant Transformation Core for herbal, floricultural, and crop plants at the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center of Academia Sinica. Research in Dr. To’s lab includes investigations in plant tissue culture and genetic engineering in valuable medicinal and crop plants, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, chloroplast transformation, molecular breeding, and plant biotechnology.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Floriculture
Plant Transformation
Plant Molecular Biolog...
molecular breeding in ...
Plant Tissue Clture

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Dr. Kin-Ying To received his Ph.D. degree at the Institute of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 1990. After postdoctoral training at Chang-Gung University (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA), and Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan), Dr. To joined the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, in 1999. Currently, Dr. To is appointed as an Associate Research Specialist. Dr. To has published around 30 SCI-indexed research articles and reviews, four book chapters, one edited book, and has also authored two patents and been awarded numerous research grants. In addition, Dr. To has served as a reviewer for over 30 verified reviews, documented on Publons, and as a lecturer in several courses at the National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica. Since 2008, Dr. To has been operating and developing the Plant Transformation Core for herbal, floricultural, and crop plants at the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center of Academia Sinica. Research in Dr. To’s lab includes investigations in plant tissue culture and genetic engineering in valuable medicinal and crop plants, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, chloroplast transformation, molecular breeding, and plant biotechnology.