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My research career have been multi-disciplinary, however, the central theme encompasses the symbiotic relationships between human and microbes. I first became interested in the inter-dependent relationships between bacteria and human as a Master degree student at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB. I was part of a group project entitled “Wholistic Approaches in Managing Coastal Bacterial Pollution in Santa Barbara County”. After working for the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Ocean Monitoring Project for 2 years, I decided to obtain a PhD researching the feasibility of “Genetically Engineered Rhizosphere Bacteria for Detection and Remediation of Heavy Metals” at UC Riverside. I started as a post doctoral researcher under Drs. Terry Hazen and Gary Andersen in January of 2007. My current research projects include using the PhlyoChip to identify microbial community in soil amended with triethylphosphate for radionuclide remediation, and characterize microbial community of near-shore ocean water. My research interests are design of high-density microarrays, analysis of microarray data, interactions and signaling in microbial communities, and anti-fungal bacteria and its mechanisms. Publications: Cindy H. Wu, Yu-Chen Hwang, Wonkyu Lee, Thomas Wood, Marylynn Yates, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen. Detection of Recombinant Pseudomonas putida in Wheat Rhizosphere by Fluorescence in situ Hybridization. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. accepted. Cindy H. Wu, Ashok Mulchandani, Wilfred Chen. Versatile microbial surface-display for environmental remediation and biofuels production. Trends Microbiol. in press. 2008. Cindy H. Wu, Thomas K. Wood, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen. Engineering plant-microbe symbiosis for rhizoremediation of heavy metal, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 72(2) 1129-1134, 2006. Jan Kostal, Rosanna Yang, Cindy H. Wu, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen. Enhanced Arsenic Accumulation in Engineered Bacterial Cells Expressing ArsR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 70, 4582-4587, 2004. Weon Bae, Cindy Wu, Jan Kostal, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen. Enhanced mercury biosorption by bacterial cells with surface-displayed MerR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69, 3176-3180. 2003. Click here for my CV.
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