Yanbin Yin
Postdoctoral Associate in Bioinformatics
CSBL@UGA

Institute of Bioinformatics
Life Sciences Building A134
UNIVERSITY of GEORGIA
Tel: 706 542-3930
E-mail: yinyb at csbl dot bmb dot uga dot edu


  1. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
  2. CURRENT RESEARCHES
    • Plant cell wall biosynthesis and microbial degradation
    • Metagenomics
    • Origin and evolution of plant cell wall
  3. PREVIOUS RESEARCHES
    • Comparative and evolutionary study of ORFans
    • Evolutionary study of microbial and viral genome biology
    • Comparative and evolutionary study of important protein families
    • New genes identification and preliminary validation using in silico approaches
    • Pseudogenes and gene duplications
  4. RESEARCH LINKS
  5. PAPERS
    1. Mao, F., Yin, Y., Zhou, F., Chou, WC, Chen, H., Zhou, C., Dam, P., and Xu, Y. (2009) pDAWG: an Integrated Database for Plant Cell-Wall Genes, Bioenergy Research 2(4):209-216
    2. Shen, H.*, Yin, Y.*, Chen, F., Xu, Y., Dixon, R. (2009) A Bioinformatic Analysis of NAC Genes for Plant Cell Wall Development in Relation to Lignocellulosic Bioenergy Production. Bioenergy Research 2(4):217-232 (*equal contribution)
    3. Yang, S., Kataeva, I., Wiegel, J., Yin, Y., Dam, P., Xu, Y., Westpfeling, J., Adams, MWW. (2009) Reclassification of 'Anaerocellum thermophilum' as Caldicellulosiruptor bescii strain DSM 6725T sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. PubMed
    4. Escamilla-Trevino, L., Shen, H., Chen, F., Hernandez, T., Ray, T., Tang, Y., Yin, Y., Xu, Y., Dixon, R. (2009) Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) possesses a divergent family of cinnamoyl CoA reductases with distinct biochemical properties. New Phytologist PubMed
    5. Yin, Y., Huang, J., Xu, Y. (2009) The cellulose synthase superfamily in fully sequenced plants and algae. BMC Plant Biology, 9:99. BioMed|PubMed
    6. Kong, Y., Zhou, G., Avci, U., Gu, X., Jones, C., Yin, Y., Xu, Y., Hahn, M. (2009) Two poplar glycosyltransferase genes, PdGATL1.1 and PdGATL1.2, are functional orthologs to PARVUS/AtGATL1 in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 2(5):1040-50PubMed
    7. Kataeva, IA, Yang, SJ, Dam, P., Poole, FL, Yin, Y., Zhou, F., Chou, W., Xu, Y., Goodwin, L., Sims, DR, Detter, JC, Hauser, LG, Westpheling, J., Adams, MWW. (2009) Genome Sequence of the Anaerobic, Thermophilic and Cellulolytic Bacterium. Journal of Bacteriology 191(11):3760-1. PubMed
    8. Huang, M., Sun, D., Lou Y., Yin, Y., et al. (2008) Analysis and Preparation of Oligonucletide Microarray of Apoptosis related Genes. Prog. Biochem. Biophys. 2008, 35(12): 1451~1460
    9. Yin, Y., Fischer, D. (2008) Identification and investigation of ORFans in the viral world. BMC Genomics 2008, 9:24. PubMed|BioMed (see how evolutionists and creationists argued on ORFans)
    10. Huang, M, Wang, Y., Sun, D., Zhu, H., Yin, Y., Zhang, W., Yang, S., Quan, L., Bai, J., Wang, S., Chen, Q., Li, S., Xu, N. (2006) Identification of genes regulated by Wnt/beta-catenin pathway and involved in apoptosis via microarray analysis. BMC Cancer 2006, 6:221. PubMed|BioMed
    11. Yin, Y., Fischer, D. (2006) On the origin of microbial ORFans: Quantifying the strength of the evidence for viral lateral transfer. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:63. PubMed|BioMed
    12. Qian, Z., Yin, Y., Zhang, Y., Lu, L., Li, Y., Jiang, Y. (2006) Genomic characterization of ribitol teichoic acid synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus: genes, genomic organization and gene duplication. BMC Genomics 2006, 7:74. PubMed|BioMed
    13. Yin, Y., Zhang, Y., Yu, P., Luo, J., Li S., Jiang, Y. (2005) Comparative study of apoptosis related genes in human, mouse and rat genomes. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 37(5), 341-8. PubMed
    14. Chen, Y., Zhang, Y., Yin, Y., Gao, G., Li, S., Jiang, Y., Gu, X. and Luo, J. (2005) SPD--a web-based secreted protein database. Nucleic Acids Res, 33 Database Issue, D169-173. PubMed
    15. Wang, B., Xu, Z., Xu, C., Yin., Y., Ding, W., Yu, H. (2004) A Study of Gridifying Scientific Computing Legacy Codes. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3251, 404 - 412. (Grid and Cooperative Computing - GCC 2004: Third International Conference, Wuhan, China, October 21-24, 2004. Proceedings) SpringerLink
    16. Zhang, Y., Yin, Y., Chen, Y., Gao, G., Yu, P., Luo, J. and Jiang, Y. (2003) PCAS--a precomputed proteome annotation database resource. BMC Genomics, 4, 42. PubMed
    17. Yin, Y., Luo, J., Jiang, Y. (2003) Advances in G-protein-coupled receptors and related bioinformatics study. Chinese Science bulletin, 48(6), 511-516. SciChina
    18. Jiang, Y., Gao, G., Fang, G., Gustafson, E.L., Laverty, M., Yin, Y., Zhang, Y., Luo, J., Greene, J.R., Bayne, M.L., Hedrick, J.A. and Murgolo, N.J. (2003) PepPat, a pattern-based oligopeptide homology search method and the identification of a novel tachykinin-like peptide. Mamm Genome, 14, 341-349. PubMed
  6. CONFERENCE POSTERS AND TALKS
    1. Yin, Y., Chou, WC., Xu, Y. (2009) Phylogenetic sub-classification of CAZy families and application in identification of novel glycosyl hydrolases in the environmental metagenomes. BioEnergy Science Center 3rd retreat
    2. Yin, Y., Gu, X., Bar-Peled, M., Xu, Y. (2009) Phylogenetic study of NDP-sugar interconversion enzymes: evolutionary relatedness and origin. BioEnergy Science Center 3rd retreat
    3. Kong, Y., Zhou, G., Avci, U., Gu, X., Jones, C., Yin, Y., Xu, Y., Hahn, M. Two poplar glycosyltransferase genes, PdGATL1.1 and PdGATL1.2, are functional orthologs to PARVUS/AtGATL1 in Arabidopsis. BioEnergy Science Center 3rd retreat
    4. Gu, X., Wages, C., Yin, Y., Xu, Y., Amor, J., Bar-Peled. M. (2009) Characterization of UDP-Xylose Synthase Like (UXSL) Enzymes in Pathogenic Bacteria. BioEnergy Science Center 3rd retreat
    5. Biswal, A., Yin, Y., Xu, Y., Mohnen, D. (2009) Identifying recalcitrance genes target among PL1 and GT77 family. BioEnergy Science Center 3rd retreat
    6. Kulkarni, A., Urbanowicz, B., Pena, M., Yin, Y., Xu, Y., York, W. (2009) Phylogenetic study of Xylan biosynthesis genes. BioEnergy Science Center 3rd retreat
    7. Yang, S., Kataeva, I., Yin, Y., Dam, P., Xu, Y., Westpfeling, J., Adams, MWW. (2009) Reclassification of 'Anaerocellum thermophilum' DSM 6725 as Caldicellulosiruptor bescii comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Caldicellulosiruptor. BioEnergy Science Center 3rd retreat
    8. Yin, Y., Chen, H., Cantwell, B., Jouline, I., Hahn, M., Mohnen, D., Xu Y. (2009) The plant cell wall biosynthesis related Galacturonosyltransferase (GAUT) and GAUT like (GATL) genes have a different origin than the other Glycosyltransferase family 8 genes. Genomics:GTL Awardee Workshop VII.
    9. Yin, Y., Chen, H., Cantwell, B., Jouline, I., Hahn, M., Mohnen, D., Xu Y. (2008) Computational study of the plant GT8 genes: insight about their origin and function. BioEnergy Science Center 2nd retreat (Oral presentation).
    10. Yin, Y., Huang J., Xu Y. (2008) The cellulose synthase superfamily in fully sequenced plants and algae. CSB2008.
    11. Yin, Y., Fischer, D. (2007) Identification and investigation of ORFans in the viral world. SMBE 2007.
    12. Yin, Y., Fischer, D. (2006) On the origin of microbial ORFans: Quantifying the strength of the evidence for viral lateral transfer. ISMB 2006.
    13. Yin, Y., Chen, Y., Luo, J., Gu, X., Jiang, Y. (2002) Mining for novel G-protein coupled receptors based on similarity search. The 2nd Chinese conference on Bioinformatics, 38.
    14. Jiang, Y., Gao, G., Fang G., Yin, Y., Luo, J., Greene, J., Bayne, M., Murgolo, N. (2002) PepPat: a pattern based oligopeptide homology search algorithm. The 2nd Chinese conference on Bioinformatics, 37.
    15. Zhang, Y., Yin, Y., Yu, P., Luo, J., Gu, X., Jiang, Y. (2002) Classifying IPI based on protein folding features and conserved domains. The 2nd Chinese conference on Bioinformatics, 36.
  7. ACADEMIC SERVICE
    • Reviewer for NSF (2007), PNAS, Genomics, APBC2009, Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, CSB2009, International Journal of Plant Genomics
    • Program committee member of IBW2009, BIBM2009, Bioinformatics 2010
  8. MISCELLANEOUS
Dobzhansky, Th.
1973.
"Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution"
The American Biology Teacher 35: (March): 125-129.

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