Yan (Kimmy) Zhang

PhD student

School of Agriculture and Food Science

yan.zhang2@uq.edu.au

Featured projects	Duration
Improving CRISPR workflows in plants Genome Innovation Hub Collaborative Project (UQ infrastructure)	2023

Publications

Journal Articles (7)

Thesis (1)

Data Collection (1)

Journal Articles

Leech, Dale, Previtera, Dominic A., Zhang, Yan (张妍), Botella, José Ramón and Crisp, Peter A. (2025). Precision plant epigenome editing: what, how, and why. Trends in Plant Science. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.08.009

Gong, Zheng, Zhang, Yan, Xia, Di, Yoon, Sohye, Crisp, Peter Alexander and Botella, José Ramón (2025). Comprehensive benchmarking of genome editing quantification methods for plant applications. iScience, 28 (6) 112350, 112350. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112350

Zhang, Yan, Cheng, Ming, Massel, Karen, Godwin, Ian D. and Liu, Guoquan (2025). An accelerated transgene-free genome editing system using microparticle bombardment of sorghum immature embryos. aBIOTECH, 6 (2), 202-214. doi: 10.1007/s42994-025-00204-9

Zhang, Yan, Andrews, Haylie, Eglitis-Sexton, Judith, Godwin, Ian, Tanurdžić, Miloš and Crisp, Peter A. (2022). Epigenome guided crop improvement: current progress and future opportunities. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 6 (2), 141-151. doi: 10.1042/etls20210258

Zhang, Yan, Restall, Jemma, Crisp, Peter, Godwin, Ian and Liu, Guoquan (2021). Current status and prospects of plant genome editing in Australia. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 57 (4), 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s11627-021-10188-y

Liu, Guoquan, Zhang, Yan, Gong, Hao, Li, Shan, Pan, Yunrong, Davis, Christopher, Jing, Hai-Chun, Wu, Luguang and Godwin, Ian D. (2021). Stem vacuole-targetted sucrose isomerase enhances sugar content in sorghum. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14 (1) 53, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s13068-021-01907-z

Zhang, Yan, Yang, Zihao and Cock, Ian Edwin (2020). Centella asiatica (L.) Urban Leaf Extracts Inhibit the Growth of Bacterial Triggers of Selected Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases and Potentiate the Activity of Conventional Antibiotics. Pharmacognosy Communications, 10 (3), 119-129. doi: 10.5530/pc.2020.3.24

Thesis

Zhang, Kimmy (2025). Using epigenomics to discover and modify hidden genetic control elements for crop improvement. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/761f93b

Data Collection

Gong, Zheng, Zhang, Yan, Xia, Di, Yoon, Sohye, Crisp, Peter and Ramon Botella, Jose (2025). Raw AmpSeq reads for the quantification of CRISPR/SpCas9 genome edits in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a32ca0d

Areas of research

CRISPR/Gene editing

GIH collaborative project

Plant