Faculty Profile for Dr. Hong-Gu Kang

Biography Section
Biography and Education
Ph. D. (2000) University of California, Los Angeles; Molecular, Cell and Developmental BiologyM.S. (1994) Seoul National University; Agricultural Chemistry
B.S. (1992) Seoul National University: Agricultural Chemistry
Teaching Interests
Cell and Molecular BiologyGenomics and Bioinformatics
Research Interests
Plant genomics and transcriptomics under biotic stressSelected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Kang, H. G. (n.d.). A nuclear tRNA-derived fragment triggers immunity in Arabidopsis. Communications Biology.
- Nam, J. C., Bhatt, P. S., Bonnard, A., Pujara, D. S., & Kang, H. G. (2024). Arabidopsis MORC1 and MED9 interact to regulate defense gene expression and plant fitness. Plant Pathology Journal, 40, 438–450. https://doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.OA.07.2024.0107
- Kang, H. G. (2023). Co-immunoprecipitation for assessing protein-protein interactions in Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression system in Nicotiana benthamiana. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2690, 101–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3327-4_9
- Rahman, M., Haque, A., Pujara, D. S., Mayorga, J., Kang, H. G., & Valles Molina, D. (2022). Automation of Luminescence Quantitation for High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping Using Image Processing and U-Net Segmentation (p. 117). Las Vegas, NV, USA: American Council on Science & Education. Retrieved from https://american-cse.org/static/CSCE22-book-abstracts-printing.pdf
- Kim, S., Yogendra, B., Nam, J. C., Mayorga, J., & Kang, H. G. (2021). High-throughput targeted transcriptional profiling of defense genes using RNA-mediated oligonucleotide Annealing, Selection, and Ligation with next-generation sequencing in Arabidopsis. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2328, 227–252. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1534-8_15
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Research Award, Texas State University. September 2020 - August 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Awards. August 2017
- Award / Honor Recipient: NSF CAREER Award. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: ASPB Recognition Travel Award, American Society of Plant Biologist. 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: Travel Award, Plant Biology 2013 - American Society of Plant Biologist. 2013
Selected Grants
- Kang, Hong Gu (Principal). Characterization of epigenetic factors and their regulatory roles in modulating transposable elements, plant immunity and transgenerational inheritance., NSF, Federal, $786023. (Funded: February 2016 - February 2023). Grant.
- Kang, Hong Gu (Principal). Texas State University Multi-disciplinary Internal Research Grant. (Funded: 2014 - 2015). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Chair
Institutional Biosafety Committee
2022-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Plant Biotechnology Reports
2019-Present
Science Fair Judge
Alamo Regional Science Fair
2017-Present
Other
Technical Support Personnel
September 2017-Present
Member
Department Seminar Committee
September 2017-Present