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Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources - University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Qing X. Li

Professor


RESEARCH

Research in this laboratory focuses on environmental biochemistry and biotechnology, specifically, metabolomics, proteomics, bioremediation, phytoremediation, marine pollution and toxicology, immunochemical assays, tephritid fruit fly control, analytical and environmental chemistry of pollutants and pesticides.

INSTRUCTION

Environmental Biochemistry (MBBE412, 3 credits- lecture course)

Advanced Laboratory Techniques (MBBE687, 3 credits- lecture/lab course)

EDUCATION

B.S. in Agriculture, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Province, P.R. China

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of California at Davis, USA

Post-doctoral fellow, University of California at Berkeley, USA

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND AFFILIATIONS

American Chemical Society

American Association for the Advancement of Science

USDA W-1045 technical committee

USDA multi-regional project, S-1007, "The Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy"

USDA IR-4 program

UH Water Resources and Research Center

Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering Graduate Program, UH-Manoa

Food Science Graduate Program, UH-Manoa

Nutrition Graduate Program, UH-Manoa

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (out of 126)

Lee, S.-E.; Seo, J.S.; Keum, Y.-S.; Lee, K.-J.; Li, Q.X. 2007. Fluoranthene metabolism and associated proteins in Mycobacterium sp. JS14. Proteomics 7(12):2059-2069.

Seo, J.-S.; Keum, Y.-S.; Harada, R.M.; Li, Q.X. 2007. Isolation and characterization of bacteria capable of degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organophosphorus pesticides from PAHs-contaminated soil in Hilo, Hawaii. J. Agric. Food Chem. 55(14):5383-5389.

Wang, D.; Atkinson, S.; Hoover-Miller, A.; Lee, S.-E.; Li, Q.X. 2007. Organochlorines in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) tissues from the northern Gulf of Alaska. Environmental Pollution 146:268-280.

Keum, Y.-S.; McQuate, G.T., Li, Q.X. 2007. Synergists isolated from cade oil for the parapheromone ?-ionol for male Bactrocera latifrons (Diptera: Tephritidae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 35(4):188-195.

Seo, J.S., Keum, Y.S., Hu, Y., Lee, S.E., Li, Q.X. 2007. Degradation of phenanthrene by Burkholderia sp. C3: initial 1,2- and 3,4-dioxygenation and meta- and ortho-cleavage of naphthalene-1,2-diol. Biodegradation 18:123-131.

Lee, S.-E.; Li, Q.X.; Yu, J. 2006. Proteomic responses to formic acid on Ralstonia eutropha. Proteomics 6:4259-4268.

Harada, R.M.; Campbell, S.; Li, Q.X. 2006. Pseudoxanthomonas kalamensis sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from Johnston Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 56:1103-1107.

Rui, Yu-Kui; Yi, Guo-Xiang; Zhao, Jing; Wang, Bao-Min; Li, Zhao-Hu; Zhai, Zhi-Xi; He, Zhong-Pei; Li, Qing X. 2005. Changes of Bt toxin in the rhizosphere of transgenic Bt cotton and its influence on soil functional bacteria. World J. Microbiol. & Biotechnol. 21(6):1279-1284.

Cho, I.-K.; Chang, C.L.; Li, Q.X. 2005. Nicotinamide in relation to dietary nicotinic acid and nine other vitamins and larval development of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae). J. Agric. Food Chem. 53:7307-7311.

Pelleguer, J.-L.; Chen, S.-W. W.; Karu, A.E.; Li, Q.X.; Roberts, V.A. 2005. Structural basis for preferential binding of non-ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls by the monoclonal antibody S2B1. J. Mol. Recog. 18:282-294.

Wang, D.; Atkinson, S.; Hoover-Miller, A.; Li, Q.X. 2005. Analysis of organochlorines in harbor seal tissue samples from Alaska using gas chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry by an isotopic dilution technique. Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry. 19(13): 1815-1821.

Shelver, W.L.; Keum, Y.-S.; Kim, H.-J.; Rutherford, Drew; Hakk, Heldur H.; Bergman, Ake; Li, Q.X. 2005. Hapten syntheses and antibody generation for the development of polybrominated flame retardants ELISA. J. Agric. Food Chem. 53(10): 840-3847.

Keum, Y.-S.; Li, Q.X. 2005. Reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by zero-valent Iron. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39(7):2280-2286.

Delanoy, G.; Li, Q.X.; Yu, J. 2005. Activity and stability of laccase in conjugation with chitosan. Int’l J. of Biological Macromolecules. 35(1-2): 89-95.

Hou, S.; Saw, J.; Lee, K.S.; Freitas, T.A.; Belisle, C.; Kawarabayasi, Y.; Donachie, S.P.; Galiperin, M.Y.; Koonin, E.V.; Makarova, K.S.; Omelchenko, M.V.; Sorokin, A.; Wolf, Y.I.; Li, Q.X.; Keum, Y.S.; Campbell, S.; Denery, J.; Aizawa, S.-I.; Shibata, S.; Malahoff, A.; Alam, M. 2004. Genome sequence of the deep-sea ?-Proteobacterium Idiomarina Ioihiensis reveals amino acid fermentation as source of carbon and energy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 101(52): 18036-18041.

Paquin, D.; Campbell, S.; Li, Q.X. 2004. Phytoremediation in sub-tropical Hawaii– a review of over 100 plant species. Remediation. 14(2): 127-139.

Willcox, M.K.; Woodward, L.; Ylitalo, G.; Buzitis, J.; Atkinson, S. Li, Q.X. 2004. Survey for organochlorines in the free-ranging Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) at French Frigate Shoals, North Pacific Ocean. Sci. Total Environ. 322(1-3): 81-93.

Keum, Y.-S.; Li, Q.X. 2004. Copper dissociation as a mechanism of fungal laccase denaturation by humic acid. Appl. Microbiol. Biotech. 64: 588-592.

Zhu, Y.; Li, Q.X. 2002. Movement of bromacil and hexazinone in soils of Hawaiian pineapple fields. Chemosphere. 49(6): 671-676.

Chiu, Y.-W.; Li, Q.X.; Karu, A.E. 2001. Selective binding of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners by a monoclonal antibody: analysis by kinetic exclusion fluorescence immunoassay. Anal. Chem. 73(22):5477-5484.

David, M.D.; Campbell, S.; Li, Q.X. 2000. Pressurized fluid extraction of polar herbicides, and polar herbicides using in-situ derivatization. Anal. Chem. 72(15):3665-3670.

Pellequer, J.L.; Zhao, B.; Kao, H.-I.; Bell, C.W.; Karu, A.E.; Li, K.; Li, Q.X.; Roberts, V.A. 2000. Stabilization of bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by a ?-cation interaction. J. Mol. Biology. 302(3):691-699.

Thomas, S.D.; Li, Q.X. 2000. Immunoaffinity chromatography for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in corals. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 34(12), 2649-2654.

Chiu, Y.-W.; Chen, R.; Li, Q.X.; Karu. A.E. 2000. Derivation and properties of recombinant Fab antibodies to coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls. J. Agric. Food Chem. 48 (6):2614-2624.

Liu, M.; Li, Q.X.; Rechnitz, G.A. 2000. Gold electrode modification with thiolated hapten for the design of amperometric and piezoelectric immunosensors. Electroanalysis 12:21-26.

Guo, F.; Li, Q.X.; Alcantara-Licudine, J.P. 1999. A simple Na4EDTA-assisted sub/supercritical fluid extraction procedure for quantitative recovery of polar analytes in soil. Anal. Chem. 71:1309-1315.

Li, K.; Chen, R.; Zhao, B.; Liu, M.; Karu A.E.; Roberts, V.A.; Li, Q.X. 1999. Monoclonal antibody-based ELISAs for part-per-billion determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: effects of haptens and formats on sensitivity and specificity. Anal. Chem 71(2):302-309.

Li, Q.X.; Casida, J.E. 1994. Structure-activity studies leading to potent chloride channel blockers: 5e-tert-butyl-2-[4-(substituted-ethynyl)phenyl]-1,3-dithianes. Bioorg. & Med. Chem., 2(12):1423-1434.

Li, Q.X.; Gee, S.J.; McChesney, M.M.; Hammock, B.D.; Seiber, J.N. 1989. Comparison of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a gas chromatographic procedure for the determination of molinate residues. Anal. Chem., 61:818-823.