Su, Yvonne CF

Research Interests:

My past research focused on the molecular phylogeny, character evolution, divergence times and biogeography of early-diverging angiosperms occurring in SE Asia. I have newly joined in the PEID at Duke-NUS since July 2011, my current interests have moved on to understand the ecology, molecular epidemiology, phylogeography and evolutionary dynamics of emerging infectious diseases in different hosts.

Selected Publications:

Meng W, Su YCF, Saunders RMK and Chye ML (2011). The rice acyl-CoA-binding protein gene family: phylogeny, expression and functional analysis. New Phytologist 189: 1170–1184.

Couvreur TLP, Pirie MD, Chatrou L, Saunders RMK, Su YCF, Richardson JE and Erkens RHJ (2010). Early history of the flowering plant family Annonaceae: steady diversification and boreotropical geodispersal. Journal of Biogeography 38: 664–680.

Su YCF, Chaowasku T and Saunders RMK (2010). An extended phylogeny of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae), with descriptions of three new species and a reassessment of the generic status of Oreomitra. Systematic Botany 35: 30–39.

Surveswaran S, Wang RJ, Su YCF and Saunders RMK (2010). Generic delimitation and historical biogeography in the early-divergent ‘ambavioid’ lineage of the Annonaceae: Cananga, Cyathocalyx and Drepananthus. Taxon 59: 1721–1734.

Su YCF and Saunders RMK (2009). Evolutionary divergence times in the Annonaceae: evidence of a late Miocene origin of Pseuduvaria with subsequent diversification in New Guinea and Australia. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: art. 153.

Hu MY, Lam CT, Liu KD, Xu Z, Fatima S, Su YCF, Tsang F, Chen J, Pang JZ, Qin LX and Luk JM (2009). Proteomic identification of a monoclonal antibody recognizing Caveolin-1 in hepatocellular carcinoma with metastatic potential. Protein and Peptide Letters 16: 479–485.

Su YCF, Smith GJD and Saunders RMK (2008). Phylogeny of the basal angiosperm genus Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae) inferred from five chloroplast DNA regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 188–206.

Luk JM, Su YCF, Lam CT, Lee CK, Hu MY, He QY, Lau GK, Wong FWS and Fan ST (2005). Proteomic identification of Ku70/Ku80 autoantigen recognized by monoclonal antibody against hepatocellular carcinoma. Proteomics 5: 1980–1986.

Book (refereed)
Su YCF and Saunders RMK (2006). Monograph of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 79. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The American Society of Plant Taxonomists [204 pages + 3 colour plates].