Jinjie Liu

Assistant Professor

At the Biological Sciences Program, I mainly coordinate and teach the Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) sections of BS171. I use an evidence-based approach to explore the impacts of the CURE curriculum and instructional materials on student learning. My science research focuses on plant lipid metabolism and lipid-derived signaling, aiming to increase oil content in photosynthetic organisms and develop stress-resilient crops. Additionally, I extend some of the CURE concepts into an outreach curriculum and facilitate workshops for high school students.

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

• Liu J, Benning C (2024) A plant mutant screen CURE integrated with core biology concepts showed effectiveness in course design and students’ perceived learning gains. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 53: 57-69.
• Sandquist E, Schofield B, Taylor K, Engel A, Liu J, Putzke A, Sagwan-Barkdoll L, Walsh S, Buchanan T, Barton L, Resendes K, Wolyniak M (2024). A community of practice for CURE development: the MIRIC (Mentoring the Integration of Research into the Classroom) Network. Journal of College Science Teaching 53: 454-461.
• Liu J, Cook R, Danhof L, Lopatto D, Stoltzfus JR, Benning C (2021). Connecting research and teaching using an Arabidopsis suppressor mutant screen in an introductory Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 49: 926-934.
• Liu J, Cook R, Danhof L, Stoltzfus JR, Benning C (2021). An Arabidopsis mutant screen CURE for a cell and molecular biology laboratory course. CUREnet collection, Science Education Resource Center. https://serc.carleton.edu/curenet/collection/245156.html.
• Ohlrogge J, Thrower N, Mhaske V, Stymne S, Baxter M, Liu J, Yang W, Shorrosh B, McGlew K, Zhang M, Wilkerson C, Matthäus B (2018). PlantFAdb: A resource for exploring hundreds of plant fatty acid structures synthesized by thousands of plants and their phylogenetic relationships. The Plant Journal 96: 1299-1308.
• Horn PJ, Liu J, Cocuron JC, McGlew K, Thrower NA, Larson M, Lu C, Alonso AP, Ohlrogge J (2016). Identification of multiple lipid genes with modifications in expression and sequence associated with the evolution of hydroxy fatty acid accumulation in Physaria fendleri. The Plant Journal 86: 322-348.
• Liu J, Rice A, McGlew K, Shaw V, Park H, Clemente T, Pollard M, Ohlrogge J, Durrett TP (2015). Metabolic engineering of oilseed crops to produce high levels of novel acetyl glyceride oils with reduced viscosity, freezing point and calorific value. Plant Biotechnology Journal 13: 858-865. (Cover article)
• Liu J, Tjellström H, McGlew K, Shaw V, Rice A, Simpson J, Kosma D, Ma W, Yang W, Strawsine M, Cahoon E, Durrett TP, Ohlrogge J (2015). Field production, purification and analysis of high-oleic acetyl- triacylglycerols from transgenic Camelina sativa. Industrial Crops and Products 65: 259-268. (Co-first author)