Dr. Hieu Cao

Hieu Cao is a postdoc scientist at the Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding Department, Georg-August University of Göttingen. Here he aims to develop integrative strategies for the characterization of the genetic basis of drought stress tolerance in red oak.
Fields of interest
• Plant Genome Evolution
• Genomics Basis of Plant Adaptations
• Plant Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses
• Epigenomics and Epigenetics Mechanisms in Plants

Education and Academic Degrees
• 2008 – Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Germany.
• 2003: Diploma Equivalence in Biotechnology, University of Greifswald, Germany.
• 2001: B. Sc. in Biotechnology, VNU University of Science, Vietnam.

Position and Employment
• 2021–present: Post-doc, Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding Department, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany.
• 2017–2020: Post-doc, Department of Plant Physiology, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
• 2010–2017: Post-doc, Department of Breeding Research, Leibnitz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany.
• 2008–2009: Post-doc, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• 2004–2008: PhD student, Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Selected Publications
* Cao, H. X., G. T. H. Vu, O. Gailing (2022). "From Genome Sequencing to CRISPR-Based Genome Editing for Climate-Resilient Forest Trees." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23: 966. (doi: 10.3390/ijms23020966)
* Cao, H.X., Fourounjian, P, Wang, W (2020). “The Duckweed Genomes". In series: Kole C. (Ed) Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham (ISBN: 978-3-030-11045-1; doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-11045-1)
* G.T.H. Vu, H.X. Cao, F. Fauser, B. Reiss, H. Puchta, I. Schubert (2017). “Endogenous sequence patterns predispose the repair modes of CRISPR/Cas9-induced DNA double strand breaks in Arabidopsis thaliana.” Plant J (doi: 10.1111/tpj.13634)
* Cao, H. X., G. T. H. Vu, W. Wang, K. J. Appenroth, J. Messing and I. Schubert (2016). "The map-based genome sequence of Spirodela polyrhiza aligned with its chromosomes, a reference for karyotype evolution." New Phytol. 209(1):354-63. (doi:10.1111/nph.13592).
* H.X. Cao, T. Schmutzer, U. Scholz, A. Pecinka, I. Schubert and G.T.H. Vu (2015). "Metatranscriptome analysis reveals host-microbiome interactions in traps of carnivorous Genlisea species." Front Microbiol 6.(doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00526).
* Wang, W., G. Haberer, H. Gundlach, C. Glasser, T. Nussbaumer, M. C. Luo, A. Lomsadze, M. Borodovsky, R. A. Kerstetter, J. Shanklin, D. W. Byrant, T. C. Mockler, K. J. Appenroth, J. Grimwood, J. Jenkins, J. Chow, C. Choi, C. Adam, X. H. Cao, J. Fuchs, I. Schubert, D. Rokhsar, J. Schmutz, T. P. Michael, K. F. Mayer and J. Messing (2014). "The Spirodela polyrhiza genome reveals insights into its neotenous reduction fast growth and aquatic lifestyle." Nat. Commun. 5: 3311. (doi:10.1038/ncomms4311).
* G.T.H. Vu, H.X. Cao, K. Watanabe, G. Hensel, F.R. Blattner, J. Kumlehn and I. Schubert (2014). "Repair of site-specific DNA double-strand breaks in barley occurs via diverse pathways primarily involving the sister chromatid." Plant Cell 26(5): 2156-2167. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.114.126607)

Links
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1230-4127
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hieu-Cao-3
Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/1575226/hieu-xuan-cao/
Gscholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=CL563ZQAAAAJ&hl=en