Dr. Jack Min

Dr. Jack Min

Professor

Chemical & Biological Sciences

Ward Beecher Hall 3014

phone: (330) 941-1945

xmin@ysu.edu

xmin.people.ysu.edu/

Bio

YSU 2008 - present
Education: Ph.D. 1995 University of Hawaii; MSS (Master of Software Systems) 2002 University of British Columbia; MS 1987 China Agricultural University; BS 1984 Qingdao Agricultural University Postdoctoral Research: University of British Columbia (1996-1998); Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan (1998-2000) Work Experience: Research associate - University of British Columbia (2000-2002); Concordia University (2002-2008)
Current Research & Teaching at YSU (2008 - present) Research projects: (1) Bioinformatics software and database development - software tools for DNA sequence analysis and identification of alternatively spliced genes; knowledge database development for secretomes and alternatively spliced genes; (2) Gene and genome annotation and evolutionary analysis. Teaching: BIOL1505: Biology & the Modern World; BIOL2601: General Biology - Molecules and Cells; BIOL3721: Genetics; BIOL3745: Plant Physiology; BIOL4890L: Molecular Genetics Laboratory; BIOL6964: Advanced Molecluar Genetics; BIOL4800: Bioinformatics; BIOL6900: Advanced Bioinformatics; BIOL5858: Computational Bioinformatics

Research Interests

Bioinformatics, Plant Genomics and Physiology

Teaching Interests

Bioinformatics, Plant Physiology, General Biology, etc

• Education

  • 2002

    MS, Software Systems

    University of British Columbia

  • 1995

    Ph D, Plant Sciences

    University of Hawaii at Manoa

    Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Physiological Effects of Environmental Factors and Growth Regulators on Floral Initiation and Development of Pineapple [Ananas Comosus (L.) Merr.]."

  • 1987

    MS, Agronomy

    China Agricultural University

  • 1984

    BS, Agronomy

    Qingdao Agricultural Universtity

• Awards and Honors

  • 2023

    PLOS

    Long Service Award

    For over 5 years of dedicated service and commitment to the PLOS ONE Editorial Board

  • 2013

    Youngstown State University

    Distiguished Professorship

• Intellectual Contributions

  • 2024

    "Error Assessment for Multi-Join AQP using Bootstrap Sampling"

    S. Maharjan, L. Kerns, X. Min, F. Yu

    39th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications (CATA'24), volume 98, p. 46-55

  • 2023

    "Systematic collection and analysis of alternative splicing events in potato plants"

    A. Ogungbayi, J. Lee, V. Vaghela, F. Yu, X. Min

    Journal of Plant Sciences, volume 11, issue 3, p. 98-106

  • 2022

    "Comparative analysis of alternative splicing events in foliar transcriptomes of potato plants inoculated with Phytophthora infestans"

    J. Lee, X. Min

    Computational Molecular Biology, volume 13, issue 1, p. 1-8

  • 2022

    "The pistachio genomes provide insights into nut tree domestication and ZW sex chromosome evolution"

    X. Min

    Plant Communications

  • 2022

    "Molecular evolution of genes involved in quinic acid utilization in fungi"

    D. Asch, J. Ziegler , X. Min

    Computational Molecular Biology, volume 11, issue 5, p. 1-15

  • 2022

    "Identification and Analysis of Alternative Splicing in Soybean Plants"

    X. Min, T. Kasamias, M. Wagner, A. Ogunbayi, F. Yu

    , volume 83, p. 1--9

  • 2021

    "Advances in transcriptome analyses using RNA sequencing technology in soybean plants [Glycine max]"

    X. Min, M. Wagner, T. Kasamias

    Computational Molecular Biology, volume 11, issue 1, p. 1-14

  • 2019

    "Expanding alternative splicing identification by integrating multiple sources of transcription data in tomato."

    S. Clark, F. Yu , L. Gu , X. Min

    Frontiers in Plant Sciences, volume 10:689., issue doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00689.

  • 2018

    "A survey of alternative splicing in allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)"

    X. Min

    Computational Molecular Biology, volume 8, issue 1, p. 1-13

  • 2017

    "Comprehensive Cataloging and Analysis of Alternative Splicing in Maize"

    X. Min

    Computational Molecular Biology, volume 7, issue 1, p. 1-11

  • 2017

    "Comparative landscape of alternative splicing in fruit plants"

    X. Min

    Current Plant Biology, volume 9-10, p. 29-36

  • 2016

    "ProtSecKB: The Protist Secretome and Subcellular Proteome Knowledgebase"

    X. Min

    Computational Molecular Biology, volume 6, issue 4, p. 1-12

  • 2016

    "Genome-wide identification and analysis of genes encoding proteolytic enzymes in pineapple"

    X. Min

    Tropical Plant Biology, volume 9, issue 3, p. 161-175

  • 2016

    "Analysis of alternative splicing landscape in pineapple (Ananas comosus)"

    X. Min

    Tropical Plant Biology, volume 9, issue 3, p. 150-160

  • 2015

    "Prediction of plant protein subcellular locations"

    K. Neizer-Ashun, F. Yu, J. Meinken, X. Min, G. Chang

    Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BICOB 2015

• Professional Service

  • 2023 - 2023

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    Scientific journals: PlosOne; Plants, International Journal of Molecular Sciences; 7 articles

  • 2023 - 2024

    Editor, Journal Editor
    MDPI Plants

• Public Service

  • 2022 - 2022

    Judge
    District 15 Lake-to-River Science Day

  • 2022 - 2022

    Judge
    YSU QUEST