Berea College
Entry year: 2015

pyaephyo@mit.edu

T. Wang, P. Phyo, M. Hong, “Multidimensional Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Plant Cell Walls“, Solid State Nucl. Magn. Reson. 78, 56-63 (2016).

P. Phyo, T. Wang, C. Xiao, C. Anderson, and M. Hong, “Effects of pectin mutations on the structure of plant primary cell walls: insights from solid-state NMR”, Biomacromolecules 18, 2937-2950 (2017).

P. Phyo, T. Wang, S. Kiemle, Hugh O’Neill, Sai V. Pingali, M. Hong, and D.J. Cosgrove, “Gradients in wall mechanics and polysaccharides along growing Arabidopsis inflorescence stems”, Plant Physiology , 175, 1593-1607 (2017).

P. Phyo, T. Wang, H. O’Neil, and M. Hong, “Direct Determination of Hydroxymethyl Conformations of Plant Cell Wall Cellulose Using ¹H Polarization Transfer Solid-State NMR”, Biomacromolecules, 19 (5), 1485-1497 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00039

F. Li, P. Phyo, J. Jacobowitz, M. Hong, and J. K. Weng, “The molecular structure of plant sporopollenin”, Nature Plants, 5, 41-46 (2019).

Featured in MIT News: Cracking a tough case: Whitehead Institute and MIT researchers uncover the detailed molecular structure of the sporopollenin polymer, an inert material key for the emergence of land plants.

P. Phyo, Y. Gu and M. Hong, “Impact of acid pH on plant cell wall polysaccharide structure and dynamics: insights into the mechanism of acid growth of plants from solid-state NMR”, Cellulose, 26, 291-304 (2019).

P. Phyo and M. Hong, “Fast MAS ¹H-¹³C correlation NMR for structural investigations of plant cell walls”, J. Biomol. NMR, 73 (12), 661-674 (2019).