Electron Microscope Unit Staff

 
Name: Dr Cheng Huang
Job Title: Senior Technical Officer
Phone: (02) 6125 6553
Email: huang@rsbs.anu.edu.au
Responsibilities:

Cryo-SEM and x-ray microanalysis of biological specimens
Qualifications: BSc, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing, China
  MSc, Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing, China
  PhD, School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Melbourne

 

 

Career Brief

  
1994 - 2000 Chief Research Electron Microscopist
Faculty of Science, Carleton University, Canada
1993 - 1994 Electron Microscopy Supervisor
Yerkes Primate Research Center, Emory University, USA
1991 - 1993 Technical Officer
Cryo-Analytical SEM Facility, Carleton University, Canada
1989 - 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Biology, Carleton University
1982 - 1985 Lecturer
Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing, China

 

Publications

Canny MJ, Huang CX, McCully ME. 2001. The cohesion theory debate continues. Trends in Plant Sciences 6: 454-455

Canny, M.J., McCully, M.E. and Huang, C.X. 2001. Cryo-scanning electron microscopy observations of vessel content during transpiration in walnut petioles. Facts or artifacts? Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 39:555-663

Melcher, P.J., Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C., Yount, D.E., Jones, T., Holbrook, N.M. and Huang, C.X. 2001. Water relations of coastal and estuarine Rhizophora mangle: xylem pressure potential and dynamics of embolism formation and repair. Oecologia. 126: 182-192.

McCully, M.E., Shane, M.W., Baker, A.N., Huang, C.X., Ling, L.E.C. and Canny, M.J. 2000. The reliability of cryoSEM for the observation and quantification of xylem embolisms and quantitative analysis of xylem sap in situ. J. Microscopy. 198: 24-33.

McCully, M.E., Huang, C.X. and Ling, L.E. 1998. Daily embolism and refilling of xylem vessels in the roots of field-grown maize. New Phytologist 138: 327-342.

Crews, L.J., McCully, M.E., Canny, M.J., Huang, C.X. and Ling, L.E. 1998. Xylem feeding by spittlebug nymphs: some observations by optical and cryo-scanning electron microscopy. American Journal of Botany 85: 449-460.

England, W.E., McCully, M.E. and Huang, C.X. 1997. Solvent vapour lock: an extreme case of the problems caused by lignified and suberized cell walls during resin infiltration. Journal of Microscopy 185: 85-93.

Huang, C.X., Ling, L.McCully, M.E. and Canny, M.J. 1996. Cryo-analytical microscopy: Multiple applications for plant structure and physiology. (54th Annual meeting of Microscopy Society of America, Minneapolis in August).

Huang, C.X., Canny, M.J., Oates, K. and McCully, M.E. 1994. Planing frozen hydrated specimens for SEM observation and EDX microanalysis. Microscopy Research and Technique 28: 67-74.

Canny, M.J. and Huang, C.X. 1993. What is in the intercellular spaces of roots? Evidence from the cryo-analytical scanning electron microscope. Physiologia Plantarum 87: 561-568.

Canny, M.J. and Huang, C.X. 1994. Rates of diffusion into roots of maize. New Phytologist 126: 11-19.

Huang, C.X. and Van Steveninck, R.F.M. 1990. Salinity induced structural changes in meristematic cells of barley roots. New Phytologist 115: 17-22.

Huang, C.X. and Van Steveninck, R.F.M., 1989. The role of paticular pericycle cells in apoplastic transport in the root meristem of barley. Journal of Plant Physiology 135: 554-558.

Huang, C.X. and Van Steveninck, R.F.M. 1989. Longitudinal and transverse profiles of K+ and Cl- concentration in 'low' and 'high salt' barley roots. New Phytologist 112: 475-480.

Huang, C.X. and Van Steveninck, R.F.M. 1989. Maintenance of low C- concentrations in mesophyll cells of leaf blades of barley seedlings exposed to salt stress. Plant Physiology 90: 1440-1443.

Huang, C.X. and Van Steveninck, R.F.M. 1988. Effect of moderate salinity on patterns of potassium, sodium and chloride accumulation in cells near the root tip of barley: Role of differentiating metaxylem vessels. Physiologia Plantarum 73: 525-533.

 

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