Qualifications
| 2007 – 2010 | Doctor in Food Sciences
University of Bourgogne (France) |
| 2009 – 2010 | Master Business of Administration (double courses alternance)
Dijon Institute of Business Administration (IAE Dijon), France |
| 2006 – 2007 | Master in Food Sciences. National Institute of Agricultural Science, Food and Environment (Dijon Agrosup), France |
| 2001 – 2006 | Engineer in Food Technology
Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam |
Relevant experiences
| Jan.13 – now | Deputy director of Research, Innovation and Technology transfer Direction
Leader, Plant biotechnology team, Department of Life Sciences, USTH |
| 2022-2024 | Vingroup Innovation fund VINIF2021.DA0002 | PI | Genome editing for improving the Phosphate use efficiency in rice |
| 2022-2023 | VAST 7 priority directions
(VAST02.05/22-23) |
PI | Functional characterization of gene controlling crown root development under abiotic stress using CRISPR/Cas9 |
| 2022-2024 | VAST 4.0
(CN4000.01/22-24) |
Key member | Precision agriculture using remote sensing and deep learning for monitoring rice health |
| 2021-2023 | Vietnam-China JRP (NĐT/CN/21/24) | Key member | Research on micronutrient bio-fortification in rice using Genome editing technology |
| 2020-2021 | Global Challenges Research Fund-UK | Key
partner |
Improving crop yield in dry and nutrient-poor soils via more resilient rice varieties |
| 2017-2020 | NAFOSTED
106-NN.03-2016.15 |
PI | Discovery of QTLs associated with the sensitivity to Jasmonic acid linked to plant growth and stress tolerance in Vietnamese rice collection using Genome Wide Association Studies |
| 2018-2020 | USTH | Key member | Investigating the gene expression pattern of Vietnamese rice accessions (Oryza sativa L.) grown under Phosphorus starvation and the correlation with Jasmonic acid. |
| 2016-2017 | USTH- Consortium | Co- PI | Identifying new plant genes involved in abiotic and biotic interactions and productivity |
| 2014-2016 | USTH- Consortium | Coordinator | Functional characterization of rice genetic resources and genetic diversity of rice pathogens in Vietnam |
| 2013-2015 | Vietnam-France Joint JRP (MARD) | Participant | Characterization of new genes and alleles involved in root development and drought tolerance in rice |
|
Jun.11 – Jun.12 |
Postdoctoral fellow at French National Center for Scientific Research UMR 6022 – European Council FP7 ICON project : “A new metabolic pathway engineering to produce the branched-chain fatty acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for use in biolubrication” |
| Oct.07 – Dec.10 | PhD Candidate fellow at Institute Jules Guyot, University of Burgundy (France)
– Project: “Membrane lipid composition in the Lactic Acid Bacteria under stress conditions: Physical role of the Cyclic Fatty Acid in Oenococcus oeni ATCC BAA1163 and Lactococcus lactis sub cremoris MG1363” |
Networking
– In charge of Establishing the Research cooperation between Life Sciences department (USTH, VN) and Applied Life Science Department (BK21 Program), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center (PMBBRC), Gyeongsang National University (GNU, Korea) and Kyung Hee University (KHU, Korea)
– Partner of Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) networking grant among UK (University of Nottingham), Philippines (IRRI), India (National Institute of Plant Genome Research) and Vietnam (USTH).
– In charge of Establishing the Research cooperation between USTH and National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST, TW), University Network for Tropical Agriculture (UNTA).
– Coordinator of Cultivar project between USTH and The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD, FR).
– USTH Coordinator of International joint laboratory on Functional Genomics & Biotechnology for Plants and Associated Microorganisms (LMI-RICE).
Selected publications
- Nguyen TT, Nguyen TC, Do PT, To HTM Effect of gibberellin on crown root development in the mutant of the rice plasmodesmal Germin-like protein OsGER4. Funct Integr Genomics. Mar 18;24(2):59 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-024-01341-y . PMID: 38498207.
- Chu Bao Minh, To Thi Mai Huong, Tran Giang Son. 2024. Rice grain trait estimation using color space conversion and deep learning-based image segmentation. TNU Journal of Science and Technology. 229(07): 133 – 140. https://doi.org/10.34238/tnu-jst.10191
- Nguyen, T.T., Pham, T.D., Do, P.T. … To HTM (2024). The Plasmodesmal Protein OsGER4 is Involved in Auxin Mediated Crown Root Development in Rice. J. Plant Biol. 67, 221–230 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-024-09424-w
- TT Nguyen, DT Pham, NH Nguyen, PT Do, HTM To.,2023. The Germin-like protein gene OsGER4 is involved in heat stress response in rice root development. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 23 (3), 271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-023-01201-1
- Phuong Nga, M. T., Thuy Linh, N. T., & Mai Huong, T. T. (2023). Genome-wide association studies for identification of genes and QTLs controlling the palmitic acid content in rice bran oil. Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology, 21(2), 337–345. https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/18607
- Thi Mai Huong To, Thi Linh Nguyen, Thi Ngoc An Do, Lan Phuong Nguyen, Nga TP Mai. Investigating the diversity of resistant starch in Vietnamese rice collection. Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology 65 No. 2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.31276/VJSTE.65(2).59-64
- Nguyen, N.H., Bui, T.P., Le, N.T., Nguyen, C.X., Le, M.T.T., Dao, N.T., Phan, Q., Van Le, T., To, H.M.T., Pham, N.B. and Chu, H.H., 2023. Disrupting Sc-uORFs of a transcription factor bZIP1 using CRISPR/Cas9 enhances sugar and amino acid contents in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Planta, 257(3), p.57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-023-04089-0
- Le, T.V.A., To, H.T.M., Nguyen, T.K.O. and Mai, N.T., 2023. Systemic adaptation of rice plants under low phosphate conditions and interaction with endophytic bacteria. Italian Journal of Agronomy, 18(1). http://doi:10.4081/ija.2023.2181
- Mai, N.T., Nguyen, L.T.T., Tran, S.G. and To, H.T.M., 2023. Genome-wide association study reveals useful QTL and genes controlling the fatty acid composition in rice bran oil using Vietnamese rice landraces. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 23(2), pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-023-01080-6
- To, T.M., Nguyen, V.P., Chu, H.H., Mai, N. T. P., 2023. Phosphate starvation enhances Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae resistance in rice. Biologia Plantarum. 67:262-270. 67:262-270. DOI: 10.32615/bp.2023.013
- Tô Thị Mai Hương, Trần Thị Ánh Nguyệt, Nguyễn Đức Bách (2023). Khảo sát ảnh hưởng của tween 80 đến giá trị dinh dưỡng của tảo xoắn (Spirulina platensis).Tạp chí Nông nghiệp và Phát triển nông thôn. Số 6/2023. Trang 181-187
- Trần Thị Ánh Nguyệt, Nguyễn Đức Bách, Tô Thị Mai Hương (2023). Ảnh hưởng của tween 80 đến sự tích lũy lipit, thành phần axit béo và hàm lượng axit amin tự do của tảo chlorella vulgaris. Tạp chí Nông nghiệp và Phát triển nông thôn. Số 6/2023, trang
- Mai, N.T.P., Nguyen, L.T.T., Tran, A.T.N., Ngo, N.T.H., Chu, A.T.Q., To, T.M., 2023. Natural variation in fatty acid composition of diverse vietnamese rice germplasm. Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology. Vol. 21 No. 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/17984
- To Thi Mai Huong, Mai Thi Phuong Nga. Antioxidant activities and free amino acid content of rice responded to xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae infection under phosphate starvation condition. Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology.Vol. 21 No. 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/18126
- To, T.M., Pham, D.T., Le Thi, V.A., Nguyen, T.T., Tran, T.A., Ta, A.S., Chu, H.H. and Do, P.T., 2022. The Germin‐like protein OsGER4 is involved in promoting crown root development under exogenous jasmonic acid treatment in rice. The Plant Journal, 112(3), pp.860-874. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.1598
- Gonin, M., Jeong, K., Coudert, Y., Lavarenne, J., Hoang, G.T., Bes, M., To, T.M., Thiaw, M.R.N., Do, T.V., Moukouanga, D. and Guyomarc’h, S., 2022. CROWN ROOTLESS1 binds DNA with a relaxed specificity and activates OsROP and OsbHLH044 genes involved in crown root formation in rice. The Plant Journal, 111(2), pp.546-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15838
- To, T.M., Chu, H.H. and Mai, N.T.P., 2022. Biochemical and molecular adaptaion of rice plants towards low phosphate condition. Tap Chi Sinh Hoc, 44(3). https://doi.org/10.15625/2615-9023/17087
- Le Thi Van Anh, H.D., Phuc, N.H.G., Pham Quynh Trang, L.H.N., Quynh, N.M. and To, T.M., 2022. Agarose-paraffin double embedding assisted with 3D printing for high throughput rice root sectioning. Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology, 20(1), pp.45-51. https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/15706
- Mai, N.T., Mai, C.D., Van Nguyen, H., Le, K.Q., Duong, L.V., Tran, T.A. and To, T.M., 2021. Discovery of new genetic determinants of morphological plasticity in rice roots and shoots under phosphate starvation using GWAS. Journal of Plant Physiology, 257, p.153340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153340
- Nguyen, V.P., Trinh, D.D., Tran, L.N.K., Do, D.T.G., Ta, T.T.L., Mai, T.P.N., To, T.M., Mai, D.C., Chu, H.H. and Le, T.B., 2021. Identification and evaluation of enzymes gelatinase, amylase, and catalase produced by rice root endophytic bacteria isolated from Hai Duong with antimicrobial properties against Xanthomonas oryzea pv. oryzea. Academia Journal Of Biology, 43(2), pp.107-117. https://doi.org/10.15625/2615-9023/15906
- Nga, M.T.P., Anh, C.T.Q. and To, T.M., 2021. Genome wide association studies analysis of the natural ability of uptaking the phosphate in Vietnamese rice landraces. Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology, 19(4), pp.677-686. https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/1537419(4):677-686
- To, T.M., Le, K.Q., Van Nguyen, H., Duong, L.V., Kieu, H.T., Chu, Q.A.T., Tran, T.P. and Mai, N.T., 2020. A genome-wide association study reveals the quantitative trait locus and candidate genes that regulate phosphate efficiency in a Vietnamese rice collection. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 26, pp.2267-2281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-020-00902-2
- Nguyen, P.V., Mai, N.T.P., To, T.M., Mai, C.D., Chu, H.H., Le, B.T., 2020. In vitro screening for plant growth promoting traits and antifungal activity against Magnaporthe oryzea from submerged rice root endophytic bacteria. Proceedings of 2000 Vietnam National Conference on Biotechnology. Publishing House of Hue University (ISBN: 978-604-974-562-1). pp.568-574.
- Nguyen, T.H., To, T.M., Moukouanga, D., Lebrun, M., Bellafiore, S. and Champion, A., 2020. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing of the jasmonate biosynthesis OsAOC gene in rice. Jasmonate in plant biology: Methods and protocols, pp.199-209. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0142-6_15
- To, T.M., Nguyen H.T., Dang N.T.M., Bui T.X., Phung N.T.P., Lavarence J, Gantet P., Lebrun M., Bellafiore S. and Champion A. (2019) Unraveling genetic control of shoot and root growth of rice under jasmonate treatment conditions by genome wide association study. The Rice Journal. 12(69). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-019-0327-5
- Nguyen, T.H., To, T.M., Lebrun, M., Bellafiore, S. and Champion, A., 2019. Jasmonates—the master regulator of rice development, adaptation and defense. Plants, 8 (9): 339. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8090339
- To, T.M., Mai, N.T., Ngo, M.A., Nguyen, N.H., Hanh, K.T., Nguyen, T.T., Vu, H.T.T., Tran, D.K., Van Le, A.T., Nguyen, T.H. and Champion, A., 2019. Physiological and molecular comparative analysis of two contrasting rice varieties under jasmonic acid treatment. Journal of Biotechnology, 17(4), pp.663-672. https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/17/4/14428
- Nguyen, H.N., Dang, N.T.M., Bui, X.T., Nguyen, T.H., Champion, A., To, T.M., 2018. Identification of the genetic control of number of crown roots at the early developmental stage in rice. Proceedings Of National Conference Of Biotechnology. Publishing house of Natural Science and Technology. pp.1398-1404.
- Thi Mai Huong To, Cosette Grandvalet, Hervé Alexandre, Raphaëlle Tourdot-Maréchal (2015): Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase from Oenococcus oeni: Expression in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris and Biochemical Characterization. Archive in Microbioly. 2015 Nov; 197(9):1063-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-015-1143-y
- Chung D Mai, Nhung TP Phung, Huong TM To, Mathieu Gonin, Giang T Hoang, Khanh L Nguyen, Vinh N Do, Brigitte Courtois, Pascal Gantet (2014). Genes controlling root development in rice. The Rice Journal, 7:30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-014-0030-5 .
- Thi Mai Huong To, Cosette Grandvalet, Raphaëlle Tourdot-Maréchal (2011) “Cyclopropanation of membrane unsaturated fatty acids is not essential for acid adaptation in Lactococcus lactis”. (Applied Environmental Microbiology. May 2011 vol. 77 no. 10 3327-3334) https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02518-10