Areas of Focus
- Plant Immunity and Environmental Response
Work Experience
- 2014-2021 - University of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2022-Present - Fudan University, School of Life Sciences - Junior Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002-2006 Bachelor's Degree: Nanjing Normal University
- 2006-2013 Doctorate: Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2022 Selected for National Overseas High-Level Talent Youth Project
- 2022 Selected for Shanghai Leading Talent (Overseas) Youth Project
- 2022 Selected for Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program
Publications
- Phytochromes transmit photoperiod information via the Evening Complex in Brachypodium, Gao M#, Lu Y#, Geng F, Klose C, Staudt A, Huang H, Nguyen D, Lan H, Lu H, Mockler T, Nusinow D, Hiltbrunner A, Schafer E, Wigge P*, Jaeger K*, 2023
- Antibodies for a bespoke plant immunity, Gao M#*, Schornack S*, 2023
- Dual functions of a novel effector in the plant and pathogen arms race, Lu H, Gao M*, 2023
- Ca2+ sensor-mediated ROS scavenging suppresses rice intrinsic immunity and is exploited by a fungal effector, Gao M#, He Y#, Yin X#, Zhong X#*, Yan B, Chen J, Wu Y, Li X, Huang Y, Gong X, Chang H, Xie S, Liu J, Yue J, Xu J, Zhang G, Deng Y, Wang E, Tharreau D, Wang G, Yang W*, and He Z*, 2021
- GDSL lipases modulate immunity through lipid homeostasis in rice, Gao M#, Yin X#, Yang W#, Lam SM, Tong X, Liu J, Wang X, Li Q, Shui G, He Z*, 2017
- Studies on innate immunity in rice, Gao M, He Z*, 2013
- A prion-like domain in ELF3 functions as a thermosensor in Arabidopsis, Jung J#, Barbosa A#, Hutin S#, Kumita J, Gao M, Derwort D, Silva C, Lai X, Pierre E, Geng F, Kim S, Baek S, Zubieta C, Jaeger KE, Wigge PA*, 2020
- A CRISPR/Cas9-Based Mutagenesis Protocol for Brachypodium distachyon and Its Allopolyploid Relative, Brachypodium hybridum, Hus K, Betekhtin A, Pinski A, Rojek-Jelonek M, Grzebelus E, Nibau C, Gao M, Jaeger KE, Jenkins G, Doonan JH, Hasterok R, 2020
- LHY2 integrates night-length information to determine timing of poplar photoperiodic growth, Ramos-Sánchez J, Triozzi P, Alique D, Geng F, Gao M, Jaeger K, Wigge P, Allona I, Perales M*, 2019
- Rice copine genes OsBON1 and OsBON3 function as suppressors of broad-spectrum disease resistance, Yin X#, Zou B#, Hong X, Gao M, Yang W, Zhong X, He Y, Kuai P, Lou Y, Huang J, Hua J*, He Z*, 2018
- Phytochromes function as thermosensors in Arabidopsis, Jung J#, Domijan M#, Klose C#, Biswas S#, Ezer D#, Gao M, Khattak A, Box M, Charoensawan V, Cortijo S, Kumar M, Grant A, Locke J, Schäfer E, Jaeger K, Wigge P*, 2016
- Control of rice embryo development, shoot apical meristem maintenance and grain yield by a novel cytochrome P450, Yang W, Gao M, Yin X, Liu J, Xu Y, Zeng L, Li Q, Zhang S, Wang J, Zhang X, and He Z*, 2013
- BENT UPPERMOST INTERNODE1 encodes a class II formin FH5 crucial for actin organization and rice development, Yang W#, Ren S#, Zhang X#, Gao M, Ye S, Qi Y, Zheng Y, Wang J, Zeng L, Li Q, Huang S, He Z*, 2011
- Plasma membrane localization and potential endocytosis of constitutively expressed XA21 proteins in transgenic rice, Chen F, Gao M, Miao Y, Yuan Y, Wang M, Li Q, Mao B, Jiang L, He Z*, 2010
- OsRAR1 and OsSGT1 physically interact and function in rice basal disease resistance, Wang Y, Gao M, Li Q, Wang L, Wang J, Jeon JS, Qu N, Zhang Y, He Z*, 2008
Awards
- 2022: Young Scientist Award by Shanghai Society of Plant Pathology