Areas of Focus
- Plant immune signaling pathways
- Molecular mechanisms of plant disease resistance
- Plant disease resistance gene engineering
Work Experience
- 2019-Present: Professor, Shanghai Normal University
- 2016-2019: Professor, Shanghai University
- 2013-2016: Postdoctoral Researcher, Texas A&M University, USA
- 2010-2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Missouri, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006-2010: PhD, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2003-2006: Master's, Shanghai University
- 1999-2003: Bachelor's, Liaocheng University
- 2021: Received the Weizhong Young Innovator Award
Publications
- Dual function of the CHS3-CSA1 immune receptor pair, He Y., Meng X#, 2023
- An EPFL peptide signaling pathway promotes stamen elongation via enhancing filament cell proliferation to ensure successful self-pollination in Arabidopsis thaliana, He Y., He X., Wang X, Hao M, Gao J, Wang Y, Yang ZN, Meng X#, 2023
- Multilayered synergistic regulation of phytoalexin biosynthesis by ethylene, jasmonate, and MAPK signaling pathways in Arabidopsis, Zhou J., Mu Q., Wang X., Zhang J., Yu H., Huang T., He Y., Dai S., Meng X#, 2022
- Phosphorylation of an ethylene response factor by MPK3/MPK6 mediates negative feedback regulation of pathogen-induced ethylene biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, Wang X., Meng H., Tang Y., Zhang Y., He Y., Zhou J., Meng X#, 2022
- Perception of the pathogen-induced peptide RGF7 by the receptor-like kinases RGI4 and RGI5 triggers innate immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana, Wang X., Zhang N., Zhang L., He Y., Cai C., Zhou J., Li J., Meng X#, 2021
- Differential Phosphorylation of the Transcription Factor WRKY33 by the Protein Kinases CPK5/CPK6 and MPK3/MPK6 Cooperatively Regulates Camalexin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, Zhou J., Wang X., He Y., Sang T., Wang P., Dai S. Zhang S., Meng X#, 2020
- MAPK signaling: emerging roles in lateral root formation, He Y., Meng X#, 2020
- The Arabidopsis Pleiotropic Drug Resistance Transporters PEN3 and PDR12 Mediate Camalexin Secretion for Resistance to Botrytis cinerea, He Y., Xu J., Wang X., He X., Wang Y., Zhou J., Zhang S., Meng X#, 2019
- Phosphoregulation of Ca2+ Influx in Plant Immunity, He Y., Zhou J., Meng X#, 2019
- Plant cell surface receptor-mediated signaling: a common theme amid diversity, He Y., Zhou J., Shan L.#, Meng X#, 2018
Awards
- 2021: Weizhong Young Innovator Award