Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms of plant hormone regulation on ovule initiation and seed number
- Cellular mechanisms of hormone effects on female gametophyte and embryo development
- Brassinosteroid (BR) signaling and its regulation of plant development and seed yield
Work Experience
- 2005-2007: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley
- 2007-2008: Postdoctoral Researcher, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford
- 2008-2014: Associate Researcher, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2014-present: Researcher and Group Leader, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996-2000: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Xiamen University
- 2000-2005: PhD in Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Supervisor: Zhihong Xu
- Awards: Shanghai Natural Science Award, Weizhiming Innovation Award, Candlelight Award from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Publications
- Spatiotemporal formation of the large vacuole regulated by the BIN2-VLG module is required for female gametophyte development in Arabidopsis, Hu LQ, Yu SX, Xu WY, Zu SH, Jiang YT, Shi HT, Zhang YJ, Xue HW, Wang YX, Lin WH*, 2023
- Asynchrony of Ovule Primordia Initiation in Arabidopsis, Yu SX, Zhou LW, Hu LQ, Jiang YT, Zhang YJ, Feng SL, Jiao Y, Xu L, Lin WH*, 2020
- Interaction of brassinosteroid and cytokinin promotes ovule initiation and increases seed number per silique in Arabidopsis, Zu SH, Jiang YT, Chang JH, Zhang YJ, Xue HW, Lin WH*, 2022
- PIN3 positively regulates the late initiation of ovule primordia in Arabidopsis thaliana, Hu LQ, Chang JH, Yu SX, Jiang YT, Li RH, Zheng JX, Zhang YJ, Xue HW, Lin WH*, 2022
- Two Tonoplast Proton Pumps Function in Arabidopsis Embryo Development, Jiang YT, Tang RJ, Zhang YJ, Xue HW, Ferjani A, Luan S* and Lin WH*, 2019
- Phosphatidic acid suppresses autophagy through competitive inhibition by binding glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPC) and phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) proteins, Guan B, Jiang YT, Lin DL, Lin WH* (co-corresponding author), Xue HW, 2022
- OsGATA6 regulates rice heading date and grain number per panicle, Zhang YJ, Zhang Y, Zhang LL, Huang HY, Yang BJ, Luan S, Xue HW, Lin WH*, 2018
- OsGATA7 modulates brassinosteroids-mediated growth regulation and influences architecture and grain shape, Zhang YJ, Zhang Y, Zhang LL, Huang HY, Yang BJ, Luan S, Xue HW, and Lin WH*, 2018
- Ovule initiation: the essential step controlling offspring number in Arabidopsis, Yu SX, Jiang YT, Lin WH*, 2022
- Receptor-like protein ELT1 Regulates Rice Growth by Promoting Brassinosteroid Signaling through Interacting with BRI1, Yang BJ, Lin WH (co-first author), Fu FF, Xu ZH, and Xue HW, 2017
Awards
- 2007: Shanghai Natural Science Second Prize (Project: Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development)
- 2019: Outstanding Standard Laboratory, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2020: Candlelight Award First Prize, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2020: Zhiyuan Honorary Teacher, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2020: Excellent Class Director, Zhiyuan College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2020: First Prize in Teaching Competition, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2021: Top Ten Class Directors, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2022: Weizhiming Innovation Award, Chinese Society of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology
