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Yangrong Cao
Life Science
Huazhong Agricultural University
Hubei
Language: Chinese, English
Rhizobium
Symbiosis
Nitrogen Fixation
Molecular Regulation
Nodule Development
Gene Circuit
Non-Legume Interaction
Plant Immunity
Transcriptional Regulation
Bacteroid Differentiation
Areas of Focus
- Molecular regulation mechanisms of rhizobium invasion, colonization, and nodule development
Work Experience
- 2012.5-2015.9 - University of Missouri-Columbia - Postdoctoral Researcher at National Center for Soybean Biotechnology
- 2008.11-2012.5 - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Postdoctoral Researcher in Department of Plant Pathology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004.9-2008.10 PhD in Genetics: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2001.9-2004.7 Master's in Developmental Biology: Shandong Normal University
- 1997.9-2001.7 Bachelor's in Life Sciences: Shandong Normal University
- 2017: Awarded 'National High-Level Talent' Youth Project
Publications
- The role of plant innate immunity in the legume-rhizobium symbiosis, Cao Y, Halane MK, Gassmann W, Stacey G, 2017
- Transcriptional regulation of NIN expression by IPN2 is required for root nodule symbiosis in Lotus japonicus, Xiao A, Yu H, Fan Y, Kang H, Ren Y, Huang X, Gao X, Wang C, Zhang Z, Zhu H*, and Cao Y*, 2020
- Immune signaling pathway during terminal bacteroid differentiation in nodules, Yu H, Bao H, Zhang Z, Cao Y*, 2019
- Suppression of innate immunity mediated by the CDPK‐Rboh complex is required for rhizobial colonization in Medicago truncatula nodules, Yu H, Xiao A, Dong R, Fan Y, Zhang X, Liu C, Wang C, Zhu H, Duanmu D, Cao Y*, Zhang Z*, 2018
- LYK5 is the main chitin receptor in Arabidopsis and forms a chitin-induced complex with CERK1, Cao Y, Liang Y, Tanaka K, Nguyen CT, Jedrzejczak RP, Joachimiak A, and Stacey G, 2014
- NODULES WITH ACTIVATED DEFENSE 1 is required for maintenance of rhizobial endosymbiosis in Medicago truncatula, Wang C, Yu H, Luo L, Duan L, Cai L, He X, Wen J, Mysore KS, Li G, Xiao A, Duanmu D, Cao Y, Hong Z, Zhang Z, 2016
Awards
- Hubei Provincial Natural Science Award Third Prize (2020): Ranked third
