Areas of Focus
- Role of autophagy in regulating plant stress resistance and growth
- Fine-tuning of endoplasmic reticulum stress signals to balance plant stress resistance and growth
- Impact of chloroplasts and related metabolic pathways on plant stress resistance, nutrition, and yield
Work Experience
- 2020.12 - Present: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology, Tenured Associate Professor
- 2017.01 - 2020.12: Michigan State University, USA, Assistant Researcher/Research Assistant Professor
- 2014.08 - 2016.12: Iowa State University, USA, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-2014: PhD, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2004-2008: Bachelor, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Discovery of the first plant key factor negatively regulating autophagy, COST1 (2020, PNAS; 2020, Autophagy)
Publications
- ER-Phagy and its role in ER homeostasis in plants, Bao Y, Bassham DC, 2020
- Phylogenetics of molecular regulators contributing to plant stress tolerance, Yu X, Bao Y, 2020
