Areas of Focus
- Plant natural immune systems
- Plant-microbe interactions
- Molecular mechanisms of plant cell programmed death
Work Experience
- 2012-2019 - Ohio State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2019-present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology, Group Leader, Doctoral Supervisor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004 - BSc: Henan Normal University, School of Life Sciences
- 2011 - PhD: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
- Cloned a receptor kinase SDS2 in rice, elucidating its signaling pathway (published in Cell Host & Microbe)
Publications
- An improved heteroduplex analysis for rapid genotyping of SNPs and single base pair indels, Fan J, Xia Y and Wang GL, 2019
- The Monocot-Specific Receptor-like Kinase SDS2 Controls Cell Death and Immunity in Rice, Fan J, Bai P, Ning Y, Wang J, Shi X, Xiong Y, Zhang K, He F, Zhang C, Wang R, Meng X, Zhou J, Wang M, Shirsekar G, Park CH, Bellizzi M, Liu W, Jeon JS, Xia Y, Shan L, Wang GL, 2018
- SCFSLF-mediated cytosolic degradation of S-RNase is required for cross-pollen compatibility in S-RNase- based self-incompatibility in Petunia hybrida, Liu W, Fan J, Li J, Song Y, Li Q, Zhang Y and Xue Y, 2014
