Areas of Focus
- Plant epigenetic regulation and its modulation of plant immunity
- Biomolecular substance transboundary transport mechanisms between microbes and plant hosts
- Environmental factors affecting plant-microbe interactions
Work Experience
- 2014-2019 - University of California, Riverside - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2019-2020 - University of California, Riverside - Project Scientist
- Since July 2020 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology - PI, Doctoral Supervisor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-2014 PhD: Peking University, School of Life Sciences
- Selected for the National Young Talents Program, Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talents Introduction Plan
Publications
- The master role of siRNAs in plant immunity, Kong, X., Yang, M., Le, B., He, W., Hou, Y., 2022
- Small RNAs in Plant Immunity and Virulence of Filamentous Pathogens, Qiao, Y., Xia, R., Zhai, J., Hou, Y., Feng, L., Zhai, Y., Ma, W., 2021
- Natural Host-Induced Gene Silencing Offers New Opportunities to Engineer Disease Resistance, Hou, Y., Ma, W., 2020
- Exchange of small regulatory RNAs between plants and their pests, Hudzik, C., Hou, Y., Ma, W., Axtell, M.J., 2020
- A Phytophthora effector suppresses trans-kingdom RNAi to promote disease susceptibility, Hou, Y., Zhai, Y., Feng, L., Karimi, H.Z., Rutter, B.D., Zeng, L., Choi, D.S., Zhang, B., Gu, W., Chen, X., Ma, W., 2019
- The disease resistance protein SNC1 represses the biogenesis of microRNAs and phased siRNAs, Cai, Q., Liang, C., Wang, S., Hou, Y., Gao, L., Liu, L., He, W., Ma, W., Mo, B., Chen, X., 2018
- Small RNA and mRNA Profiling of Arabidopsis in Response to Phytophthora Infection and PAMP Treatment, Hou, Y., Ma, W., 2017
- Maternal ENODLs Are Required for Pollen Tube Reception in Arabidopsis, Hou, Y., Guo, X., Cyprys, P., Zhang, Y., Bleckmann, A., Cai, L., Huang, Q., Luo, Y., Gu, H., Dresselhaus, T., Dong, J., Qu, L.J., 2016
- Phytophthora effector targets a novel component of small RNA pathway in plants to promote infection, Qiao, Y., Shi, J., Zhai, Y., Hou, Y., Ma, W., 2015
- The Arabidopsis Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome Subunit 1 is Critical for Both Female Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis, Wang, Y., Hou, Y., Gu, H., Kang, D., Chen, Z.L., Liu, J., Qu, L.J., 2013
- 高等植物受精过程中雌-雄相互作用的分子调控机制, 刘敬婧, 侯英楠, 瞿礼嘉, 2013
