Professor | Kexuan Tang | Asia Growth Partners

Name

Kexuan Tang

Contact Information

kxtang@sjtu.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Faculty	Agriculture and Biotechnology
Academic Background & Achievements	1985 - Bachelor's Degree in Genetics from Sichuan University 1988 - Master's Degree in Crop Genetics and Breeding from Beijing Agricultural University 1996 - PhD in Plant Biotechnology from University of Nottingham, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation Honorary Doctorate from Linnaeus University, Sweden
Work Experience	1996-2003 - Fudan University, roles: Associate Professor, Professor, PhD Supervisor, Leader of the Plant Genetic Engineering Group 2003-present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, roles: Director of the Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Biology, Professor
Awards	2009 - Second Prize for Shanghai Higher Education Teaching Achievement 2014 - Second Prize for Shanghai Technology Invention

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Faculty

Agriculture and Biotechnology

Academic Background & Achievements

1985 - Bachelor's Degree in Genetics from Sichuan University
1988 - Master's Degree in Crop Genetics and Breeding from Beijing Agricultural University
1996 - PhD in Plant Biotechnology from University of Nottingham, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
Honorary Doctorate from Linnaeus University, Sweden

Work Experience

1996-2003 - Fudan University, roles: Associate Professor, Professor, PhD Supervisor, Leader of the Plant Genetic Engineering Group
2003-present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, roles: Director of the Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Biology, Professor

Awards

Areas of Focus	Plant Metabolic Regulation and Metabolic Engineering Plant Synthetic Biology
Publications	Jasmonate- and abscisic acid-activated AaGSW1-AaTCP15/ AaORA transcriptional cascade promotes artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua, Ma, Y., Xu, D., Yan, X., Wu, Z., Kayani, S., Shen, Q., Fu, X., Xie, L., Hao, X., Hassani, D., Li, L., Liu, H., Pan, Q., Lv, Z., Liu, P., Sun, X. and Tang, K., 2021 AaWRKY9 contributes to light- and jasmonate-mediated to regulate the biosynthesis of artemisinin in Artemisia annua, Fu, X., Peng, B., Hassani, D., XIe, L., Liu, H., Li, Y., Chen, T., Liu, P., Tang, Y., Li, L., Zhao, J., Sun, X. and Tang, K., 2021

Areas of Focus

Plant Metabolic Regulation and Metabolic Engineering
Plant Synthetic Biology

Publications

Jasmonate- and abscisic acid-activated AaGSW1-AaTCP15/ AaORA transcriptional cascade promotes artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua, Ma, Y., Xu, D., Yan, X., Wu, Z., Kayani, S., Shen, Q., Fu, X., Xie, L., Hao, X., Hassani, D., Li, L., Liu, H., Pan, Q., Lv, Z., Liu, P., Sun, X. and Tang, K., 2021
AaWRKY9 contributes to light- and jasmonate-mediated to regulate the biosynthesis of artemisinin in Artemisia annua, Fu, X., Peng, B., Hassani, D., XIe, L., Liu, H., Li, Y., Chen, T., Liu, P., Tang, Y., Li, L., Zhao, J., Sun, X. and Tang, K., 2021

Metabolism Engineering Synthetic Biology Genetics Biotechnology Plant Science Molecular Biology Biochemistry Genomics

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