2009 - Bachelor's degree: Shandong University, School of Life Sciences
2015 - Doctorate: Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talent Youth Project
2015-2020 - Postdoctoral Research: Institute of Science and Technology Austria
2020-Present - Professor and Group Leader: University of Science and Technology of China, School of Life Sciences
EMBO Long-Term Fellowship
Marie Curie COFUND
Research
Regulation of polar auxin transport in plants Interaction of salicylic acid and auxin in plant growth and development Cellular biological activity and physiological function of plant natural products
Polarly localized Bro1 domain proteins regulate PIN-FORMED abundance and root gravitropic growth in Arabidopsis., Yakun Peng, Kangkang Ji, Yanbo Mao, Yiqun Wang, Barbara Korbei, Christian Luschnig, Jinbo Shen, Eva Benková, Jiří Friml, & Shutang Tan*., 2024
The SCOOP-MIK2 immune pathway modulates Arabidopsis root growth and development by regulating PIN-FORMED abundance and auxin transport., Xian Wang#, Meng Chen#, Jie Li, Mengjuan Kong*, and Shutang Tan*., 2024
Indole-3-propionic acid regulates lateral root development by targeting auxin signaling in Arabidopsis., Yue Sun#, Zhisen Yang#, Caoli Zhang#, Jing Xia#, Yawen Li, Xin Liu*, Linfeng Sun*, and Shutang Tan*., 2024
Structure and function of the Arabidopsis ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCB19 in brassinosteroid export., Wei Ying#, Yaowei Wang#, Hong Wei#, Yongming Luo#, Qian, Ma, Heyuan, Zhu, Hilde Janssens, Nemanja Vukašinović, Miroslav Kvasnica, Johan M. Winne, Yongxiang Gao, Shutang Tan, Jiří Friml, Xin Liu*, Eugenia Russinova* & Linfeng Sun*., 2024
Antigravitropic PIN polarization maintains non-vertical growth in lateral roots., Suruchi Roychoudhry, Katelyn Sageman-Furnas, Chris Wolverton, Peter Grones, Shutang Tan, Gergely Molnar, Heather L. Goodman, Nicola Capstaff, Jack Mullen, Roger Hangarter, Jiři Friml, and Stefan Kepinski*., 2023
Chemical inhibition of Arabidopsis PIN-FORMED auxin transporters by the anti-inflammatory drug Naproxen., Jing Xia#, Mengjuan Kong#, Zhisen Yang#, Lianghanxiao Sun, Yakun Peng, Yanbo Mao, Hong Wei, Wei Ying, Yongxiang Gao, Jiří Friml, Jianping Weng*, Xin Liu*, Linfeng Sun*, & Shutang Tan*., 2023
ERF1 inhibits lateral root emergence by promoting local auxin accumulation and repressing ARF7 expression., Pingxia Zhao#,*, Jing Zhang#, Siyan Chen, Zisheng Zhang, Guangyu Wan, Jieli Mao, Zhen Wang, Shutang Tan, and Chengbin Xiang*., 2023
Molecular mechanisms of N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid, a chemical tool in plant biology and agriculture., Mengjuan Kong, Xin Liu, Linfeng Sun*, and Shutang Tan*., 2022
WAVY GROWTH Arabidopsis E3 ubiquitin ligases affect apical PIN sorting decisions., Nataliia Konstantinova, Lukas Hörmayer, Matouš Glanc, Rabab Keshkeih, Shutang Tan, Martin Di Donato, Katarzyna Retzer, Jeanette Moulinier-Anzola, Max Schwihla, Barbara Korbei, Markus Geisler, Jiří Friml, and Christian Luschnig*., 2022
ABP1-TMK auxin perception for global phosphorylation and auxin canalization., Jiří Friml*, Michelle Gallei#, Zuzana Gelová#, Alexander Johnson#, Ewa Mazur#, Aline Monzer#, Lesia Rodriguez#, Mark Roosjen#, Inge Verstraeten#, Branka Zivanovic#, Minxia Zou#, Lukáš Fiedler, Caterina Giannini, Peter Grones, Monika Hrtyan,Walter A. Kaufmann, Madhumitha Narasimhan, Marek Randuch, Nikola Rýdza, Koji Takahashi, Shutang Tan, Toshinori Kinoshita, Dolf Weijers, Hana Rakusova., 2022
Structural insights into auxin recognition and efflux by Arabidopsis PIN1., Zhisen Yang#, Jing Xia#, Jingjing Hong#, Chenxi Zhang, Hong Wei, Wei Ying, Chunqiao Sun, Lianghanxiao Sun, Yanbo Mao, Yongxiang Gao, Shutang Tan, Jiří Friml, Dianfan Li, Xin Liu*, and Linfeng Sun*., 2022
Auxin canalization: From speculative models towards molecular players., Jakub Hajný, Shutang Tan, and Jiří Friml*., 2022
Functions and Mechanisms of SAC Phosphoinositide Phosphatases in Plants., Yanbo Mao*, and Shutang Tan*., 2021
TMK: A Crucial Piece of the Acid Growth Puzzle., Yakun Peng, and Shutang Tan*., 2021
Pollen hydration: A tale of two peptides., Yanbo Mao*, and Shutang Tan*., 2021
mRNA surveillance complex PELOTA-HBS1 regulates Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase1 and plant growth., Wei Kong#, Shutang Tan#, Qing Zhao, De-Li Lin, Zhi-Hong Xu, Jiří Friml, and Hong-Wei Xue*., 2021
Nitrate signaling: a translator between nitrate perception and calcium signaling., Cheng-Wu Liu*, and Shutang Tan*., 2021
AGC kinases and MAB4/MEL proteins maintain PIN polarity by limiting lateral diffusion in plant cells., Matouš Glanc#, Kasper Van Gelderen#, Lukas Hörmayer, Shutang Tan, Satoshi Naramoto, Xixi Zhang, David Domjan, Ludmila Včelařová, Robert Hauschild, Alexander Johnson, Edward de Koning, Maritza van Dop, Eike Rademacher, Stef Janson, Xiaoyu Wei, Gergely Molnár, Matyáš Fendrych, Bert De Rybel, Remko Offringa,* and Jiří Friml*., 2021
Systematic analysis of specific and nonspecific auxin effects on endocytosis and trafficking., Madhumitha Narasimhan, Michelle Gallei, Shutang Tan, Alexander Johnson, Inge Verstraeten, Lanxin Li, Lesia Rodriguez, Huibin Han, Ellie Himschoot, Ren Wang, Steffen Vanneste, Judit Sánchez-Simarro, Fernando Aniento, Maciek Adamowski, and Jiří Friml*., 2021
Action mode of NPA: direct inhibition on PIN auxin transporters., Shutang Tan*., 2021
Repressors for auxin responsive transcriptional activators., Shutang Tan*., 2021
Pho-view of auxin: Reversible protein phosphorylation in auxin biosynthesis, transport and signalling., Shutang Tan, Christian Luschnig, and Jiří Friml*., 2021
Modulation of plant root growth by nitrogen source-defined regulation of polar auxin transport., Krisztina Ötvös, Marco Marconi, Andrea Vega, Jose O’Brien, Alexander Johnson, Rashed Abualia, Livio Antonielli, Juan Carlos Montesinos López, Yuzhou Zhang, Shutang Tan,Candela Cuesta, Christina Artner, Eleonore Bouguyon, Alain Gojon, Jirí Friml, Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez, Krzysztof Wabnik,* and Eva Benková*., 2021
Salicylic acid regulates PIN2 auxin transporter hyper-clustering and root gravitropic growth via Remorin-dependent lipid nanodomain organization in Arabidopsis thaliana., Meiyu Ke#, Zhiming Ma#, Deyan Wang, Yanbiao Sun, Chenjin Wen, Dingquan Huang, Zichen Chen, Liang Yang, Shutang Tan, Ruixi Li, Jiří Friml, Yansong Miao,* and Xu Chen*., 2021
Cellular requirements for PIN polar cargo clustering in Arabidopsis thaliana., Hongjiang Li, Daniel von Wangenheim, Xixi Zhang, Shutang Tan, Nasser Darwish-Miranda, Satoshi Naramoto, Krzysztof Wabnik, Riet De Rycke, Walter A. Kaufmann, Daniel Gütl, Ricardo Tejos, Peter Grones, Meiyu Ke, Xu Chen, Jan Dettmer, and Jiří Friml*., 2021
The lipid code-dependent phosphoswitch PDK1-D6PK activates PIN-mediated auxin efflux in Arabidopsis., Shutang Tan, Xixi Zhang, Wei Kong, Xiao-Li Yang, Gergely Molnár, Zuzana Vondráková, Roberta Filepová, Jan Petrášek, Jiří Friml*, and Hong-Wei Xue*., 2020
Salicylic acid targets Protein Phosphatase 2A to attenuate growth in plants., Shutang Tan, Melinda Abas, Inge Verstraeten, Matouš Glanc, Gergely Molnár, Jakub Hajný, Pavel Lasák, Ivan Petřík, Eugenia Russinova, Jan Petrášek, Ondřej Novák, Jiří Pospíšil, and Jiří Friml*., 2020
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs target TWISTED DWARF1-regulated actin dynamics and auxin transport-mediated development in plants., Shutang Tan, Martin Di Donato, Matouš Glanc, Xixi Zhang, Petr Klima, Noel Ferro, Aurélien Bailly, Jan Petrášek, Markus Geisler, and Jiří Friml*., 2020
Receptor kinase module targets PIN-dependent auxin transport during canalization., Jakub Hajný, Tomáš Prát, Nikola Rydza, Lesia Rodriguez, Shutang Tan, Inge Verstraeten, David Domjan, Ewa Mazur, Elwira Smakowska-Luzan, Wouter Smet, Eliana Mor, Jonah Nolf, BaoJun Yang, Wim Grunewald, Gergely Molnár, Youssef Belkhadir, Bert De Rybel and Jiří Friml*., 2020
Arabidopsis flippases cooperate with ARF GTPase Exchange Factors to regulate the trafficking and polarity of PIN auxin transporters., Xixi Zhang, Maciek Adamowski, Petra Marhava, Shutang Tan, Yuzhou Zhang, Lesia Rodriguez, Marta Zwiewka, Vendula Pukyšová, Adrià Sans Sánchez, Vivek Raxwal, Christian Hardtke, Tomasz Nodzyński, and Jiří Friml*., 2020
Evolutionarily unique mechanistic framework of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants., Madhumitha Narasimhan#, Alexander Johnson#, Roshan Prizak, Walter Anton Kaufmann, Shutang Tan, Barbara Casillas-Pérez, and Jiří Friml*., 2020
Root growth adaptation is mediated by PYLs ABA receptor-PP2A protein phosphatase complex., Yang Li#, Yaping Wang#, Shutang Tan, Matouš Glanc, Zhi Yuan, David Domjan, Kai Wang, Zhen Li, Yan Guo, Zhizhong Gong, Jiří Friml and Jing Zhang*., 2020
Salicylic acid-mediated plasmodesmal closure via Remorin-dependent lipid organization., Dingquan Huang#, Yanbiao Sun#, Zhiming Ma#, Meiyu Ke, Yong Cui, Zichen Chen, Chaofan Chen, Changyang Ji, Tuan Minh Tran, Liang Yang, Sin Man Lam, Yanhong Han, Guanghou Shui, Zhuang Wei, Shutang Tan, Kan Liao, Jiří Friml, Yansong Miao, Liwen Jiang, and Xu Chen*., 2019
Root adaptation to H2O2-induced oxidative stress by ARF-GEF BEN1- and cytoskeleton-mediated PIN2 trafficking., Marta Zwiewka#, Agnieszka Bielach#, Prashanth Tamizhselvan, Sharmila Madhavan, Eman Elrefaay Ryad, Shutang Tan, Mónika Hrtyan, Petre Dobrev, Rodamira Vaňková, Jiří Friml, and Vanesa B. Tognetti*., 2019
Arabidopsis type II Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase PI4Kγ5 regulates auxin biosynthesis and leaf margin development through interacting with membrane-bound transcription factor ANAC078., Yong Tang#, Chun-Yan Zhao#, Shu-Tang Tan, and Hong-Wei Xue*., 2016
Casein kinase 1 regulates ethylene synthesis by phosphorylating and promoting the turnover of ACS5., Shu-Tang Tan, and Hong-Wei Xue*., 2014
Arabidopsis casein kinase1 proteins CK1.3 and CK1.4 phosphorylate cryptochrome2 to regulate blue light signaling., Shu-Tang Tan, Cheng Dai, Hong-Tao Liu, and Hong-Wei Xue*., 2013
Arabidopsis inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate 5/6 kinase 2 is required for seed coat development., Yong Tang, Shu-Tang Tan, and Hong-Wei Xue*., 2013
