Areas of Focus
- Phase separation in cellular processes
- Role of phase separation in plant growth and stress response
Work Experience
- 2020 - Present - Tsinghua University, School of Life Sciences - Assistant Professor, Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005 - 2009 Bachelor of Science: Northwest A&F University
- 2009 - 2015 PhD: Peking Union Medical College & Beijing Institute of Life Sciences
- 2015 - 2017 Postdoctoral Researcher: Tsinghua University
- 2017 - 2020 Marie Curie Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher: John Innes Centre, UK
Publications
- Emerging roles of phase separation in plant transcription and chromatin organization, Wang Y, He S, Fang X, 2023
- Large-scale identification of potential phase separation proteins from plants using a cell-free system, Zhang H, Peng F, He C, Liu Y, Deng H, Fang X, 2023
- Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis, Wang B, Zhang H, Huai J, Peng F, Wu J, Lin R, Fang X, 2022
- Phase Separation in RNA Biology, Lin Y, Fang X, 2021
- Phase Separation as a Molecular Thermosensor, Li C, Fang X, 2020
- The 3' processing of antisense RNAs physically links to chromatin-based transcriptional control, Fang X, Wu Z, Raitskin O, Webb K, Voigt P, Lu T, Howard M, Dean C, 2020
- Arabidopsis FLL2 promotes liquid-liquid phase separation of polyadenylation complexes, Fang X, Zhao G, Zhang S, Li Y, Gu H, Li Y, Zhao Q, Qi Y, 2019
- Chloroplast-to-nucleus signaling regulates microRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis, Li Y, Yuan Y, Fang X, Lu X, Lian B, Zhao G, Qi Y, 2018
- A role for MINIYO and QUATRE-QUART2 in the assembly of RNA polymerases II, IV, and V in Arabidopsis, Cui Y, Fang X, Qi Y, 2016
- RNAi in plants: an Argonaute-centered view, Fang X, Qi Y, 2016
- Transcription and processing of primary microRNAs are coupled by Elongator complex in Arabidopsis, Fang X, Cui Y, Li Y, Qi Y, 2015
- CMA33/XCT regulates small RNA production through modulating the transcription of Dicer-Like genes in Arabidopsis, Fang X, Shi Y, Lu X, Chen Z, Qi Y, 2015
