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Guozhang Wu
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, German, English
Chloroplast
Development
Retrograde Signaling
Organelle Interaction
Protein Homeostasis
Chloroplast Transport
Stress Response
Gene Expression
Plant Cell Development
Adversity Biology
Areas of Focus
- Chloroplast development and retrograde signaling
- Organelle interaction based on protein homeostasis
- Chloroplast involvement in plant stress response
Work Experience
- 2019-present: Tenured Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology
- 2013-2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
- 2015: Visiting Scholar, University of Oxford, UK
- 2011-2013: Humboldt Scholar, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
- 2010-2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004-2010: PhD in Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2000-2004: Bachelor of Science, Shaanxi Normal University
- Selected for Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Introduction Plan, Pujiang Talent Plan
Publications
- Chloroplast proteostasis: A story of birth, life and death, Gao, L.-L., Hong, Z.-H., Wang, Y., Wu, G.-Z., 2022
- GUN control in retrograde signaling: How GENOMES UNCOUPLED proteins adjust nuclear gene expression to plastid biogenesis, Wu, G.Z. and Bock R., 2021
- Control of retrograde signalling by protein import and cytosolic folding stress, Wu, G.Z., Meyer, E.H., Richter, A., Schuster, M., Ling, Q., Schöttler, M.A., Walther, D., Zoschke, R., Grimm, B., Jarvis, P. and Bock, R., 2019
- Extensive post-transcriptional regulation of nuclear gene expression by plastid retrograde signals, Wu, G.Z., Meyer, E.H., Wu, S. and Bock, R., 2019
- Control of retrograde signaling by rapid turnover of GENOMES UNCOUPLED1, Wu, G.Z., Chalvin, C., Hoelscher, M., Meyer, E.H., Wu, X.N. and Bock, R., 2018
- High-level expression of the HIV entry inhibitor griffithsin from the plastid genome and retention of biological activity in dried tobacco leaves, Hoelscher, M., Tiller, N., Teh, A., Wu, G.Z., Ma, J.KC. and Bock, R., 2018
- Arabidopsis β-ketoacyl-[acyl carrier protein] synthase 1 is crucial for fatty acid synthesis and plays a role in chloroplast division and embryo development, Wu, G.Z., and Xue, H.W., 2010
- Global analysis of gene expression profiles in Brassica napus developing seeds reveals a conserved lipid metabolism regulation with Arabidopsis thaliana, Niu, Y., Wu, G.Z., Ye, R., Lin, W.H., Shi, Q.M., Xue, L.J., Xu, X.D., Li, Y., Du, Y.G. and Xue, H.W., 2009
- Shanghai RAPESEED Database: a resource for functional genomics studies of seed development and fatty acid metabolism of Brassica, Wu, G.Z., Shi, Q.M., Niu, Y., Xing, M.Q., and Xue, H.W., 2008
