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Lifang Zou
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Molecular
Plant
Pathology
Genomics
Interaction
Biological
Control
Diseases
Pathogenic
Bacteria
Areas of Focus
- Molecular Plant Pathology
- Plant-Pathogen Interaction Functional Genomics
- Biological Control of Plant Diseases
- Pathogenicity Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
Work Experience
- 2007-2009 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA
- 2009-2012 - Lecturer, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2013-present - Associate Professor, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002 - Bachelor's Degree from Hubei Agricultural College (now Yangtze University), Department of Agriculture
- 2007 - PhD from Nanjing Agricultural University, Department of Plant Pathology
- Hosted multiple national and international research projects
- Published extensively in international and national journals
Publications
- Glucose 6-phosphate isomerase (Pgi) is required for extracellular polysaccharide biosynthesis, DSF signals production and full virulence of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola in rice, Wei Guo, Lifang Zou, Zhiyuan Ji, Lulu Cai, Gongyou Chen, 2017
- A Transcription Activator-Like Effector Tal7 of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola Activates Rice Gene Os09g29100 to Suppress Rice Immunity, Cai, L. Cao, Y. Xu, Z. Ma, W. Zakria, M. Zou, L. Cheng, Z. Chen, G., 2017
Awards
- 2014 - SMC-Morning Star Young Scholar Award (Category B)
