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Ya-Wen He
Life Science
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Quorum Sensing
Communication
Synthetic Biology
Pesticides
Metabolic Products
Medicinal Plants
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Product Innovation
Pathogen
Host Interaction
Areas of Focus
- Microbial quorum sensing and communication mechanisms
- Metabolic product pesticide synthetic biology
- Medicinal plant cultivation and traditional Chinese medicine product innovation
Work Experience
- 1995-1997 - Assistant Researcher at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1999-2002 - Assistant Research Officer at Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, Singapore
- 2007-2010 - Research Fellow at Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore
- From 2010 - Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Life Sciences and Technology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992 - Graduated from Huazhong Normal University, Department of Biology
- 1995 - Master's in Plant Physiology from South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2006 - PhD in Science from National University of Singapore - Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Publications
- Quorum sensing and virulence regulation in Xanthomonas campestris, He Ya-Wen and Zhang Lian-Hui, 2008
- The DSF Family of Quorum Sensing Signals: Diversity, Biosynthesis, and Turnover in Xanthomonas, Zhou L, Zhang LH, Cámara M, He Ya-Wen, 2017
- The Plant Defense Signal Salicylic Acid Activates the RpfB-Dependent Quorum Sensing Signal Turnover via Altering the Culture and Cytoplasmic pH in the Phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris, Song K, Chen B, Cui Y, Zhou L, Chan KG, Zhang HY, He Ya-Wen, 2022
Awards
- 2012 - Second Class Award for the Advancement of Science and Technology for the development and application of microbial pesticide Shenqinmycin (M18)
