Areas of Focus
- Ciliary Biology
- Microalgae Technology Development and Utilization
Work Experience
- 1997-1999 - USA Southwestern Medical Center - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2000-2006 - USA Southwestern Medical Center - Research Assistant Professor
- 2006-Present - Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences - Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1986 Bachelor: Hebei Normal University
- 1989 Master: Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1996 PhD: University of Freiburg, Germany
Publications
- IFT54 directly interacts with kinesin-II and IFT dynein to regulate anterograde intraflagellar transport, Zhu X, Wang J, Li S, Lechtreck K, Pan J*, 2021
- Functional exploration of heterotrimeric kinesin-II in IFT and ciliary length control in Chlamydomonas, Li S, Wan KY, Chen W, Tao H, Liang X*, Pan J*, 2020
- FLS2 Is a CDK-like Kinase That Directly Binds IFT70 and Is Required for Proper Ciliary Disassembly in Chlamydomonas, Zhao Q, Li S, Shao S, Wang Z, Pan J*, 2020
- Ciliary Length Sensing Regulates IFT Entry via Changes in FLA8/KIF3B Phosphorylation to Control Ciliary Assembly, Liang Y, Zhu X, Wu Q, Pan J*, 2018
- Functional exploration of the IFT-A complex in intraflagellar transport and ciliogenesis, Zhu B, Zhu X, Wang L, Liang Y, Feng Q, Pan J*, 2017
- Cilia disassembly with two distinct phases of regulation, Hu J, Liang Y, He W, Pan J *, 2015
- FLA8/KIF3B phosphorylation regulates kinesin-II interaction with IFT-B to control IFT entry and turnaround, Liang Y, Pang Y, Wu Q, Hu Z, Han X, Xu Y, Deng H, Pan J*, 2014
- Activation loop phosphorylation of a protein kinase is a molecular marker of organelle size that dynamically reports flagellar length, Cao M, Meng D, Wang L, Bei S, Snell WJ*, Pan J*, 2013
Awards
- Vice Chairman of the Chinese Phycological Society
- Vice Chairman of the Cell Structure and Behavior Branch of the Chinese Society for Cell Biology
- Review Editor at eLife