Principal Investigator

Dr. Shuguo Hou

Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China

Email: shuoguo.hou@pku-iaas.edu.cn

Education

2012-2015, PhD in Cell Biology, Shandong University, China

2003-2006, MS in Cell Biology, Northeast Normal University, China

1999-2003, BS in Plant Biology, Northeast Normal University, China

Working Experience

Nov. 2022 – now, Professor, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, China

May 2017 – Oct. 2022, Associate Professor, Shandong Jianzhu University, China

Nov. 2007 – May 2017, Assistant Professor, Shandong Jianzhu, China

Jun. 2006 – Oct. 2007 Technician, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Research Interests

l Molecular mechanism of peptide-receptor kinase-regulatedcrop immunity

l Identification of broad-spectrum resistance genes in wheat

l Development and application of crop immune elicitors

Selected Publications

Shuguo Hou^*, Olivier Rodrigues, Zunyong Liu, Libo Shan, Ping He^*. 2023. Small holes, big impact: stomata in plant-pathogen-climate epic trifecta. Molecular Plants. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.11.011

Yukun Liu^*, Shuguo Hou^*. Shisheng Chen. 2023. Triticeae rust resistance: R-proteins with protein kinasedomain. Trends in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.11.002

Yukun Liu^*, Shuguo Hou^*. 2023. Bacteria enslave host cells with pore-forming effectors. Trends in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2023.10.013

Zunyong Liu^#, Shuguo Hou^#*, Olivier Rodrigues, Ping Wang, Dexian Luo, Shintaro Munemasa, Jiaxin Lei, Jun Liu, Fausto Andres Ortiz-Morea, Xin Wang, Kinya Nomura, Chuanchun Yin, Hongbo Wang, Wei Zhang, Keyan Zhu-Salzman, Sheng Yang He, Ping He^*, Libo Shan^*. 2022. Phytocytokine signaling reopens stomata in plant immunity and water loss. Nature 279:153832.

Shuguo Hou^*, Yanyan Huang. 2022. THESEUS1 activation upon stresses: a ligand threshold model. Trends in Plant Science 27:831-833.

Shuguo Hou^#*, Derui Liu^#, Shijia Huang^#, Dexian Luo, Zunyong Liu, Qingyuan Xiang, Ping Wang, Ruimin Mu, Zhifu Han, Sixue Chen, Jijie Chai, Libo Shan^*, Ping He^*. 2021. The Arabidopsis MIK2 receptor elicits immunity by sensing a conserved signature from phytocytokines and microbes. Nature Communications 12(1):5494.

ShuguoHou^*, ChuanchunYin, Ping He^*. 2019.Cleave and unleash: metacaspases prepare Peps for work. Trends in Plant Science 24:787-790.

ShuguoHou^*, Zunyong Liu, Hexi Shen, Daoji Wu^*. 2019. Damage-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity in plants. Frontier in Plant Science 10:646.

Xin Wang^#, Shuguo Hou^#, Qiqi Wu, Minyan Lin, Biswa R Acharya, Daoji Wu, Wei Zhang^*. 2017. IDL6-HAE/HSL2 impacts pectin degradation and resistance to Pseudomonas syringaepv tomato DC3000 in Arabidopsis leaves. The Plant Journal 89:250~263.

Shuguo Hou, Xin Wang, Donghua Chen, Xue Yang, Mei Wang, David Turrà, Antonio Di Pietro, Wei Zhang^*. 2014. The secreted peptide PIP1 amplifies immunity through receptor-Like Kinase 7. PLoS Pathogens10: 0~e1004331.