Principal Investigator

Dr. Jizong Wang

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

Email: Jizong.wang@pku-iaas.edu.cn

Education

August 2011-June 2016, Ph.D in Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, China

September 2007-June 2011, B.S. of Biological Sciences, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China

Working Experience

July 2020-present,  Assistant professor, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University; Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, China

July 2016-December 2019,  Advanced Innovation Fellow, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, China; and Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, China

Research Interests

l The molecular mechanisms underlying plant and microbial phytochromes sensing red/far-red light and assembling their early signaling complexes

l How the cell surface anchored receptor-like kinases perceive the assorted endogenous and exogenous signals

Selected Publications

Yuxuan Zhang^#, Xiaoli Lin^#, Chengying Ma^#, Jun Zhao^#, Xiaojin Shang, Zhengdong Wang, Bin Xu, Ning Gao, Xing Wang Deng^*, Jizong Wang^*. 2023. Structural insights into plant phytochrome A as a highly sensitized photoreceptor. Cell Research 33:806-809

Jizong Wang^*, Wen Song^*, Jijie Chai^*.2023. Structure, biochemical function and signaling mechanism of plant NLRs. Molecular Plant 16:75-95.

Jizong Wang, Jijie Chai^*. 2020. Molecular actions of NLR immune receptors in plants and animals. Science China Life Sciences 63:1303-1316.

Jizong Wang, Jijie Chai^*. 2020. Structural insights into the plant immune receptors PRRs and NLRs. Plant Physiology 182:1566-1581.

Jizong Wang^#, Meijuan Hu^#, Jia Wang^#, Jinfeng Qi, Zhifu Han, Guoxun Wang, Yijun Qi, Hong-Wei Wang, Jian-Min Zhou, Jijie Chai. 2019. Reconstitution and structure of a plant NLR resistosome conferring immunity. Science 364(6435), pii: eaav5870.

Jizong Wang^#, Jia Wang^#, Meijuan Hu^#, Shan Wu, Jinfeng Qi, Guoxun Wang, Zhifu Han, Yijun Qi, Ning Gao, Hong-Wei Wang, Jian-Min Zhou, Jijie Chai. 2019. Ligand-triggered allosteric ADP release primes a plant NLR complex. Science 364(6435), pii: eaav5868.

Jizong Wang^#, Hongju Li^#, Zhifu Han, Heqiao Zhang, Tong Wang, Guangzhong Lin, Junbiao Chang, Weicai Yang, Jijie Chai. 2015. Allosteric receptor activation by the plant peptide hormone phytosulfokine. Nature 525:265-268.

Honorables and Awards

Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program (YESS20210018 to J.W.)

Jizong Wang, Structure determination and function of biomolecules, 2022, China Association for Science and Technology

First Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress of Henan Province

Junbiao Chang,Jijie Chai, Ruiyong Wang, Zhifu Han, Chuanjun Song, Wenquan Yu, Jie Wu, Wen Song, Jizong Wang, Guangzhong Lin, Yuan Gao, Zujiang Yu, Qinghua Yang, Yan Qiao, Xiaona Wang. Interactions between small molecules and proteins, 2016, Henan Science and Technology Agency