Principal Investigator

Dr. Xu Wang

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

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

Education

2007-2014, PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

2003-2007, BS in Biological Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, China

Working Experience

May 2022 – now, Principal Investigator, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, China

Oct. 2020 – April 2022, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California Los Angeles, USA

March 2016 – Sept. 2020, AssistantResearcher, University of California Los Angeles, USA

Oct. 2014 – Feb. 2016, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California Los Angeles, USA

Research Interests

l Plant blue light receptors and light signaling

l Molecular genetics of capsaicin and capsanthin biosynthesis in chili pepper

l Genetic improvement and molecular breeding of chili pepper

Selected Publications

Bochen Jiang^#, Zhenhui Zhong^#, Lianfeng Gu^#, Xueyang Zhang^#, Jiangbo Wei, Chang Ye, Guifang Lin, Gaoping Qu, Xian Xiang, ChenjinWen, Maureen Gateas, Julia Bailey-Serres, Qin Wang, Chuan He, Xu Wang^*and Chentao Lin^* (2023). Photo-condensation of the CRY2/SPA1/FIO1 complex regulating mRNA methylation and chlorophyll homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 9:2042–2058.

BochenJiang^#, ZhenhuiZhong^#, Jun Su^#, Tengfei Zhu, Timothy Yueh, JielenaBragasin, Victoria Bu, Charles Zhou, ChentaoLin and Xu Wang^* (2023). Co-condensation with photoexcited Cryptochromes facilitates MAC3A to positively control hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. Science Advances 9, eadh4048.

Siyuan Liu, Li Zhang, Lin Gao, Ziyin Chen, Yaxue Bie, Qiannan Zhao, Shanshan Zhang, Xiaohua Hu, Qing Liu, Xu Wang^* and Qin Wang^* (2022). Differential photoregulation of the nuclear and cytoplasmic CRY1 in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist. 234: 1332-1346

Xu Wang^#, Bochen Jiang^#, Lianfeng Gu^#, Yadi Chen, Manuel Mora, Mulangma Zhu,Eliace Noory, Qin Wang^* and Chentao Lin^* (2021). A photoregulatory mechanism of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 7: 1397.

Zhiyuan Cheng, Xiaomei Zhang, Penghui Huang, Guowen Huang, Jinglong Zhu, Fulu Chen, Yuchen Miao, Liangyu Liu, Yong-Fu Fu andXu Wang^* (2020). Nup96 and HOS1 are Mutually Stabilized and Gate CONSTANS Protein Level, Conferring Long-day Photoperiodic Flowering Regulation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 32: 374

Xu Wang^#, Qin Wang^#, Yun-Jeong Han^#, Qing Liu, Lianfeng Gu, Zhaohe Yang, Jun Su, Bobin Liu, Zecheng Zuo, Wenjin He, Jian Wang, Bin Liu, Minami Matsui, Jeong-Il Kim, Yoshito Oka^* andChentao Lin^*(2017). A CRY-BIC negative-feedback circuitry regulating blue light sensitivity of Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 92: 426.

Qin Wang^#, Zecheng Zuo^#, Xu Wang^#, Lianfeng Gu, Takeshi Yoshizumi, Zhaohe Yang, Liang Yang, Qing Liu, Wei Liu, Yun-Jeong Han, Jeong-Il Kim, Bin Liu, James A Wohlschlegel, Minami Matsui, Yoshito Oka^* and Chentao Lin^* (2016). Photoactivation and inactivation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2. Science 354: 343.

Liang Yang^#, Xu Wang^#, Weixian Deng, Weiliang Mo, Qing Liu, Chuanyu Zhang, Qin Wang, Chentao Lin and Zecheng Zuo^* (2016). Using HEK293T Expression System to Study Photoactive Plant Cryptochromes. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:940.

Jie Gao^#, Xu Wang^#, Meng Zhang^#, Mingdi Bian, Weixian Deng, Zecheng Zuo, Zhenming Yang, Dongping Zhong^* and Chentao Lin^* (2015). Trp triad-dependent rapid photoreduction is not required for the function of Arabidopsis CRY1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesof the United States of America 112: 9135.

Xu Wang^#, ChengmingFan^#, Xiaomei Zhang, JinlongZhu. and Yong-fu Fu^* (2013). BioVector, a flexible system for gene specific-expression in plants. BMC Plant Biology 13:198.

Xu Wang^*, Qing Liu, WenjinHe, ChentaoLinand Qin Wang^* (2019). Characterization of Flowering Time Mutants. In: Hiltbrunner A. (eds) Phytochromes. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2026. Humana, New York, NY.

Xu Wang^*, Qin Wang, Paula Nguyenand ChentaoLin^* (2014). Cryptochrome-mediated light responses in plants. Enzymes. 35:167-89.

Honorables and Awards

2022 Taishan Young Scholar