Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Dr. Wenxiu Ye
Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China
Email: Wenxiu.ye@pku-iaas.edu.cn
Education
2013-2015, PhD in Agriculture, Okayama University, Japan
2011-2013, MS in Agriculture, Okayama University, Japan
2006-2010, BS in Food Science, Dalian Polytechnique University, China
Working Experience
2022-now Director, Weifang Key Laboratory of Grapevine Improvement and Utilization, China
2022-now Research Professor/PI, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, China
2019-2022 Assistant Professor/Junior PI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
2017-2019 JSPS International Research Fellow,Nagoya University, Japan
2016-2017 Postdoctoral Scientist,Nagoya University, Japan
2016-2016 Postdoctoral Scientist, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK
2014-2016 JSPS Research Fellow, Okayama University, Japan
Research Interests
l Grapevine improvement and utilization
l Grapevine genomics and functional genomics
l Stomatal biology and technology
Selected Publications
Li Guo#,*, Xiangfeng Wang#, Dilay Hazal Ayhan#, Mohammad Saidur Rhaman#, Ming Yan#, Jianfu Jiang, Dongyue Wang, Wei Zheng, Junjie Mei, Wei Ji, Jian Jiao, Shaoyin Chen, Jie Sun, Shu Yi, Dian Meng, Jing Wang, Mohammad Nasim Bhuiyan, Guochen Qin, Linling Guo, Qingxian Yang, Xuenan Zhang, Haisheng Sun, Chonghuai Liu, Wenxiu Ye* (2024) Super pangenome of grapevines empowers improvement of the oldest domesticated fruit. bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.28.582440
Yusuke Aihara, Bumpei Maeda, Kanna Goto, Koji Takahashi, Mika Nomoto, Shigeo Toh, Wenxiu Ye, Yosuke Toda, Mami Uchida, Eri Asai, Yasuomi Tada, Kenichiro Itami, Ayato Sato, Kei Murakami*, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2023) Identification and improvement of isothiocyanate-based inhibitors on stomatal opening to act as drought tolerance-conferring agrochemicals. Nature Communications, 14(1):2665
Jian Jiao, Yiqi Liu, Mengli Yang, Jingcheng Zheng, Chonghuai Liu, Wenxiu Ye,Shangwei Song, Tuanhui Bai, Chunhui Song, Miaomiao Wang, Jiangli Shi, Ran Wan, KunxiZ hang, Pengbo Hao, Jiancan Feng*, Xianbo Zheng* (2023) The engineered CRISPR-Mb2Cas12a variant enables sensitive and fast nucleic acid-based pathogens diagnostics in the field. Plant Biotechnology Journal,21(7):1465-1478.
Raghavendra AgepatiS*, Wenxiu Ye*, Kinoshita Toshinori* (2023) Editorial: pH as a signal and secondary messenger in plant cells. Frontiersin Plant Science, 14:1148689
Wenxiu Ye*, Juan Dong*, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2022) Editorial: stomatal biology and beyond. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:848811
Shuyun Chen, Tao Ma, Shiren Song, Xinlong Li, Peining Fu, Wei Wu, Jiaqi Liu, Yu Gao, Wenxiu Ye, Ian B. Dry, Jiang Lu(2021) Arabidopsis downy mildew effector HaRxLL470 suppresses plant immunity by attenuating the DNA-binding activity of bZIP transcription factor HY5.New Phytologist, 230(4):1562-1577
Maoming Zhang, Yin Wang, Xi Chen, Feiyun Xu, Ming Ding, Wenxiu Ye, Yuya Kawai, Yosuke Toda, Yuki Hayashi, Takamasa Suzuki,Houqing Zeng, Liang Xiao, Xin Xiao, Jin Xu,Shiwei Guo, Feng Yan, Qirong Shen, Guohua Xu,Toshinori Kinoshita* and Yiyong Zhu* (2021) Plasma membrane H+-ATPase overexpression increases rice yield via simultaneous enhancement of nutrient uptake and photosynthesis. Nature Communications, 12(1):735
Wenxiu Ye#, Shota Koya#, Yuki Hayashi, Huimin Jiang, TakayaOishi, Kyohei Kato, FukatsuKohei, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2021) Identification of genes preferentially expressed in stomatal guard cells of Arabidopsis thaliana and involvement of the ALMT6 vacuole malate channel in stomatal opening. Frontiersin Plant Science, 12:744991
Tao Ma, Shuyun Chen, Jiaqi Liu, Peining Fu, Wei Fu, Shiren Song, Yu Gao, Wenxiu Ye,Jiang Lu* (2021) Plasmopara viticola effector PvRXLR111 stabilizes VvWRKY40 to promote virulence. Molecular Plant pathology, 22(2):231-242
Wenxiu Ye*, Shintaro Munemasa, Tomonori Shinya, Wei Wu,Tao Ma, Jiang Lu, Toshinori Kinoshita, Hanae Kaku, Naoto Shibuya,Yoshiyuki Murata(2020)Stomatal immunity against fungal invasion comprises not only chitin-induced stomatal closure but also chitosan-induced guard cell death.Proceedingsof the National Academy ofthe United States of America,117(34):20932-20942
Wenxiu Ye, Eigo Ando, Mohammad SaidurRhaman, Md. Tahjib-Ul-Arif, Eiji Okuma, YoshimasaNakamura, Toshinori Kinoshita, Yoshiyuki Murata* (2020) Inhibition of light induced stomatal opening by allyl isothiocyanate does not require guard cell cytosolic Ca2+signalling. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(10):2922-2932
Wenxiu Ye, Yoshiyuki Murata* (2016) Microbe associated molecular pattern signaling in guard cells. Frontiersin plant Science, 7:583
Md. Moshiul Islam#, Wenxiu Ye, Daiki Matsushima, Shintaro Munemasa, Eiji Okuma, Yoshimasa Nakamura, Md. Sanaullah Biswas, Junichi Mano, Yoshiyuki Murata* (2016) Reactive carbonyl species mediate abscisic acid signaling in guard cells.Plant and Cell Physiology 57(12):2552-2563
Wenxiu Ye, Yuji Adachi, Shintaro Munemasa, Yoshimasa Nakamura,Izumi C. Mori, Yoshiyuki Murata* (2015)Open stomata 1 kinase is essential for yeast elicitor-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis. Plant andCell Physiology, 56(6):1239-1248
Wenxiu Ye, Daichi Muroyama, Shintaro Munemasa, Yoshimasa Nakamura, Izumi C. Mori, Yoshiyuki Murata* (2013) Calcium-dependent protein kinase CPK6 positively functions in induction by yeast elicitor of stomatal closure and inhibition by yeast elicitor of light-induced stomatal opening in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology163(2): 591-599
Ye Yin, Yuji Adachi, Wenxiu Ye, Maki Hayashi, Yoshimasa Nakamura, Toshinori Kinoshita, Izumi C. Mori*, Yoshiyuki Murata (2013) Difference in abscisic acid perception mechanisms between closure induction and opening inhibition of stomata. Plant Physiology163(2): 600-610
Misugi Uraji, Takeshi Katagiri, Eiji Okuma, Wenxiu Ye, Mohammad Anowar Hossain,Choji Masuda, Miura Aya Miura, Yoshimasa Nakamura, Izumi C. Mori, Kazuo Shinozaki, Yoshiyuki Murata* (2012) Cooperative function of PLDδ and PLDα1 in abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 159(1): 450-460
Honorables and Awards
2022, Taishan Scholars, Shandong Province
2020, Associate Faculty Member,Faculty Opinion (F1000)
2020, High-level Overseas Talent,Shanghai Municipality
2017, International Research Fellow,Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2015, Dean's Scientific Award, Okayama University
2014, Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science