Principal Investigator

Prof. XingWang Deng

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

Email: deng@pku.edu.cn

Education

Sept. 1985 – April 1989： PhD in Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Sept. 1982 – July 1985： MS in Department of Biotechnology, Peking University, China

Sept. 1978 – July 1982： BS in Department of Biotechnology, Peking University, China

Working Experience:

Dec. 2019 – now, Dean and Chief Scientist, Peking University, China

July 2016 – now, Adjunct Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Oct. 2014 – now, University Endowed Professor, Peking University, China

July 2014 – now, University Endowed Professor, Peking University, China

July 2000 – June 2014, Cheung Kong Chair Professor， Peking University, China

May 2003 – June 2014, Daniel C. Eaton Professor， Yale University, USA

July 2001 – June 2014, Full Professor， Yale University, USA

Oct. 2000 – June 2014, Director，Peking-Yale Joint Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Agro-Biotechnology, China

2003 – 2008, Co-Director，National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

July 1998 – June 2001, Associate Professor， Yale University, USA

July 1995 – June 1998, Associate Professor， Yale University, USA

Jan 1992 – June 1995, Assistant Professor, Yale University, USA

May 1989 – Dec 1991, Postdoc， University of California, Berkeley, USA

Research Interests

l Plant Photomorphogenesis

l Agricultural Biotechnology

l Plant Hybrid Vigor

l Applied Plant Bioinformatics

Selected Publications (Since 2023):

Xue Han^#; Yilin Zhang^#; Zhiying Lou; Jian Li; Zheng Wang; Chunlei Gao; Yi Liu; Zizheng Ren; Weimin Liu; Bosheng Li; Wenbo Pan; Huawei Zhang; Qing Sang; Miaomiao Wan; Hang He*;Xing Wang Deng*. (2023). Time series single-cell transcriptional atlases reveal cell fate differentiation driven by light in Arabidopsis seedlings. Nature Plants 9, 2095–2109.

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.

Xue Han#; Yilin Zhang#; Qiong Zhang#; Ni Ma; Xiaoying Liu; Wenjing Tao; Zhiying Lou; CaihongZhong; Xing Wang Deng^*; Dawei Li^*; Hang He^*. Two haplotype-resolved, gap-free genome assemblies for Actinidia latifolia and Actinidia chinensis shed light on the regulatory mechanisms of vitamin C and sucrose metabolism in kiwifruit. Molecular Plant. 16: 452–470 (2023).

Linhua Sun^#, Jingru Zhou^#, Xiao Xu^#, Yi Liu, Ni Ma, Yutong Liu, Wenchao Nie, Ling Zou, Xing Wang Deng*, Hang He* (2024). Mapping nucleosome-resolution chromatin organization and enhancer-promoter loops in plants using Micro-C-XL. Nature Communications. 15, 35.

Linhua Sun#, Yuxin Cao#, Zhu Li#, Yi Liu, Xiaochang Yin, Xing Wang Deng*, Hang He*, Weiqiang Qian*. Conserved H3K27me3-associated chromatin looping mediates physical interactions of gene clusters in plants. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 65, 1966–1982 (2023).

Honorables and Awards
2013, Elected member of US National Academy of Sciences
2013, Elected fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science
2003, The Kumho Science International Award
1995, Presidential Faculty Fellow Award