Academic Exchange

Date Work Unit Speakers Presentation Topics
20200113 Monash University, AUS Sureshkumar Balasubramania Insights from Arabidopsis, a beautiful weed: from agriculture to medicine
20200116 University of Cambridge, UK Weibing Yang Cytokinins and stem cell dynamics in the plant shoot apex
20200116 The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, GER Monika Chodasiewicz Identification of small molecules involved in the regulation of stress response in plants
20200512 University of Lausanne, SUI Feng Zhou Root immune responses at cellular resolution
20200921 NIAB Cambridge Crop Research Centre, UK Ji Zhou Developing AI-driven approaches to enable multi-scale plant phenomics and multi-omics data integration for plant research
20201109 Westlake University Peilong Lv Computational design of transmembrane proteins
20201130 Tsinghua University Yijun Qi Small RNA: Biogenesis and Function
Date Work Unit Speakers Presentation Topics
20190123 Columbia University, USA Chunmin Shan Mechanistic analysis of oncogenic histone mutations in fission yeast
20190215 University of Oxford, UK Qihua Ling Role of ubiquitin-proteasome system in chloroplasts during plant development and stress response
20190225 Tsinghua University Zhi Lu Characterize novel noncoding RNAs by integrating high-throughput data
20190226 University of British Columbia, CAN Xin Li Dissecting plant resistance protein mediated immunity using autoimmune models
20190226 University of British Columbia, CAN Yuelin Zhang Genetic analysis of SA signaling in Arabidopsis
20190321 Purdue University, USA Stanton B. Gelvin Mechanism and control of T-DNA integration into the plant genome
20190327 John Innes Centre, UK Shengbo He The linker histone H1, beyond a structural chromatin component
20190328 Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, AUT Eriko Sasaki The genetics of epigenetics in Arabidopsis thaliana
20190328 Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China Jun Xiao PRC2 specific targeting and dynamic regulation in Arabidopsis
20190328 University of California, Riverside, USA Yongjian Qiu Phytochrome signaling in thermomorphogenesis
20190415 University of Arizona, USA Brian Larkins Maize kernel development: still much to learn!
20190416 the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam-Golm, GER Ralph Bock Taming chloroplasts for biotechnology and synthetic biology
20190423 National University of Singapore, SIN Jian Xu The new CAPabilities of plant roots
20190425 Texas A&M University, USA Xiuren Zhang Interplay of epigenetic silencing and RNA metabolism
20190426 Wageningen University and Research, NED Wenkun Zhou Plant root stem cell regulation: molecular mechanism and physiological relevance
20190510 Université Libre de Bruxelles, BEL Nathalie Verbruggen Contrasting cadmium resistance strategies in the pseudometallophyte Arabidopsis halleri
20190520 University of Melbourne, AUS Staffan Persson Mechanistic insights into how plants produce cellulose
20190520 Colorado State University, USA Graham Peers Systems level observations of algal and cyanobacterial metabolism in fluctuating light
20190528 Fudan University Limin Xiao Optical micro-nano fiber devices and optical fiber flow control technology
20190625 University of Missouri, USA David G Mendoza Cozatl A systems approach to make plants stronger
20190628 University of Zurich, SUI Cyril Zipfel FERONIA and the regulation of receptor kinase-mediated signaling: from immunity to beyond
20190703 University of California, Berkeley, USA Sheng Luan Coding and decoding of calcium signals in plant growth and immunity
20190723 University of Oxford, UK Petros Ligoxygakis Bacterial recognition, gut microbiota and brain neurodegeneration: innate immunity in the life of a fruit fly
20190725 Purdue University, USA Leonor Boavida Tearing down barriers in plant fertilization: Regulation of gamete interactions by tetraspanin signaling complexes
20190807 Hallym University, KOR Dong-Hoon Jeong Post-transcriptional and epigenetic gene regulation in rice: to regulate or to be regulated
20190816 University of Science and Technology of China Yongliang Jiang Structural insights into the CO2-concentrating mechanism in cyanobacteria
20190911 Cotton Incorporated, USA Tom Wedegaertner Cottonseed research to increase the value and utilization of cottonseed and other cotton byproducts in the US
20190911 New Mexico State University, USA Jinfa Zhang Crop breeding in the genomics era: the cotton example
20190919 Kyoto University, JPN Masahide Terazima Dynamics of photochemical reactions and conformation changes of phototropins studied by time-resolved transient grating method
20190923 University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA Robert Landick Understanding the cell's CPU: Structure-function of transcription elongation complex regulation
20190925 Kyoto University, JPN Akira Nagatani The shade avoidance response - mechanism and action under the natural conditions
20190927 Noble Research Institute, USA Michael Udvardi Functional genomics of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Medicago
20191017 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, UK Rob Martienssen The chromosomal impact of small RNA
20191021 University of California San Diego, USA Yezhang Ding Understanding defense-related specialized metabolism in maize through integrated multidisciplinary approaches
20191021 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Li Wan Activation and cell death mechanisms of plant intracellular immune receptor NLRs
20191030 Westlake University Huaizong Shen Systematic structural investigation of eukaryotic voltage-gated sodium channels(using Cryo-EM)
20191101 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, GER Sarah O'Connor Harnessing the chemistry of plant natural product biosynthesis
20191106 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA Heribert Hirt Lessons from desert microbes how to grow crops in extreme environments
20191119 University of British Columbia, CAN Loren Rieseberg Revisiting the role of structural variants in plant adaptation, speciation, and improvement
20191129 Huazhong Agricultural University Qifa Zhang The way of rice in the new era
20191129 Iowa State University, USA Jianmin Yu An integrated understanding of genes, organisms, and environments
20191202 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA Doug K. Allen Isotopic labeling-based metabolic flux analysis: from CO2 assimilation to storage reserve production in plants
20191223 University of California, Riverside, USA Weitao Chen Mathematical models for cell polarity
Date Work Unit Speakers Presentation Topics
20180104 John Innes Centre, UK Daniel Ziberman
Xiaoqi Feng
Epigenetic inheritance of DNA methylation patterns
Lineage-specific DNA methylation regulates male meiosis
20180112 University of Texas, Austin, USA Enamul Huq Phytochromes and PIFs: a Yin-Yang relationship drives photomorphogenic development in plants
20180319 Michigan State University, USA Robert L. Last Trichomes as a model for the evolution of protective metabolic networks in plants
20180323 Institute of Biophysics, CAS Mei Li Study on the structure of photosystem II supercomplex in higher plants
20180327 Michigan State University, USA David M. Kramer The redox gambit of life
20180417 Institute of Biophysics, CAS Zhenfeng Liu Structural basis of light-harvesting and its regulation in plants
20180418 University of Toronto, Canada Matt Stata How convergent is convergent evolution? Case studies in C4 photosynthesis
20180419 Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Jen Sheen Hidden dynamics and landscape of plant signaling networks
20180424 UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA Xiaochun Li Cryo-EM study on the lysosomal membrane proteins
20180510 State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Qiyun Deng Current situation and prospect of super hybrid rice breeding in China
20180511 Western Michigan University, USA Yan Lv Chloroplast RNA editing
20180521 University of Georgia, USA Debra Mohnen A new view of pectin structure, function and synthesis: Lessons learned upon improving bioenergy feedstocks through modification of pectin synthesis
20180525 University of Georgia, USA Peng Qi Simplified genome sequencing strategies and data analysis for non-reference genome species
20180529 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Liwen Jiang Organelle biogenesis and function in plants
20180607 University of Missouri, USA Kathy Newton
James A. Birchler
Maize mitochondrial genomes: rearrangement mutations and cytoplasmic male sterility
The Gene balance hypothesis: how gene stoichiometries affect expression, the phenotype and evolutionary processes
20180608 Cornell University, USA Susheng Gan Translational research on plant senescence
20180622 University of Tokyo, Japan Kenji Mori Kenji Mori's works are based on synthetic organic chemistry
20180627 Texas A&M University, USA Zhiye Wang Chromatin remodeler CHR2/BRM remodels pri-miRNAs
20180702 Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA Wolfgang Busch From phenotypes to mechanisms: approaching root growth control using systems genetics
20180725 University of Texas, Austin, USA Hong Qiao Chromatin regulation and ethylene signaling
20180809 University of Newcastle, Australia Yongling Ruan Coupling sucrose metabolism with plant development & phloem function
20180824 Wageningen University, The Netherlands Rene Geurts Non-legume Parasponia as a comparative model to underpin the core genetic network essential for rhizobium nitrogen-fixing nodules
20180912 Institute of Microbiology, CAS Zhaosheng Kong Cytoskeleton - plasmmembrane - cell wall continuum and plant cell morphology and environment adaptation
20180917 Ghent University, Belgium Dominique Van Der Straeten Towards a solution for hidden hunger: Folate biofortification of crop plants
20181102 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Govindjee Photosynthesis: basics, history and modeling
20181107 Michigan State University, USA Brad Day Nucleocytoplasmic modulation of actin to control immunity
20181113 Australian National University Ulrike Mathesius What makes legume nodules special?
20181113 Princeton University, USA Ning Yan How is electrical signal generated? Structural and mechanistic investigations of Na channels
20181116 University of East Anglia, UK Ben Miller Using synthetic biology to re-engineer calcium signalling pathways in plants
20181119 DKFZ, Germany Haikun Liu Lineage hierarchy, cell plasticity and tumor heterogeneity-lessons from the malignant world
20181130 Australian National University Michael Djordjevic Structural requirements for autoregulation of nodulation by CLE peptides in Medicago truncatula
20181219 Guangzhou University Zhicheng Dong Epigenetic regulation of plant gene expression
Date Work Unit Speakers Presentation Topics
20170113 University of Delhi South Campus, India Girdhar K. Pandey How a Ca2+ regulated kinase modulate oxidative stress responses in Arabidopsis? Role of CIPK-VDAC module
20170116 Michigan State University, USA Xiufang Xin Plant-microbe interactions: climate and microbiome influences
20170313 University of Washington, USA Takato Imaizumi Circadian timing mechanisms in seasonal flowering
20170405 Xi'an Jiaotong University Li Guo Gene regulatory network inference unveils systems biology mechanisms of Fusarium graminearum pathogenesis
20170417 Cornell University, USA Li Li Formation of golden color: the regulatory mechanism underlying carotenogenesis in plants
20170417 University of Geneva, Switzerland Jean-David Rochaix The secrets of essential chloroplast genes: new link between chloroplast protein import and RNA metabolism?
20170419 Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Jens Nielsen Yeast as a platform cell factory for the production of fuels and chemicals
20170420 Cornell University, USA Jocelyn Rose Preparing, writing and publishing a scientific manuscript: a pathway for improved communication
20170628 Duke university, USA Xinnian Dong Precision in plant immune expression: not lost in translation
20170705 Murdoch University, Australia Chengdao Li Plastic development model for variable climates in barley
20170705 Murdoch University, Australia Meixue Zhou Adapting agriculture to changing environment – adding waterlogging tolerance gene to commercial varieties
20170720 Huazhong Agricultural University Lingling Chen Construction analysis of plant reference genomics and CRISPR-P tool development
20170721 Duke University, USA Taiping Sun Regulation of master growth repressor DELLA by O-glycosylation in Arabidopsis
20170721 University of York, UK Ian A Graham Molecular breeding of medicinal crops and discoveries along the way
20170727 Center for Plant Aging Research, Korea June M. Kwak Cellular precision for plant fitness
20170818 Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands Steven Driever Temperature acclimation of photosynthesis and its consequences under future climates in wheat
20170906 Universityof Tubingen, Germany Georg Felix Specificity and diversity of plant pattern recognition receptors
20170919 Sichuan Agricultural University Shigui Li The thought and practice of the improvement of the type of hybrid rice in southwest China
20170919 Sichuan Agricultural University Xuewei Chen A natural rice allele of a transcription factor confers broad-spectrum resistance
20170920 University of California, Los Angeles, USA Sabeeha Merchant Forum: introduction of the plant cell
20170920 University of California, Los Angeles, USA Sabeeha Merchant From genomics to spectroscopy:discoveries with Chlamydomonas and other algae
20170927 Bio-protocol Fanglian He Improving experimental reproducibility in the life sciences
20170929 University of Oxford, UK Nicholas Paul Harberd FRS Towards greener green revolutions
20171013 Westfälische Wilhelms- Universität Münster, Germany Jörg Kudla Calcium signaling is required for ABA mediated transcriptional adaptation to abiotic stresses
20171016 University of Connecticut, USA Xiaohui Zhou Study on the receptor and its inhibitors of the vibrio parahemolyticus β-lactams
20171017 University of Texas, Austin, USA Hungwen Liu A B12-dependent radical SAM enzyme involved in oxetanocin-A biosynthesis
20171018 University of Glasgow, UK Gareth Islwyn Jenkins Structure and function of the UV-B photoreceptor UVR8
20171018 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA Cao Xu Molecular control and evolutionary rewiring of plant stem cell circuitry
20171018 John Innes Centre, UK Julia Questa Building and maintaining epigenetic memory in plants: insights from FLC
20171018 University of California, San Diego, USA Peizhu Guan Nitrogen regulation of root growth and development
20171019 University of California, San Diego, USA Yunde Zhao Regulation of auxin homeostasis and its applications in crop improvement
20171020 Michigan State University, USA Shengyang He "Disease-Climate-Microbiome" triangles in plant disease
20171024 Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France Jan Traas Flower development: from morphodynamics to morphomechanics
20171027 University of Arizona, USA Ravishankar Palanivelu Closing the deal: Arabidopsis LORELEI is required for pollen tube reception by the female gametophyte
20171027 University of California, Irvine, USA Anthony A. James Mosquitoes and malaria: synthetic biology and disease control
20171109 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA Jun Xiao Reprogramming of cell fate or function in response to environmental or developmental cues
20171110 University of Minnesota, USA Corby Kistler The biology of cereal grain diseases caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum
20171207 Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA Changjun Liu Post-translational Regulation, Macromolecular Organization, and Metabolic Engineering of Phenylpropanoid-lignin Biosynthesis
20171207 Texas A & M University, USA Xiuren Zhang Yin and Yang balance in RNA silencing
Date Work Unit Speakers Presentation Topics
20160219 Tsinghua University Shengjia Zhang Magnetogenetics: remote non-invasive magnetic activation of neuronal activity with a magnetoreceptor
20160308 Keygene Company Arjen J. van Tunen What if we could make breakthrough innovations on: 1. Apomixes: seed set without fertilization? 2. Anernative rubber crop? 3. New phenotyping methods?
20160414 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Yadong Yu Cryo-EM study of proteasome and human lipoproteins
20160421 Huazhong Agricultural University Jianbing Yan Application of association analysis in genetic improvement of Maize
20160429 University of North Carolina Li Yang Divergent pathogen effectors promote virulence by manipulating a transcriptional node of growth-defense crosstalk
20160511 University of Oxford Nicholas Harberd From 20th to 21st century green revolutions: integrating Shoot and Root Biology
20160514 University of Minnesota Corby Kistler Cellular compartmentalization of mycotoxin synthesis and export
20160617 Sustainable Agriculture Consulting Group Raanan Katzir The approach of sustainable agriculture to achieve modernization and food security
20160620 Texas Tech University Zhixin Xie Small RNAs in plants: a case study on upland cotton
20160722 Huazhong Agricultural University Ping Yin Nucleic acid binding protein: coding for base, decoding for us
20160801 University of California, Riverside Hailing Jin Small RNA and cross-kingdom RNAi in plant microbial interaction
20160829 Wageningen University Dolf Weijers Specificity in auxin action
20160901 Cornell University Qi Sun Construction of maize haplotype map, in transition from single genome to pan genome reference
20160912 Nature Plants Chris Surridge Nature plants: towards an inclusive view of plant research
20160914 Nature Genetics Myles Axton Journal standards in plant genomics
20161013 Rutgers University Richard Ebright Structural basis of transcription activation
20161019 the State University of New Jersey Andrea Gallavotti Genetic and genomic approaches to understand the molecular mechanisms controlling maize architecture
20161027 Deakin University Lingxue Kong Nanoencapsulation of mesoporous materials forbiological and biomedical applications
20161104 John Innes Centre Dale Sanders The plant lytic vacuole: space-filler, garbage bag, or something more interesting?
20161109 Weizmann Institute of Science Asaph Aharoni The rise of metabolic gene clusters in plant secondary metabolism
20161110 University of California, Riverside Wenbo Ma Pathogen effectors as molecular probes to understand pathogenesis
20161114 John Innes Centre Caroline Dean
Jonathan Jones
Epigenetic switching in seasonal timing
Plant intracellular immune receptors; diversity, deployment and dissection
20161114 University of Amsterm Christa Testerink Underground strategies plants use to avoid salinity stress
20161114 Utrecht University Ronald Pierik Light signal integration to grow in dense stands
20161124 Rothamsted Research Kim Hammond-Kosack Exploring the compatible Fusarium-wheat interaction using a multi-‘omics’ approach
20161125 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cao Xu Control of stem cells in tomato: from meristems to fruits
20161216 Institute of Biophysics, CAS Bing Zhu Establishment & maintenance of epigenetic information
20161227 Iowa State University Wei Wang Closing the loop: circadian regulation of plant immunity and environment inputs to plant circadian clock