Wang Jie

Personal Profile

Jie Wang, male, born in 1992, Ph.D, associate professor, a member of Hou Ji laboratory, Shanxi province

Academic Education

2018.09-2023.01    Ph.D, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2015.09-2018.07    Master, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science

2011.09-2015.07    Bachelor, Shanxi Agricultural University

Work Career

2023.09 to date    Associate professor, College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University

Main Research Directions

1. Molecular mechanisms of cereal variety design

2. Plant cell morphogenesis and structural biology

Overview of Teaching and Research

Dr. Wang has been engaged in scientific research on the design of cereal varieties and the establishment of plant cytoskeleton morphology. He has participated in multiple projects founded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, National Key Research and Development Program of China. He has published in mainstream international academic journals such as The EMBO Journal, The New Phytologist and Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.

Teaching and Research Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth)

2. Shanxi Agricultural University Science and Technology Innovation Fund Doctoral Startup Project

3. Shanxi Province Outstanding Doctoral Work Award Project

Presentative Papers

1. Brassinosteroid signals cooperate with katanin-mediated microtubule severing to control stamen filament elongation. The EMBO Journal, 2023, 42(4): e111883.

2. Population genomics demystifies the defoliation phenotype in the plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae. The New Phytologist, 2019, 222(2): 1012-1029.

3. Comparative genomics reveals cotton-specific virulence factors in flexible genomic regions in Verticillium dahliae and evidence of horizontal gene transfer from Fusarium. The New Phytologist, 2018, 217(2): 756-770.

4. SNARE-encoding genes Vdsec22 and Vdsso1 mediate protein secretion required for full virulence in Verticillium dahliae. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2018, 31(6): 651-664.

5. Functional analyses of small secreted cysteine-rich proteins identified candidate effectors in Verticillium dahliae. Molecular Plant Pathology, 2020, 21(5): 667-685.

6. A Verticillium dahliae extracellular cutinase modulates plant immune responses. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2018, 31(2): 260-273.

Contact Information

Address: No. 81 Longcheng Street, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Postcode: 030031

Email: Jimwanglsr@sxau.edu.cn