Lihong Hao: The Plant Cell First Author

Lihong Hao, co-first author of “VPS18-regulated vesicle trafficking controls the secretion of pectin and its modifying enzyme during pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis”

Current Position: Associate Professor at Shanxi University.

Education: Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology at Peking University, B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at China Agricultural University.

Non‐scientific Interests: Spending time with my daughter, reading, traveling…

Brief bio: Out of love for plants, after finishing my bachelor’s degree, I joined the State Key Laboratory for Protein and Plant Gene Research at Peking University, and did my Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Li-Jia Qu. During my Ph.D. study, I focused on deciphering the role of endomembrane trafficking in regulating plant reproduction. My research project focused on a subunit of Arabidopsis HOPS complex, AtVPS41. We found that the AtVPS41-mediated late stage of the endocytic pathway is essential for pollen tube–stigma interaction in Arabidopsis. Since then, I have loved this dynamic endomembrane trafficking process in plants. Later on, I collaborated with Miss Saiying Hou and continued working on another VPS protein, VPS18, which we found was essential for endomembrane trafficking as well during pollen tube growth. I am currently an Associate Professor at Shanxi University. The goal of my current research is to understand the role of endomembrane trafficking in the response of foxtail millet to various environmental stresses.

姓名：郝丽宏

目前职位：山西大学副教授

教育经历：2012年于中国农业大学获理学学士学位，后于2017年获北京大学博士学位

兴趣爱好：陪女儿玩，阅读，旅行

科研经历简介：

出于对植物的热爱，当我结束本科阶段的学习后，我选择了北京大学蛋白质工程及植物基因工程国家重点实验室攻读我的博士学位，师从著名学者瞿礼嘉教授。在攻读博士学位期间，我主要致力于解析细胞内膜运输在高等植物有性生殖过程中的作用。我的研究聚焦在拟南芥HOPS复合体的一个特有成员AtVPS41上。通过研究我们发现，AtVPS41介导的内吞途径晚期过程在拟南芥花粉管与柱头的相互作用中发挥重要作用。自那以后，我深深地迷恋于细胞中这些参与活跃内膜运输的小泡。2017年博士毕业后，我加入了山西大学。现在我的研究主要集中在解析细胞内膜运输在谷子应对各种生物和非生物胁迫过程中的作用机制。