Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Ching Chan

Ching Chan, first author of STRESS INDUCED FACTOR 2 regulates Arabidopsis stomatal immunity through phosphorylation of the anion channel SLAC1

Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Education: PhD in Biology (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); MPhil and BSc in Biochemistry (The University of Hong Kong)

Non-scientific interest: swimming, cycling, running, snowboarding

Brief bio: Out of curiosity, I “committed” to academic research. The more I tried, the more unknowns I found. “Sapientia et Virtus” – the principal driving force to press on, striving for a minuet change for good. Using the fundamental cell and molecular biology techniques, I attempted to solve the molecular basis of various physiological observations. With Prof. Laurent Zimmerli’s group, I explored the role of stomatal movement in relation to plant innate immunity, a process modulated by membrane receptor kinases and ion channels through phosphorylation events. To our surprise, the initial stress sensor and the final actuator of a complexly regulated pathway are in very close proximity. Yet, one can again wonder about the redundancy of dozens of closely related receptors. How do they differ from each other in function? Recently, I started working on a group of protein kinases, which potentially plays dual roles in plant immunity as well as in phosphate homeostasis. More complicated, more unknown, more challenging!

 

姓名：陳晶

當前職位：中央研究院 博士後研究員

教育經歷：香港中文大學（生物學）博士，香港大學（生物化學）碩士，學士

興趣愛好：游泳，單車，長跑，單板滑雪

個人簡歷：不知不覺科研之路就走到了今天。貌似知道了什麼，做到了什麼，可是不知道的好像更多。大學時虛有其表的認識到「明德格物」，漸漸好像略有體會。分子生物學真的很神奇，無論你在任何領域，面對什麼物種，發現了多麼有趣的生理現象，回歸根本都需要分子生物學來做詮釋。氣孔開合的調節機制是植物免疫系統的一環。有幸在台灣大學參與金洛仁老師的團隊，對受體激酶和離子通道做更深入的探討，並發現了一個關鍵的磷酸化位點。顯然，受體激酶的功能並不局限於免疫系統，對植物生長發育，對抗非生物逆境，感應植物激素等方面皆至關重要。一個受體激酶子家族似乎同時調控細胞內磷酸鹽平衡與植物免疫系統，非常有趣。期待新的實驗結果，新的知識，多元的轉譯機遇，讓我們的成果更有價值。