Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Jing Liu

Jing Liu, first author of SPIKE1 Activates the GTPase ROP6 to Guide the Polarized Growth of Infection Threads in Lotus japonicus

Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology

Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Non-scientific Interests: reading, running and travelling

Brief bio: After finishing my undergraduate education in 2014, I was fortunate to join the research team of Professor Xie Fang. During the Doctor’s period, I was engaged in the research on nodulation between the legume and rhizobia, major interesting in the molecular mechanisms of how legume plants regulate rhizobia infection. My study found that LjSPIKE1, a DOCK family GEF can interact with and activate small ROP GTPase, LjROP6, which mediate the polar elongation of infection threads in root hairs.

 

姓名：刘静

目前职位: 中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心/上海植物生理生态研究，在读博士生

教育经历：中国科学院大学，中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心/上海植物生理生态研究，遗传学，博士

兴趣爱好： 阅读、跑步、旅游

科研经历简介：2014年本科毕业后，我十分幸运的加入了谢芳研究员的研究团队。在研究生阶段，我主要从事于豆科植物和根瘤菌共生的相关研究，而更让我感兴趣的是豆科植物调控根瘤菌早期侵染的分子机制。在我们的研究中发现，DOCK家族的鸟苷酸交换因子LjSPIKE1与小G蛋白LjROP6相互作用并将其激活，而LjROP6可特异的调控根毛内侵染线的极性生长。