Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Xin Wang

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Xin Wang, co-first author of Substrate-Specificity of LACCASE 8 Facilitates Polymerization of Caffeyl Alcohol for C-Lignin Biosynthesis in the Seed Coat of Cleome hassleriana

Current Position: Associate Professor in Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Wuhan, China

Education: PhD, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science (2006-2010)

Non-scientific Interests: table tennis, basketball

Brief bio: I obtained my PhD at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2010. From 2011 to 2013, I did my postdoctoral training at Wuhan University (China) working on the molecular mechanism of cold stress tolerance in rice. After my postdoc, I obtained an Associate Professor position in Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and began my research on (iso)flavones and terpene metabolism in several Chinese medicinal plant species, such as Pueraria lobata. In 2017, I was awarded a one-year visiting scholar award from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and was fortunate enough to join Richard A. Dixon’s Lab at the University of North Texas (US), where I worked on the mechanism of C-lignin polymerization in the seed coat of Cleome. It appreciate Professor Dixon and his group members for giving me so many constructive suggestions to my project. What a lovely time when I was working with them in UNT.

Now, I have moved to the Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science. My current interests focus on flavonoid biosynthesis and cold stress tolerance in peanut, an important oil and economic crop worldwide. We aim to understand the mechanisms responsible for its adaptations to stressful conditions, and provide that information to improve crop efficiency and enlarge its cultivated areas in a changing climate.

 

姓名：王欣

目前职位：中国农业科学院油料作物研究所 副研究员

教育背景：中国科学院水生生物研究所 博士

兴趣爱好：乒乓球，篮球

个人研究简介：

我于2010年从中国科学院水生生物研究所博士毕业。2011至2013年间，我在武汉大学博士后流动站工作，从事水稻耐寒分子机理的研究。博后出站后，我去了中国科学院武汉植物园工作，研究方向转到药用植物（野葛）黄酮生物合成路径的解析及调控机制。2017年，我获得了国家留学基金委的资助，非常有幸的成为一名访问学者加入了美国北得州大学Dxion教授实验室，开展了目前有关C-型木质素聚合的分子机理研究。非常感谢Dxion教授及其团队成员对我研究课题上帮助及建议。那段美好的学习和工作时光令我终生受益匪浅。

目前，我已到中国农业科学院油料作物研究所工作。我的个人兴趣转为黄酮化合物参与花生耐寒的分子机理研究，期望阐明花生响应低温胁迫的机制，为农作物的遗产改良及扩大花生种植区域提供理论基础。