Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Chen-Kun Jiang

Chen-Kun Jiang, first author of Insight into the Diversification and Evolution of R2R3-MYB Transcription Factors in Plants

Current Position: Doctoral candidate, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

Education: B.S., School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

Non-scientific Interests: traveling, art exhibitions, and playing billiards

Brief bio: I am a graduate student in Prof. Guang-Yuan Rao’s lab. My scientific interests include molecular evolution, plant evolutionary developmental biology, and evolutionary genomics. In recent years, I have been focusing on the evolution of R2R3-MYB transcription factors (TFs). As one of the largest TF family in plants, R2R3-MYBs regulate a broad range of plant-specific physiological and developmental processes. Our evolutionary study concerning R2R3-MYB TFs revealed that the expansion of these TFs in land plants is mainly attributed to multiple gene duplications within subfamily VIII that emerged in algae. I have also been working on the evolution of the R2R3-MYB-based gene regulatory network of cell wall biosynthesis across land plants.

 

姓名：蒋陈焜

当前职位：北京大学，生命科学学院，博士研究生

教育经历：北京大学，生命科学学院，理学学士

兴趣爱好：旅行、参观艺术展览和打台球

个人简介：我是饶广远教授团队的博士研究生。我的研究兴趣包括分子演化，植物演化发育生物学和演化基因组学。近年来，我一直关注R2R3-MYB转录因子的演化。R2R3-MYB转录因子是植物中成员数量最多的转录因子家族之一，调控一系列植物特有的生理和发育过程。通过研究R2R3-MYB转录因子在植物中的演化历史，我们发现它在陆生植物中的扩张主要依赖于起源于藻类的亚家族VIII的多次基因重复。我也在研究陆生植物中基于R2R3-MYB转录因子的细胞壁合成的基因调控网络的演化。