Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Yijuan Han

Yijuan Han, First author of A Magnaporthe Chitinase Interacts with a Rice Jacalin-related Lectin to Promote Host Colonization

Current Position: Assistant professor, Institute of Oceanology, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China.

Education: PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China. BSc, Biology science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.

Non-scientific Interests: Family, cooking and gardening

Brief bio: Since school age, I have been fascinated by plants and their reactions toward environment. Therefore, I decided to study plant biology for my BSc degree at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China. After graduation, I started my PhD study in Prof. Guo-dong Lu and Prof. Zonghua Wang’s lab in Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. During my studies, I gained practical experience in biochemistry, molecular biology, plant physiology and plant pathology. My research interest is to understand the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of the dynamic interactions of host-pathogens by using rice and rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae as model. I focused on investigating roles of fungal secretory proteins during infection as well as their rice targets in plant immunity. During my research project, I worked on M. oryzae effectors and found a chitinase namely MoChi1 was required for full pathogenicity and its interacted rice proteins OsMBL1 conferred enhanced resistance against rice blast. Currently, I am working in Minjiang University and studying the molecular physiology facts of beach plants.

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当前岗位：讲师，闽江学院海洋研究院

教育背景：于福建农林大学获得生物化学与分子生物学专业博士学位；于福建农林大学获得生物科学学士学位

科研外兴趣爱好：陪伴家人、烹饪、园艺

自我简介：我自小对植物感兴趣，特别是植物对环境的反应。于是高考填志愿的时候，我报考了福建农林大学的生物学专业。本科毕业后，我到本校鲁国东教授和王宗华研究员的实验室攻读博士学位，接受了生物化学、分子生物学、植物生理、植物病理等科研训练。我的科研兴趣是以水稻-稻瘟病菌这一互作模型来探索宿主-病原物互作的生化分子机制。在此期间，我主要研究了稻瘟病菌分泌蛋白及其水稻互作蛋白的功能，发现几丁质酶MoChi1参与了稻瘟病菌的致病过程，其水稻互作蛋白凝集素OsMBL1可提高水稻对稻瘟病的抵抗能力。目前，我就职于闽江学院，主要从事滩涂植物分子生理学研究。