Xiangxiang Meng: Plant Physiology First Author

Xiangxiang Meng, first author of “GWAS on multiple traits identifies mitochondrial ACONITASE3 as important for acclimation to submergence stress”

Current Position:

Postdoc, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China

Education:

MS, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

PhD, Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Non-scientific Interests:

Reading, hiking and watching movies

Brief bio:

I am fascinated with plant stress responses and how plants cope with adverse growth conditions. My master’s thesis at Zhejiang University in China focused on the genetic variation in phosphorus uptake of watermelon under low phosphorus stress. In 2020, I obtained my PhD degree from La Trobe University in Australia under the joint supervision of Prof. Jim Whelan and Dr. Oliver Berkowitz. My research contributed to our understanding of the role of mitochondrial function and retrograde signalling in stress responses in Arabidopsis. Since 2020 I am working as a postdoc position at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and continue to investigate the mechanisms of flooding tolerance by genome-wide association study in crops.

姓名：孟祥祥

现在职位：博士后，中科院青岛生物能源与过程研究所

教育经历：硕士，浙江大学； 博士，乐卓博大学

兴趣爱好：读书，徒步，电影

简介：我对植物如何应对逆境胁迫相关的研究非常感兴趣。我在浙江大学的硕士课题是关于低磷胁迫下西瓜磷素吸收的研究。2020年，在Jim Whelan院士和Oliver Berkowitz博士的共同指导下，我在澳大利亚乐卓博大学获得博士学位。我博士课题主要研究拟南芥中线粒体及其反向调控途径在逆境调控中的作用机制。从2020年开始我加入中科院青岛生物能源与过程研究所从事博士后研究工作，并继续利用全基因组关联分析的方法研究作物中的耐涝机制。