Xuedan Wu: The Plant Cell First Author

Xuedan Wu, co-first author of “ERECTA regulates seed size independently of its intracellular domain via MAPK-DA1-UBP15 signaling”

Education: Ph.D., Hebei Normal University China; B.S., HuiHua College of Hebei Normal University, China

Non-scientific Interests: Travel, Reading and photography

Brief bio:

I joined Prof. Wenqiang Tang’s lab at Hebei Normal University in 2014. I am so grateful that Dr. Tang lead me into the scientific world, and carefully nourish my interest in science. My research in Dr. Tang’s lab was mainly focused on discovering new genes and mechanisms that regulate seed size maternally in Arabidopsis thaliana. I am particularly curious to know how does double fertilization initiates seed and/or fruit development. I think if we can uncover the key mechanism that governs this process, we may be able to use that knowledge to breed new crop varieties that can still be productive under adverse conditions (such as cold or heat stress) that are not favor successful double fertilization. I have defended my dissertation successfully, and am now looking for new opportunities to continue exploring the wonder plant world. I am a germinating ‘good seed’, and hope one day I can thrive in scientific world.

 

姓名：吴雪丹

教育经历：

河北师范大学, 博士

河北师范大学汇华学院，本科

个人兴趣：旅行、阅读、摄影

个人简介：

我2014年开始加入河北师范大学汤文强教授实验室。我非常感激汤老师引导我进入科学的世界，并小心呵护和培养我对科学的兴趣。我博士期间的研究工作主要围绕发现拟南芥种子大小母体遗传调控途径的新基因和新机制展开。我对双受精如何起始种子和果实发育过程非常感兴趣。觉得如果能够解析其关键的分子调控机制，也许能让人们培育在不利于双受精的逆境条件下（比如说高、低温）仍能正常结实的农作物新品种。目前我已顺利通过了博士学位答辩，正在寻找新的机会以便能继续探索神奇的植物世界。我是一粒正在发芽的好种子，希望有一天我能在科学的世界成长起来。