Yang Ou: Plant Physiology First Author

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Yang Ou, first author of “Essential roles of SERKs in the ROOT MERISTEM GROWTH FACTOR-mediated signaling pathway”

Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, China

Education: Ph.D, College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, China; B.S., College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, China

Non-scientific Interests: Basketball, Chinese chess, Running

Brief bio: I was born in a small town in Sichuan, a western province in China. Since childhood, I have considered that it is not easy for farmers in rural areas. From then on, I want to make some contributions to the development of agriculture. In 2010, I completed my Bachelor’s degree and felt that the future development of agriculture needs the help of molecular biology. Therefore, I joined the laboratory of Professor Jia Li in Lanzhou University to study plant molecular genetics. Our previous studies showed that SERK family proteins were involved in the regulation of root development through Brassinosteroid dependent and independent pathways. During my PhD study, I screened a group of RLKs including five members with BAK1 as bait, which were named as RGIs/RGFRs. We demonstrated that RGIs, act as the receptors of RGF1, are involved in the maintenance of stem cell niche in root tip. Subsequently, we comprehensively elucidated the essential roles of SERKs in the signal transduction of RGF1. My research interests focus on the signal transduction of RGF1 and the maintenance of stem cell niche in root tip. To carry out modern agricultural genetic breeding, we must primarily understand the internal molecular mechanism of plants and find a suitable target for crop genetic improvement. In the future, I also hope to engage in some crop research.

 姓名：欧 洋

职位：副教授，兰州大学生命科学学院

学历：兰州大学生命科学学院/理学博士

兰州大学生命科学学院/理学学士

爱好：篮球、中国象棋、跑步

简历：我出生在中国四川省东北部的一个小镇上，由于从小感受到农民耕作的不易，一直想为农业发展做一点贡献。本科毕业后，我认为未来农业的发展需要分子生物学助力，因此加入兰州大学黎家教授实验室学习植物分子遗传学。实验室早期的研究结果表明，以BAK1为代表的SERKs家族蛋白参与依赖和不依赖油菜素内酯的途径调控根发育。博士期间，我以BAK1为诱饵筛选到一组含有5个成员的类受体蛋白激酶，命名为RGIs/RGFRs，并证明了RGIs作为多肽RGF1的受体，参与根尖干细胞微环境的维持。随后，我们深入地研究了SERKs在RGF1信号转导中的重要作用。目前，我的研究兴趣集中在RGF1的信号转导以及根尖干细胞微环境维持的分子机制。为了开展现代农业遗传育种，首先要着力于解析植物内在的分子机制，为农作物遗传改良找到合适靶点。今后，我也希望从事一些农作物方面的研究。