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Education
1996 | Ph.D. Simon Fraser University |
1992 | M.Sc. University of British Columbia |
1984 | B.Sc. South China Agricultural University |
Position
- Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, CUHK
- Director, Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) Program, CUHK
- Director, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, CUHK
- Director, RGC-AoE "Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function", CUHK
- Director, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology (IPMBAB), CUHK
Research Interests
- Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
- Protein Targeting and Trafficking in Plant Cells
- Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants
- Plant Bioreactors for Pharmaceutical Proteins
Representative Publications
- Liu Z, Gao J, Cui Y, Klumpe S, Erdmann PS and *Jiang L (2021) Membrane Imaging in the Plant Endomembrane System. Plant Physiology (in press) doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa040
- Ji CY, Zhou J, Guo R, Lin Y, Kung CH, Hu S, Ng WY, Zhuang XH and *Jiang L (2020) AtNBR1 is a selective autophagic receptor for AtExo70E2 in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 84(2):777-791.
- *Cui Y, Zhao Q, Hu S and *Jiang L (2020) Vacuole Biogenesis in Plants: How Many Vacuoles, How Many Models? Trends in Plant Science 25(6):538-548.
- *Zhao Q, Shen J, Gao C, Cui Y, Wang Y, Cui J, Cheng L, Cao W, Zhu Y, Huang S, Zhou Q, Leong CK, Leung KP, Chen X and *Jiang L (2019) RST1 is a FREE1 suppressor that negatively regulates vacuolar trafficking in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 31(9):2152-2168
- Li H, Li Y, Zhao Q, Li T, Wei J, Li B, Shen W, Yang C, Zeng Y, Rodriguez P, Zhao Y, *Jiang L, *Wang X and *Gao C (2019) The Plant ESCRT Component FREE1 Shuttles to the Nucleus to Attenuate Abscisic Acid Signalling. Nature Plants 5(5):512-524.
- Cui Y*, Cao W, He Y, Zhao Q, Wakazaki M, Zhuang X, Gao J, Zeng Y, Gao C, Ding Y, Wong HY, Wong WS, Lam HK, Wang P, Ueda T, Rojas-Pierce M, Toyooka K, Kang BH and *Jiang L (2019) A whole-cell electron tomography model of vacuole biogenesis in Arabidopsis root cells. Nature Plants 5(1):95-105.
- *Shen J, Zhao Q, Wang X, Gao C, Zhu Y, Zeng Y and *Jiang L (2018) A Plant Bro1 Domain Protein BRAF Regulates Multivesicular Body Biogenesis and Membrane Protein Homeostasis. Nature Communications 9(1):3784.
- Zhuang X, Chung KP, Cui Y, Lin W, Gao C, Kang BH and *Jiang L (2017) ATG9 regulates autophagosome progression from the endoplasmic reticulum in Arabidopsis. PNAS 114(3): E426–E435.
- Zeng Y, Chung KP, Li B, Lai CM, Lam SK, Wang X, Cui Y, Gao C, Luo M, Wong KB, Schekman R, and *Jiang L (2015) Unique COPII component AtSar1a/AtSec23a pair is required for the distinct function of protein ER export in Arabidopsis thaliana. PNAS 112(46):14360-5.
- Gao C, Zhuang X, Cui Y, Fu X, He Y, Zhao Q, Zeng Y, Shen J, Luo M and *Jiang L (2015) Dual roles of an Arabidopsis ESCRT component FREE1 in regulating vacuolar protein transport and autophagic degradation. PNAS 112(46):1886-91.
Research Grants
- 2020-2023, Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) as PC “The First Integrated State-of-the-Art Sample Preparation System for Cryo-Electron Microscopy/Tomography Analysis to Promote Advanced Cellular and Structural Biology Research in Hong Kong”, HK$7,439,308
- 2019-2024, Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Impact Fund (RIF) as PI “Plant Bioreactor for Pharmaceutical Proteins”, HK$5,000,000
- 2018-2021, Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) as PC “Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy and Autophagosome in Plants”, HK$7,209,550
- 2017-2020, Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) as PC “The First Integrated cryo-EM and cryo-ET Shared Facility for Life Sciences Research in Hong Kong”, HK $9,500,000
- 2014-2021, Research Grants Council (RGC) Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE) Grant as PC “Center for organelle biogenesis and function”, HK$47,250,000
Awards
- 2017: Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2017 Second Class Prize, Ministry of Education of PRC
- 2016: Research Excellence Award 2015-16, CUHK
- 2015: Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2015-2016, The Croucher Foundation
- 2014: Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences, CUHK
- 2014: Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2013 Second Class Prize, Ministry of Education of PRC
- 2010: Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2009 First Class Prize, Ministry of Education of PRC
- 2013: Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science, CUHK
- 2009: The Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2009-2010
- 2009: Research Excellence Award 2009-10, CUHK
- 2008: Exemplary Teaching Award 2008, Faculty of Science, CUHK
- 2006: Research Excellence Award 2006-07, CUHK
Professional Activities
- Editor-in-Chief: Plant Science
- Senior Editor: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology and Chinese Bulletin of Botany
- Associate Editor: Protoplasma and Frontiers in Plant Science
- Editorial Board: Plant Cell; Molecular Plant and 中國科學: 生命科學
Awards Received by Graduate Students and Postdoc
- 1000 Young Talent Program of China, 2019 (Cui Yong)
- 1000 Young Talent Program of Zhejiang, 2017 (Shen Jinbo)
- 1000 Young Talent Program of China, 2015 (Ding Yu, Gao Caiji)
- CUHK Young Scholars Thesis Award 2013 (Zhuang Xiaohong)
- CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Award 2013 (Shen Jinbo)
- CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Award 2009 (Miao Yansong)
- Postgraduate Research Output Award 2016, CUHK (Zeng Allen)
- Postgraduate Research Output Award 2013, CUHK (Shen Jinbo)
- Postgraduate Research Output Award 2009, CUHK (Miao Yansong)
- Postgraduate Research Output Award 2006, CUHK (Lam Sheung Kwan)
- Postgraduate Research Output Award 2004, CUHK (Tse Yu Chung)
- Research Fellowship Scheme 2018-2019, CUHK (Zeng Yonglun)
- Research Fellowship Scheme 2017-2018, CUHK (Cui Yong)
- Research Fellowship Scheme 2016-2017, CUHK (Cui Yong)
- Research Fellowship Scheme 2015-2016, CUHK (Shen Jinbo)
- Research Fellowship Scheme 2014-2015, CUHK (Zhuang Xiaohong)
- Research Fellowship Scheme 2013-2014, CUHK (Ding Yu)
- Keystone Symposium Scholarship 2012 (Wang Juan)
- Keystone Symposium Scholarship 2007 (Miao Yansong)
- The HFSP (Human Frontier Science Program) Long-Term Fellows 2010 (Lam Sheung Kwan)
- The HFSP (Human Frontier Science Program) Long-Term Fellows 2009 (Miao Yansong)
Faculty Positions Lab Alumni
- Lau Wilson Chun Yu, Assistant Professor, CUHK
- Cui Yong, Professor, Xiamen University
- Zhao Qiong, Professor, East China Normal University
- Shen Jinbo, Professor, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University
- Wang Xiangfeng, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University
- Zhuang Xiaohong, Assistant Professor, CUHK
- Wang Juan, Associate Professor, South China Agricultural University
- Gao Caiji, Professor, South China Normal University
- Ding Yu, Professor, Jinan University
- Wang Hao, Professor, South China Agricultural University
- Miao Yansong, Nanyang Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
- Cai Yi, Professor, Sichuan Agricultural University
- Tse Yu Chung, Associate Professor, South University of Science and Technology of China
- Wang Junqi, Associate Professor, South University of Science and Technology of China
- Mo Beixin, Professor, Shenzhen University
- Li Hongye, Professor, Jinan University