Contact information

201 Life Science Center
1201 Rollins Road
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Email: jhsong@mail.missouri.edu
Lab Phone No.: (573) 884-4799

EDUCATION

March. 2008 – February. 2018  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Systems biology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

March. 2003 – February. 2008  Bachelor of Science (BSc) in biology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

March. 2018 – March. 2019  Postdoctoral fellow, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

PUBLICATIONS

1.       Song JH, Kwak SH, Nam KH, Schiefelbein J, Lee MM. 2019. QUIRKY regulates root epidermal cell patterning through stabilizing SCRAMBLED to control CAPRICE movement in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications (Accepted).

2.       Yoon EK, Dhar S, Lee MH, Song JH, Lee SA, Kim G, Jang S, Choi JW, Choe JE, Kim JH, Lee MM, Lim J. 2016. Conservation and Diversification of the SHR-SCR-SCL23 Regulatory Network in the Development of the Functional Endodermis in Arabidopsis Shoots. Molecular Plant.

3.       Song SK, Ryu KH, Kang YH, Song JH, Cho YH, Yoo SD, Schiefelbein J, Lee MM. 2011. Cell fate in the Arabidopsis root epidermis is determined by competition between WEREWOLF and CAPRICE. Plant Physiology. 1196-208 pp.

4.       Jeong YJ, Shang Y, Kim BH, Kim SY, Song JH, Lee JS, Lee MM, Li J, Nam KH. 2010. BAK7 displays unequal genetic redundancy with BAK1 in brassinosteroid signaling and early senescence in Arabidopsis. Molecules and Cells. 259-66 pp.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mengran Yang

Division of Plant Science & Technology

201 Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center

1201 E. Rollins Street

University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia MO 65211

Email: yangmengr@missouri.edu

Lab phone: (573)-884-4799

EDUCATION

2011 – 2017  Ph.D.  Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

2007 – 2011  B.S.   Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

January 2024 – Current, Research Scientist/Academic, Stacey’s Lab, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

January 2019 – December 2023, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stacey’s Lab, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS

Role of extracellular ATP in plant

PUBLICATIONS

Traeger, J., Hu, D., Yang, M., Stacey, G., Orr, G. (2023) Super-Resolution Imaging of Plant Receptor-Like Kinases Uncovers Their Colocalization and Coordination with Nanometer Resolution. Membranes (Basel). 13, 142.

Riahin, C., Mendis, K., Busick, B., Ptaszek, M., Yang, M., Stacey, G., Parvate, A., Evans, J.E., Traeger, J., Hu, D., Orr, G., Rosenzweig, Z. (2022) Near Infrared Emitting Semiconductor Polymer Dots for Bioimaging and Sensing. Sensors (Basel), 22, 7218.

Riahin, C., Meares, A., Esemoto, N.N., Ptaszek, M., LaScola, M., Pandala, N., Lavik, E., Yang, M., Stacey, G., Hu, D., Traeger, J.C., Orr, G., Rosenzweig, Z. (2022) Hydroporphyrin-Doped Near-Infrared-Emitting Polymer Dots for Cellular Fluorescence Imaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14, 20790-20801.

Hu, J., Hu, Y., Yang, M., Hu, X., Wang, X. (2021) Light-Induced Dynamic Change of Phytochrome B and Cryptochrome 1 Stabilizes SINATs in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 722733.

Yang, M., Li, C., Cai, Z., Hu, Y., Nolan, T., Yu, F., Yin, Y., Xie, Q., Tang, G. and Wang, X. (2017) SINAT E3 ligases control the light-mediated stability of the brassinosteroid-activated transcription factor BES1 in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell, 41, 47-58.

Nolan, T., Brennan, B., Yang, M., Chen, J., Zhang, M., Li, Z., Wang, X., Bassham, D., Walley, J. and Yin, Y. (2017) Selective Autophagy of BES1 Mediated by DSK2 Balances Plant Growth and Survival. Developmental Cell, 41, 33–46.

Yang, M. and Wang, X. (2017) Multiple Ways of BES1/BZR1 Degradation to Decode Distinct Developmental and Environmental Cues in Plants. Molecular Plant, 10, 915-917.

Jinrong Wan

Division of Plant Science & Technology

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211

Phone: (573) 814-9918

E-mail: wanj@missouri.edu

Education

1. Ph.D., Crop Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2. M.S., Botany, Jiangsu Institute of Botany, Nanjing, China
3. B.S., Botany, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Employment History

1. June 2005 – present, Research Scientist, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
2. July 2002 – June 2005, Postdoctoral Associate, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
3. August 1999 – July 2002, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

Selected Publications

1. Zhou L, Song L, Lian Y, Ye H, Usovsky M, Wan J, Vuong TD, Nguyen HT (2021) Genetic characterization of qSCN10 from an exotic soybean accession PI 567516C reveals a novel source conferring broad-spectrum resistance to soybean cyst nematode. Theor Appl Genet 134:859-874.
2. Usovsky M, Ye H, Vuong TD, Patil GB, Wan J, Zhou L, Nguyen HT (2021) Fine-mapping and characterization of qSCN18, a novel QTL controlling soybean cyst nematode resistance in PI 567516C. Theor Appl Genet 134:621-631.
3. Song L, Pan Z, Chen L, Dai Y, Wan J, Ye H, Nguyen HT, Zhang G, Chen H (2020) Analysis of Whole Transcriptome RNA-seq Data Reveals Many Alternative Splicing Events in Soybean Roots under Drought Stress Conditions. Genes (Basel) 11:1520.
4. Patil GB, Lakhssassi N, Wan J, Song L, Zhou Z, Klepadlo M, Vuong TD, Stec AO, Kahil SS, Colantonio V, Valliyodan B, Rice JH, Piya S, Hewezi T, Stupar RM, Meksem K, Nguyen HT (2019). Whole-genome re-sequencing reveals the impact of the interaction of copy number variants of the rhg1 and Rhg4 genes on broad-based resistance to soybean cyst nematode. Plant Biotechnol J. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13086.
5. Song L, Valliyodan B, Prince S, Wan J, Nguyen HT (2018). Characterization of the XTHGene Family: New Insight to the Roles in Soybean Flooding Tolerance. Int J Mol Sci. doi: 10.3390/ijms19092705.
6. Wan J, Song L, Wu Y, Brzoska P, Keys D, Chen C, Valliyodan B, Shannon JG, and Nguyen HT (2016). Application of digital PCR in the Analysis of Transgenic Soybean Plants. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology 7, 403-417. doi:4236/abb.2016.710039.
7. Song L, Prince S, Valliyodan B, Joshi T, Maldonado dos Santos JV, Wang J, Lin L, Wan J, Wang Y, Xu D, Nguyen HT (2016). Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of soybean primary root under varying water-deficit conditions.BMC Genomics. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2378-y.
8. Kadam S, Vuong TD, Qiu D, Meinhardt CG, Song L, Deshmukh R, Patil G, Wan J, Valliyodan B, Scaboo AM, Shannon GJ, and Nguyen HT (2016) Genomic-assisted haplotype evaluation and marker development for the next generation soybean cyst nematode resistance breeding. Plant Science 242:342-50.
9. Wan J, Vuong T, Jiao Y, Joshi T, Zhang H, Xu D, and Nguyen HT (2015). Whole-genome gene expression profiling revealed genes and pathways potentially involved in regulating interactions of soybean with cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe). BMC Genomics 16:148. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1316-8.
10. Liang Y, Cao Y, Tanaka K, Thibivilliers S, Wan J, Choi J, Kang C, Qiu J, and Stacey G (2013) Nonlegumes respond to rhizobial nod factors by suppressing the innate immune response. Science 341:1384-1387.
11. Xu X, Zeng L, Tao Y, Vuong T, Wan J, Boerma R, Noe J, Li Z, Finnerty S, Pathan M, Shannon G, and Nguyen HT (2013) Pinpointing genes underlying the quantitative trait loci for root-knot nematode resistance in palaeopolyploid soybean by whole genome resequencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110:13469-13474.
12. Wan J, Tanaka K, Zhang X, Son GH, Brechenmacher L, Nguyen THN, and Stacey G (2012) LYK4, a LysM receptor-like kinase, is important for chitin signaling and plant innate immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 160:396-406.
13. Son G-H, Wan J, Kim H-J, Nguyen X-C, Chung W-S, Hong J-C, and Stacey G (2011) The ethylene responsive element binding factor 5, ERF5, is involved in the chitin-induced innate immunity response. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 25:48-60.
14. Mathieu M, Winters EK, Kong F, Wan J, Huang S, Eckert H, Donovan C, Somers D, Wank K, Stacey G, and Clement T (2009) Establishment of a soybean (Glycine max L) transposon-based mutagenesis repository. Planta 229:279-289.
15. Wan J, Zhang X, and Stacey G (2008) Chitin signaling and plant disease resistance. Plant Signal Behav 3:831-833.
16. Wan J, Zhang X, Neece D, Clough S, Ramonell K, Kim S-Y, Stacey M, and Stacey G (2008) A LysM receptor-like kinase plays a critical role in chitin signaling and fungal resistance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 20:471-481.
17. Adams-Phillips L, Wan J, Tan X, Dunning FM, Meyers BC, Michelmore RW, and Bent AF (2008) Discovery of ADP-ribosylation and other plant defense pathway elements through expression profiling of four different Arabidopsis-Pseudomonas R/avr Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 21:646-657.
18. Wan J, Patel A, Mathieu MS, Kim S-Y, Xu D, and Stacey G (2008) A lectin receptor-like kinase is required for pollen development in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol 67:469-482.
19. Zhang X-C, Wu X, Findley S, Wan J, Libault M, Nguyen HT, Cannon SB, and Stacey G (2007) Molecular evolution of LysM type receptor-like kinases in plants. Plant Physiol 144:623-636.
20. Libault M, Wan J, Czechowski T, Xu D, Udvardi M, and Stacey G (2007) Identification of 118 Arabidopsis transcription factor and 30 ubiquitin-ligase genes responding to chitin, a plant-defense elicitor. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 20:900-911.
21. Stacey G, Libault M, Brechenmacher L, Wan J, and May GD (2006) Genetics and functional genomics of legume nodulation. Curr Opin Plant Biol 9:110-121.
22. Ramonell K, Berrocal-Lobo M, Koh S, Wan J, Edwards H, Stacey G, and Somerville S (2005) Loss-of-function mutations in four chitin responsive genes show increased susceptibility to the powdery mildew pathogen, Erysiphe cichoracearum. Plant Physiol 138:1027-1036.
23. Wan J, Torres M, Ganapathy A, DaGue B, Mooney B, Thelen J, Xu D, and Stacey G (2005) Proteomic analysis of soybean root hairs after infection by Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 5:458-467.
24. Wan J, Zhang S, and Stacey G (2004) Activation of a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in Arabidopsis by chitin. Mol Plant Pathol 5:125-135.
25. Wan J, Dunning M, and Bent AF (2002) Probing pathogen-plant interactions and downstream defense signaling using DNA microarrays. Funct Integr Genomics 2:259-273.
26. Fellers J, Wan J, Hong Y, Collins GB, and Hunt AG (1998) In Vitro interactions between a potyvirus-encoded genome-linked protein and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. J Gen Virol 79:2043-2049.