Ph.D, Associate Prof.
Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
Science Building, E543
College of Life Sciences
Northwest A&F University
Xi’nong road No. 22
Yangling, Shaanxi 712100
P. R. China
Fax: (86) 29 -87092262
E-mail: yangwl@nwafu.edu.cn
Research Interests:
Our group is focusing on dissecting and clarifying the molecular mechanisms of plant immune response, growth and development as well as stress tolerance mediated by MAPK cascades and WRKY transcription factors as well as its integrated reactive oxygen species (ROS), abscisic acid (ABA), jasmonate (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) signalings. Through our study, we aim at identifying novel candidate genes which could contribute to improve the defense response or productivity of oilseed rape.
Education Experiences:
University of Alberta, Plant Science, Ph.D. 2009
China Agricultural University, Horticultural science, M.S. 2003
China Agricultural University, Pomology, B. S. 2000
Professional Experiences:
Associate Professor in College of Life Science, Norwest A&F University (2011- present)
Associate Professor in College of Horticulture Science, Norwest A&F University (2010- 20111)
Postdoc fellow in University of California-Berkeley (2009-2009)
Teaching:
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology Experiments, Molecular Cell Biology, Progress in Plant Molecular Biology.
Fundings:
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi province , etc.
Representative publications: (+first author， *corresponding author)
Cheng Q, Zhao G, Yang L, Amdouni A, Mu B, Ye C, Zhao Y, Cheng X, Cui X, Zhao P, Zhang H, Ma Y, Jiang Y-Q, Yang B* (2022) Oilseed rape MPK1 mediates reactive oxygen species-dependent cell death and jasmonic acid-induced leaf senescence. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 202, 105028（IF6.028）
Wang X#, Rehmani MS#, Chen Q, Yan J, Zhao P, Li C, Zhai Z, Zhou N, Yang B, Jiang Y-Q * (2022) Rapeseed NAM transcription factor positively regulates leaf senescence via controlling senescence-associated gene expression. Plant Science 323: 111373 （IF5.363）
Cheng H#, Pan G#, Zhou N, Zhai Z, Yang L, Zhu H, Cui X, Zhao P, Zhang H, Li S, Yang B*, Jiang Y-Q* (2022) Calcium-dependent Protein Kinase 5 (CPK5) positively modulates drought tolerance through phosphorylating ABA-Responsive Element Binding Factors in oilseed rape ( Brassica napus L.). Plant Sci, 315:111125（IF5.363）
Cui X#, Zhao PY#, Li Y, Xie L, Li Q, Yan J, Chen Q, Gao S, Sun M, Yang B, Rehmani MS, Jiang Y-Q * (2021). Rapeseed NAC46 positively regulates hypersensitive response-like cell death and chlorophyll degradation. Environmental and Experimental Botany. Volume 189, September, 104536 （IF5.427）
Yan J, Li Y, Zhao P, Mu B, Chen Q, Li X, Cui X, Wang Z, Li J, Li S, Yang B, Jiang Y-Q* (2021). A membrane-bound transcriptional activator NTL1 from rapeseed positively modulates leaf senescence through targeting genes involved in reactive oxygen species production and programmed cell death. J Agric Food Chem. 69(17):4968-4980（IF5.027，top journal）
Jingli Yan, Qinqin Chen, Xing Cui, Peiyu Zhao, Shidong Gao, Bo Yang*, Jian-Xiang Liu, Tiantian Tong, Michael K. Deyholos, Yuan-Qing Jiang* . Ectopic overexpression of a membrane-tethered NAC transcription factor gene from oilseed rape positively modulates programmed cell death and age-triggered leaf senescence. Plant J. 2021. 105(3):600-618 （IF6.141）
Wang Y#, Cui X#, Yang B#, Xu S, Wei X, Zhao P, Niu F, Sun M, Wang C, Cheng H, Jiang Y-Q*. WRKY55 transcription factor positively regulates leaf senescence and defense response through modulating the transcription of genes implicated in ROS and SA biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Development 2020: dev.189647 doi: 10.1242/dev.189647 （IF5.611）
Niu F, Cui X, Zhao P, Sun M, Yang B*, Deyholos MK, Li Y, Zhao X, Jiang Y-Q* (2020). WRKY42 transcription factor positively regulates leaf senescence through modulating SA and ROS synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 104:171-184 （IF6.141）
Cui X, Zhao P, Liang W, Cheng Q, Mu B, Niu F, Yan J, Liu C, Xie H, Kav NNV, Deyholos MK, Jiang Y-Q*, Yang B* (2020) A Rapeseed WRKY Transcription Factor Phosphorylated by CPK Modulates Cell Death and Leaf Senescence by Regulating the Expression of ROS and SA-Synthesis-Related Genes. J Agric Food Chem. 68(28):7348-7359 （IF4.192）
Yao L+, Yang B+, Xian B, Chen B, Yan J, Chen Q, Gao S, Zhao, Han F, Xu J, Jiang Y-Q (2020). The R2R3-MYB transcription factor BnaMYB111L from rapeseed modulates reactive oxygen species accumulation and hypersensitive-like cell death. Plant Physiol Biochem 147: 280-288, impact factor=""3.404,"" JCR Q1
Zhang H, Liu D, Yang B, Liu W-Z, Mu B, Song H, Chen B, Li Y, Ren D, Deng H, and Jiang Y-Q* (2019) Arabidopsis CPK6 positively regulates ABA signaling and drought tolerance through phosphorylating ABA-responsive element binding factors. Journal of Experimental Botany , 71(1):188-203, doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz432 (IF=""5.36)"" JCR Q1区
Liu Yang, Chaofei Ye, Yuting Zhao, Xiaolin Cheng, Yiqiao Wang, Yuanqing Jiang*, Bo Yang*. An oilseed rape WRKY-type transcription factor regulates ROS accumulation and leaf senescence in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis through modulating transcription of RbohD and RbohF. Planta , 2018, 247 (6): 1323-1338. Impact factor= 3.249 JCR Q1区
Qinqin Chen, Fangfang Niu, Jingli Yan, Bisi Chen, Feifei Wu, Xiaohua Guo, Bo Yang* and Yuanqing Jiang*. Oilseed rape NAC56 Transcription factor modulates Reactive Oxygen Species accumulation and hypersensitive response-like cell death. Physiologia Plantarum , 2017, 160 (2): 209-221. Impact factor= 2.580 JCR Q1区
Muhammad Saad Rehmani, Qinqin Chen, Jingli Yan, Xing Cui, Shidong Gao, Fangfang Niu, Liu Yang, Bo Yang*, Yuanqing Jiang*. A novel stress-responsive BnaNAL1 transcriptional activator in oilseed rape positively modulates reactive oxygen species production and cell death. Environ Exp Bot . 2019. 163: 1–14. Impact factor= 3.666 JCR Q1区
Yun Sun#, Chen Wang#, Bo Yang#*, Xueyu Hao, Wanwan Liang, Feifei Wu, Fangfang Niu, Jingli Yan, Hanfeng Zhang, Boya Wang, Michael K. Deyholos, Yuanqing Jiang*. Identification and functional analysis of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) genes in canola (Brassica napus L.). J Exp Bot , 2014. 65 (8): 2171-2188. Impact factor= 5.354 JCR Q1区
Wanwan Liang#, Bo Yang#, Baojun Yu, Zili Zhou, Cui Li, Ming Jia, Yun Sun, Yue Zhang, Feifei Wu, Hanfeng Zhang, Boya Wang, Michael K Deyholos, Yuanqing Jiang*. Identification and analysis of MKK and MPK gene families in canola (Brassica napus L.). BMC Genomics , 2013. 14: 392. Impact factor= 3.73 JCR Q1区
Weihuan Wang, Hanfeng Zhang, Xiangyan Wei, Liu Yang, Bo Yang, Li Zhang, Jing Li*, Yuanqing Jiang*. Functional characterization of calcium-dependent protein kinase (CPK) 2 gene from oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) in regulating reactive oxygen species signaling and cell death control. Gene , 2018. 651: 49-56. Impact factor= 2.498 JCR Q3区
Gengyu Pan, Hanfeng Zhang, Bingyou Chen, Shidong Gao, Bo Yang, Yuan-Qing Jiang*. Rapeseed calcium-dependent protein kinase CPK6L modulates reactive oxygen species and cell death through interacting and phosphorylating RBOHD. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019, 518(4):719-725 IF 2.7
Jingli Yan, Tiantian Tong, Xin Li, Qinqin Chen, Moyu Dai, Fangfang Niu, Mingfeng Yang, Michael K Deyholos, Bo Yang, Yuanqing Jiang*. A novel NAC-type transcription factor, NAC87, from oilseed rape modulates reactive oxygen species accumulation and cell death. Plant Cell Physiol , 2018. 59 (2): 290-303. Impact factor=""4.059"" JCR Q1区
Bisi Chen, Fangfang Niu, Wuzhen Liu, Bo Yang, Jingxiao Zhang, Jieyu Ma, Hao Cheng, Feng Han, Yuanqing Jiang*. Identification, cloning and characterization of R2R3-MYB gene family in canola (Brassica napus L.) identify a novel member modulating ROS accumulation and hypersensitive-like cell death. DNA Res , 2016. 23 (2), 101-114. Impact factor=""5.415"" JCR Q1区
Fangfang Niu, Chen Wang, Jingli Yan, Xiaohua Guo, Feifei Wu, Bo Yang, Michael K Deyholos, Yuanqing Jiang*. Functional characterization of NAC55 transcription factor from oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) as a novel transcriptional activator modulating reactive oxygen species accumulation and cell death. Plant Mol Biol , 2016. 92: 89-104. Impact factor=""3.543"" JCR Q1区
Wuzhen Liu, Min Deng, Liang Li, Bo Yang, Hongwei Li, Hanqing Deng, Yuanqing Jiang*. Rapeseed calcineurin B-like protein CBL4, interacting with CBL-interacting protein kinase CIPK24, modulates salt tolerance in plants. Biochem Biophys Res Commun , 2015. 467: 467-471. Impact factor=""2.559"" JCR Q3区
Boya Wang#, Xiaohua Guo#, Chen Wang#, Jieyu Ma#, Fangfang Niu, Hanfeng Zhang, Bo Yang, Wanwan Liang, Feng Han, Yuanqing Jiang*. Identification and characterization of plant-specific NAC gene family in canola (Brassica napus L.) reveal novel members involved in cell death. Plant Mol Biol , 2015. 87 (4-5): 395-411. Impact factor=""3.543"" JCR Q1区
Hanfeng Zhang#, Bo Yang#, Wuzhen Liu, Hongwei Li, Lei Wang, Min Deng, Boya Wang, Wanwan Liang, Michael K Deyholos, Yuanqing Jiang*. Identification and characterization of CBL and CIPK gene families in canola (Brassica napus L.). BMC Plant Biol , 2014. 14:8. Impact factor=""3.93"" JCR Q1区
Hanfeng Zhang#, Wuzhen Liu#, Yupeng Zhang#, Min Deng, Fangfang Niu, Bo Yang*, Xiaoling Wang, Boya Wang, Wanwan Liang, Michael K Deyholos, and Yuanqing Jiang*. Identification, expression and interaction analyses of calcium-dependent protein kinase (CPK) genes in canola (Brassica napus L.). BMC Genomics , 2014. 15: 211. Impact factor= 3.73 JCR Q1区
Fangfang Niu, Boya Wang, Feifei Wu, Jingli Yan, Liang Li, Chen Wang, Yiqiao Wang, Bo Yang, Yuanqing Jiang*. Canola (Brassica napus L.) NAC103 transcription factor gene is a novel player inducing reactive oxygen species accumulation and cell death in plants. Biochem Biophys Res Commun , 2014. 454: 30-35. Impact factor=""2.559"" JCR Q3区
Liang Li, Chaofei Ye, Rui Zhao, Xin Li, Wuzhen Liu, Feifei Wu, Jingli Yan, Yuanqing Jiang, Bo Yang*. Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) 4 from rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is a novel member inducing ROS accumulation and cell death. Biochem Biophys Res Commun , 2015, 467 (4): 792-797. Impact factor=""2.559"" JCR Q3区
Jinli Yan, Fangfang Niu F, Wuzhen Liu, Hanfeng Zhang, Boya Wang, Bo Yang, Wenzhi Lan, Che Y, Sheng Luan, Yuanqing Jiang * (2014) Arabidopsis CIPK14 positively regulates glucose response. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 450(4):1679-83. Impact factor=""2.559"" JCR Q3区
Other Academic Activities:
Invited referee for New Phytologist, Plant Physiol, Plant Mol Biol, BMC Plant Biology, BMC Genomics, Plos One, Planta, Plant Science, etc.
