Associate professor.
Master student supervisor.
Email: tclbad@163.com 
Tel: 13201470509

Research Focus

1.    National Natural Science Fund, Molecular mechanism of the induced defense response by the elicitor Pst_EC1 of Puccinia striiformis.
2.    China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Function and regulation mechanism analyses of Puccinia striiformis effectors Pst_9302 and Pst_8853 .
3.    China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Analysis of translocation of effectors in Puccinia striiformis.
4.    Shaanxi Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Molecular mechanism of the induced defense response by the effector Pst_EC1 of Puccinia striiformis.

Representative publications 

1.    Chunlei Tang, et al. PsANT, the adenine nucleotide translocase of Puccinia striiformis, promotes cell death and fungal growth. Scientific Reports 2015, 5:11241
2.    Chunlei Tang, et al. TaADF3, an actin-depolymerizing factor, negatively modulates wheat resistance against Puccinia striiformis. Frontiers in Plant Science 2015, 6:1214
3.    Chunlei Tang, et al. New insights in the battle between wheat and Puccinia striiformis. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 2015, 2(2): 101–114
4.    Chunlei Tang, et al. Functions of the lethal leaf-spot 1 gene in wheat cell death and disease tolerance to Puccinia striiformis. Journal of Experimental Botany 2013, 64(10): 2955-2969

Major and research direction  

Plant immunology and mycology.