BoChen Jiang

  • Tel: +86-021
  • Email: bochenj@sjtu.edu.cn
  • Address: 3-214, School of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai
  • Lab Web: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=P3e8Lc0AAAAJ&hl=en
  • Ph.D., selected for the Overseas High-Level Talents Program. Engaged in the molecular mechanisms of light and temperature signal transduction and RNA epigenetic modifications in plants. In recent years, research outcomes have been published Nature Plants (2023; 2021), Science Advances, Molecular Plant, and PNAS.

Education and Research Experience

  • 2024.07-present     Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
  • 2022.10-2024.07    Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

  • 2019.07-2022.10    Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

  • 2014.09-2019.06    Ph.D. in Botany, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

  • 2010.09-2014.06    B.Sc. in Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

Research Interests

Blue light signal transduction and RNA methylation

Light not only provides energy for plant growth and development but also serves as a critical environmental signal regulating plant morphogenesis. Plants perceive blue light through blue light receptors, which regulate plant blue light responses. The regulation of light responses via transcription and post-translational modifications by blue light receptors has been relatively well studied. However, the mechanisms by which blue light signals are regulated through RNA modifications remain unclear. Therefore, building on our previous research (Nature Plants, 2023 and 2021), our research group will continue to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying blue light signal transduction and RNA modifications.

RNA methylation and photosynthesis

RNA modifications play a critical regulatory role in plant growth, development, and stress responses. Introducing demethylases into plants can significantly increase crop yield; however, the precise molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Building on our previous research on m6A modifications regulating chlorophyll synthesis (Nature Plants, 2023), our research group will further investigate the molecular mechanisms of RNA modifications in the efficient utilization of light energy.

Applications of RNA modifications in crop transformation and yield improveme...

Based the mechanism RNA methylation and photosynthesis, we will aim to develop the applications of RNA modifications in crop transformation and yield improvement.

Selected Publications

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    Jiang, B. # *, Zhong Z.#, Gu, L.#, Zhang X., Wei, J., Ye, C., Lin, G., Qu, G., Xiang, X., Chen, W., Hummel, M., Bailey-Serres, J., He C., Wang X.* and Lin, C.* (2023). Light-induced LLPS of the CRY2/SPA1/FIO1 complex regulating mRNA methylation and chlorophyll homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 9, 2042–2058 (2023)

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    Jiang, B. and Lin, C. Light-induced protein condensation regulates chlorophyll homeostasis. Nature Plants 9, 1952–1953 (2023). (Research Briefing)

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    Jiang, B.# *, Zhong, Z. #, Su, J. #, Zhu, T., Yueh, T., Bragasin, J., Bu, V., Zhou, C., Lin, C., and Wang, X*. (2023). Co-condensation with photoexcited cryptochromes facilitates MAC3A to positively control hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. Science Advances 9, eadh4048.

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    Wang, X. #, Jiang, B. #, Gu, L. #, Chen, Y., Mora, M., Zhu, M., Noory, E., Wang, Q*., and Lin C.* (2021). A photoregulatory mechanism of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 7, 1397–1408 (2021). (Cover story and Highlighted with a News & Views in Nature Plants) (Highly cited and hot paper, recommended by Faculty opinions)

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    Jiang, B.#, Shi, Y.#, Peng, Y., Jia, Y., Yan, Y., Dong, X., Li, H., Dong, J., Li, J., Gong, Z., and Yang, S.* (2020). Cold-induced CBF-PIF3 interaction enhances freezing tolerance by stabilizing the phyB thermosensor in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant 13, 894-906. (Highlighted with a Spotlight article in Trends in Plant Science) (Highly cited paper)

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    Jiang, B.#, Shi, Y.#, Zhang, X., Xin, X., Qi, L., Guo, H., Li, J.*, and Yang, S.* (2017). PIF3 is a negative regulator of the CBF pathway and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, E6695-E6702. (Highlighted with a News & Views in Nature Plants and a Spotlight article in Trends in Plant Science) (Highly cited paper)

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    Qu G., Jiang, B., and Lin, C.* The dual-action mechanism of Arabidopsis cryptochromes. (2023). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 66(5): 883-896.

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    Wang G, Li H, Ye C, He K, Liu S, Jiang B., Ge R, Gao B, Wei J, Zhao Y, et al. (2024) Quantitative profiling of m(6)A at single base resolution across the life cycle of rice and Arabidopsis. Nat Communications 15(1): 4881.

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    Zhang, L.*, Ju, C., Jiang, B., and He, C. (2023). Base-resolution quantitative DAMM-seq for mapping RNA methylations in tRNA and mitochondrial polycistronic RNA. Enzymes in RNA Science and Biotechnology: Part B, pp. 39-54. 10.1016/bs.mie.2023.08.001. (Book chapter)

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    Dong, X., Yan, Y., Jiang, B., Shi, Y., Jia, Y., Cheng, J., Shi, Y., Kang, J., Li, H., Zhang, D., et al. (2020). The cold response regulator CBF1 promotes Arabidopsis hypocotyl growth at ambient temperatures. EMBO Journal. 39, e103630.

Academic Rewards

  • 2024 New Phytologist Tansley Medal (Shortlisted and invited with Tansley insight)
  • 2019 Excellent Graduates in Beijing
  • 2018 China Agricultural University First Prize Doctoral Scholarship  
  • 2017 China National Scholarship
  • 2017 Syngenta Graduate Scholarship
  • 2017 China Agricultural University Presidential Scholarship
  • 2014 Excellent Graduates in Anhui Province