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
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 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.
Based the mechanism RNA methylation and photosynthesis, we will aim to develop the applications of RNA modifications in crop transformation and yield improvement.
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)
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.
Jiang, B. Light‐induced cryptochrome 2 liquid–liquid phase separation and mRNA methylation. New Phytologist.(Invited review)
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)
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)
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)
Jiang, B. and Lin, C. Light-induced protein condensation regulates chlorophyll homeostasis. Nature Plants 9, 1952–1953 (2023). (Research Briefing)
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.
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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