Education and Appointments:
2017-present, Associate Professor in South China Botanical Garden, CAS, China
2014-2017, Postdoc in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
2009 -2014, Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA
2005-2009,B.S. in Bioengineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Research Interest:
Orchid flowering and floral organ development
Cell wall biosynthesis in horticulture plants
Selected Publication:
1. Fang L(第一作者),Ishikawa T, Rennie EA, Murawska GM, Lao J, Yan J, Tsai AYL, Baidoo EEK, Xu J, Keasling JD, Demura T, Kawai-Yamada M, Scheller HV, Mortimer JC, Loss of inositol phosphorylceramide sphingolipid mannosylation induces plant immune responses and reduces cellulose content in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2016, tpc. 00186.
2.Ishikawa T#, Fang L#(共同第一作者) Rennie, EA, Sechet J, Yan J, Jing B, Moore W, Cahoon EB, Scheller H V, Kawai-Yamada M, Mortimer JC . GLUCOSAMINE INOSITOLPHOSPHORYLCERAMIDE TRANSFERASE1 (GINT1) is a GlcNAc-containing glycosylinositol phosphorylceramide glycosyltransferase. Plant physiology, 2018, 177(3):938-952.
3. Fang L#(第一作者), Xu X#, Li J, Zheng F, Li MZ, Yan JW., Li, Y, Zhang, XH, Li, L, Ma, GH. and Zhang, AY, Lv FB, Wu KL, Zeng SJ 2020. Transcriptome analysis provides insights into the non-methylated lignin synthesis in Paphiopedilum armeniacum seed, BMC Genomics, 2020, 21:524.
4. Fang L# (第一作者), Kong XP#, Wen YT, Li J, Yin YY, Li L, Ma GH, Wu KL, Zeng SJ*. Characterization of embryo and protocorm development of Paphiopedilum spicerianum, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021, 167:1024.
5. Li XL, Wang MM, Fang L# (通讯作者). BASIC PENTACYSTEINE2 negatively regulates osmotic stress tolerance by modulating LEA4-5 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 2021, 168:373.
6. Guo BY, Zeng SJ# Yin YY, Li L, Ma GH, Wu KL, Fang L# (通讯作者). Characterization of phytohormone and transcriptome profiles during protocorm-like bodies development of Paphiopedilum, BMC Genomics.2021 22(1):1-17.
7. Xu X#, Fang L#(共同第一作者), Li L, Ma G, Wu K, Zeng SJ. Abscisic Acid Inhibits Asymbiotic Germination of Immature Seeds of Paphiopedilum armeniacum. Int J Mol Sci, 2020, 21(24):9561.
8. Luo BX, Zhang L, Zheng F, Wu KL, Li L, Zhang XH, Ma GH, Teixeira da Silva JA, Fang L#(通讯作者), Zeng SJ#. Ovule Development and in Planta Transformation of Paphiopedilum Maudiae by Agrobacterium-Mediated Ovary-Injection. Int J Mol Sci, 2020,22(1):84.
9.Fang L (第一作者) and Catchmark J. Characterization of cellulose and other exopolysaccharides produced from Gluconacetobacter strains, Carbohydrate polymers, 2015,115(22): 663–669 .
10.Fang L (第一作者) and Catchmark J. Characterization of water-soluble exopolysaccharides from Gluconacetobacter xylinus and their impacts on bacterial cellulose crystallization and ribbon assembly, 2014, Cellulose 21(6): 3965-3978.
11. Fang L (第一作者)and Catchmark J. Structure characterization of native cellulose during dehydration process, 2014, Cellulose 21(6): 3951-3963.