Academic Education & Work Career
2000.9-2005.9 Crop genetics and breeding, Nanjing Agricultural University; PhD degree; the main research interest was wheat powdery mildew resistant breeding. Supervisor: Peidu Chen
2005.9-2007.9 School of life sciences, Sun Yat-sen University; post-doctoral research; the main research Interest was screening of germplasm resources of wild banana resistant to Fusarium Wilt. Supervisor: Xuelin Huang
2012.2-2013.3 Centre for Carbonate Recognition and Signaling (CARB) Centre, Aarhus University; Visiting scholar, Supervisor: Jens Stougaard
2007.11-till now Associate research fellow in South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science
Research Interest
Plant physiology and biochemistry and molecular biology
Publication
1.Yaping Chen, Shaoming Xu, Lu Tian, Leru Liu, Mingchao Huang, Xinlan Xu, Guanying Song, Pingzhi Wu, Shusei Sato, Huawu Jiang, Guojiang Wu. LAZY3 plays a pivotal role in positive root gravitropism in Lotus japonicus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 168-177 (IF=5.908, Top10%
2.YP Chen, SM Xu, L Tian, LR Liu, MC Huang, XL Xu, GY Song, PZ Wu, SS Sato, HW Jiang, GJ Wu#. The LjLAZY3 gene plays a distinct role in the positive root gravitropism in Lotus japonicus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, erz429, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz429
3.YH Yin, L Tian, XL Li, MC Huang, LR Liu, PZ Wu, MR Li, HW Jiang, GJ Wu, YP Chen#. The role of endogenous thiamine produced via THIC in root nodule symbiosis in Lotus japonicus. Plant Science. 2019, 283:311-320.
4.Chen, YB, Wu, PZ , Zhao, QQ , Tang, YH, Chen, YP , Li, MR, Jiang, HW and Wu, GJ* Overexpression of a Phosphate Starvation Response AP2/ERF Gene From Physic Nut in Arabidopsis Alters Root Morphological Traits and Phosphate Starvation-Induced Anthocyanin Accumulation 2018 FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 9 No: 1186
5.Chen Y, Li F, Tian L, Huang M, Deng R, Li X, Chen W, Wu P, Li M, Jiang H, Wu G*. 2017. The phenylalanine ammonia lyase gene ljpal1 is involved in plant defense responses to pathogens and plays diverse roles in Lotus japonicus-Rhizobium symbioses. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 30(9):739-753
6.Kuang Q, Zhang S, Wu P, Chen Y, Li M, Jiang H, Wu G*. 2017. Global gene expression analysis of the response of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) to medium- and long-term nitrogen deficiency. PLoS One. 12(8):e0182700.9
7.Tian L, Liu L, Yin Y, Huang M, Chen Y, Xu X, Wu P, Li M, Wu G, Jiang H, Chen Y*. 2017. Heterogeneity in the expression and subcellular localization of POLYOL/MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORTER genes in Lotus japonicus. PLoS One. 12(9):e0185269.
8.Xiong W, Wei Q, Wu P, Zhang S, Li J, Chen Y, Li M, Jiang H, Wu G*. 2017. Molecular cloning and characterization of two β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase I genes from Jatropha curcas L. J Plant Physiol. 214:152-160.
9.Xiong, WD., Wu, PZ., Jia, YX ,. Wei, XY ., Xu, LX ., Yang, YF., Qiu, DY., Chen, YP., Li, MR., Jiang, HW and Wu, GJ* Genome-wide analysis of the terpene synthase gene family in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) and functional identification of six terpene synthases Tree Genetics & Genomes 2016 12: 97
10.Qin SS, Tang YH, Chen YP, Wu PZ, Li MR, Wu GJ and Jiang HW* Overexpression of the Starch Phosphorylase-Like Gene (PHO3) in Lotus japonicus has a Profound Effect on the Growth of Plants and Reduction of Transitory Starch Accumulation Frontiers in Plant Science 2016 7: 1315
11.Tang YH., Qin SS., Guo YL., Chen YB., Wu PZ., Chen YP., Li MR., Jiang HW and Wu GJ* Genome-Wide Analysis of the AP2/ERF Gene Family in Physic Nut and Overexpression of the JcERF011 Gene in Rice Increased Its Sensitivity to Salinity Stress PLOS ONE 2016 11e0150879
12.Wu ZY., Xu XQ., Xiong YD., Wu PZ., Chen YP., Li MR., Wu GJ and Jiang HW* Genome-Wide Analysis of the NAC Gene Family in Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.) PLOS ONE 2015 ?DOI: 10.1371
13.Zhou CP., Chen YB., Wu ZY., Lu WJ., Han JL., Wu PZ., Chen YP., Li MR., Jiang HW and Wu GJ* Genome-wide analysis of the MYB gene family in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) Gene 2015
14.Pingzhi Wu et al Integrated genome sequence and linkage map of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.), a biodiesel plant Plant J 2015 810–821
15.Zhang C, Zhang L, Zhang S, Zhu S, Wu PZ, Chen YP, Li MR, Jiang HW, Wu GJ* Global analysis of gene expression profiles in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) seedlings exposed to drought stress BMC Plant Biology 2015, 15:17
16.Yaping Chen, Wei Chen, Xueliu Li, Huawu Jiang, Pingzhi Wu, Kuaifei Xia, Yali Yang, Guojiang Wu. Knockdown of LjIPT3 influences nodule development in Lotus japonicas, Plant Cell Physiology, 2014, 55(1): 183–193
17.Wei Chen, Xueliu Li, Lu Tian, Pingzhi Wu, Meiru Li, Huawu Jiang, Yaping Chen*. Knockdown of LjALD1, AGD2‐like defense response protein 1, influences plant growth and nodulation in Lotus japonicas, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2014, 56: 1034–1041
18.YP Chen, SM Xu, L Tian, LR Liu, MC Huang, XL Xu, GY Song, PZ Wu, SS Sato, HW Jiang, GJ Wu#. The LjLAZY3 gene plays a distinct role in the positive root gravitropism in Lotus japonicus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, erz429, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz429
19.YH Yin, L Tian, XL Li, MC Huang, LR Liu, PZ Wu, MR Li, HW Jiang, GJ Wu, YP Chen#. The role of endogenous thiamine produced via THIC in root nodule symbiosis in Lotus japonicus. Plant Science. 2019, 283:311-320.