Jian Wu
Title: Professor
Address: Room 205, Building 15, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou
Email: wujian@scau.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTEREST
Research focuses on utilizing elite genes from wild rice for breeding, elucidating RNA m6A pathway functions in Arabidopsis and rice, and exploring the roles of minor-effect and redundant genes through multiplex gene knockouts to enhance crop improvement.
EDUCATION
2009 – 2014: Ph.D., Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2006 – 2009: Master’s Degree, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2002 – 2006: Bachelor’s Degree, Shenyang Agricultural University
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2021 – Present: Tenure-Track Professor, South China Agricultural University / Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture
2016 – 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2014 – 2016: Assistant Researcher, Rice Institute, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2014: Research Assistant, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
PUBLICATIONS
1. Ma, X., Liu, Y., Liang, W., Dong, J., Zhao, D., Qin, Y., Han, X., Zou, X., Wu, J. (2025). Genetic Modifications of the Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Metabolic Pathway to Intensify Rice Aroma.J. Agr. Food Chem.73(25)
2. Yang, L., Wang, B., Zhao, D., Li, X., Qin, Y., Ouyang, N., Xiao, Z., Zhang, Z., Galili, G., Li, J., Peled-Zehavi, H., and Wu, J. (2024). Selective Recognition of PTRE1 Transcripts Mediated by Protein-protein Interaction between the RNA m6A Reader ECT2 and PTRE1. Plant Commun. 101043.
3. Liu, S., Liu, J., Wang, W., Yan, Y., Wang, T., Wu, J., Liu, X*., Wu, J*. and Zeng, Y*. (2024). Comparative Field Evaluation and Transcriptome Analysis Reveals that Chromosome Doubling Enhances Sheath Blight Resistance in Rice. Rice 17(1), 1-19.
4. Zhang S., Xu H., Zhong G., Huang D., Jiang K., Wu J*., and Wang B*. (2023) Promiscuous Artemisia Annua Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Lipid Transfer Protein 1 (Aaltpg1) Promotes Terpenoids Accumulation in Planta. Ind Crop Prod 206: 117684.
5. Huang D., Zhong G., Zhang S., Jiang K., Wang C., Wu J*., Wang B*. (2023) Trichome-Specific Analysis and Weighted Gene Co-Expression Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA) Reveal Potential Regulation Mechanism of Artemisinin Biosynthesis in Artemisia annua. Int J Mol Sci 24(10).
6. Yuan K., Zhang H., Yu C., Luo N., Yan J., Zheng S., Hu Q., Zhang D., Kou L., Meng X., Jing Y., Chen M., Ban X., Yan Z., Lu Z., Wu J., Zhao Y., Liang Y., Wang Y., Xiong G., Chu J., Wang E., Li J., Wang B. (2023) Low phosphorus promotes NSP1-NSP2 heterodimerization to enhance strigolactone biosynthesis and regulate shoot and root architecture in rice. Mol Plant 16(11):1811-1831.
7. Wu J., Michaeli S., Picchianti L., Dagdasb Y., Galili G*. and Peled-Zehavi H*. (2021). ATI1 (ATG8-interacting protein 1) and ATI2 define a plant starvation-induced reticulophagy pathway and serve as MSBP1/MAPR5 cargo receptors. Autophagy 17(11), 3375-3388.
8. Wu J., Peled-Zehavi H. and Galili G. (2020). The m6A reader ECT2 post-transcriptionally regulates proteasome activity in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 228(1), 151-162.