Dr. Xiufang Xin

Principal Investigator

Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences / Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology

Chinese Academy of Sciences

BioGRAPHY

I got my bachelor's degree in biology at China Agricultural University in 2008 and then went to Michigan State University for Ph.D. study. After getting my doctoral degree in 2014, I stayed at Michigan State University for 3 years of postdoc and joined Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, to start my own group in 2017. My lab is also affiliated to the joint program of CAS-John Innes Centre, Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Sciences (CEPAMS). My group are interested in understanding the molecular interplay between plant immunity and pathogen virulence strategies as well as phyllosphere microbiota.

Speaker's Schedule

Dec 20, 2022

17:10 - 17:30

Hangzhou Talk #12

Understanding plant-pathogen interactions in the phyllosphere

Plants are sessile and, to survive the constant challenges from infectious microbes in the living environment, evolved the innate immune system to recognize pathogens and activate defense. I will talk about the current understanding of plant innate immune system, particularly the recent discovery of the intimate crosstalk between the two primary pathogen-recognizing pathways, pattern triggered immunity and effector triggered immunity, in plants, and how environmental factors (e.g., temperature, air humidity) could interfere with plant immunity and promote diseases.

Dr. Xiufang Xin

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