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CURRICULUM VITAE
Basic information
Name |
Shunping Yan |
Position |
Professor (level II), vice dean |
spyan@mail.hzau.edu.cn |
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Address |
College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China |
Professional experience
2014.3 – now |
Professor, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, China |
2011.11 – 2014.2 |
Research Scientist, Department of Biology, Duke University, USA |
2006.11 – 2011.10 |
Research Associate, Department of Biology, Duke University, USA |
2001.9 – 2006.10 |
Doctoral Degree, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
1997.9 – 2001.7
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Bachelor’s Degree, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, China |
Research interests
1. Plant DNA damage response
2. Plant disease resistance
3. Plant hormone signal transduction
Representative publications (*co-first, #co-corresponding)
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAD-8336-2021
1. Bao WY, Deng ZP, Zhuang SY, Xu CM, Yang ZQ, Zheng MX, Zhang R, Xu MZ, Yan SP#, Wang LL#. Post-translational modifications of SOG1 enable dynamic control of plant DNA damage response. Science Advances, 2025, 11: eadw9803
2. Guo YY*, Li CL*, Liu Y, Mao, HY, Zhang Y, Genschik P, Wang LL, Yan SP. The polymerase-associated factor 1 complex modulates the growth-defense tradeoff in Arabidopsis. Science Advances, 2025, 11: eady5876.
3. Yang TB*, Lu XR*, Duan LL, Wang LL, Yan SP. Clathrin is required for DNA damage repair. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2025, 67: 1694-1696.
4. Zheng XA*, Chen HC*, Deng ZP, Wu YJ, Zhong LL, Wu C, Yu XD, Chen QS, Yan SP. The tRNA thiolation-mediated translational control is essential for plant immunity. eLife, 2024, 13: e93517.
5. Li CL*, Guo YY*, Wang LL, Yan SP. The SMC5/6 complex recruits the PAF1 complex to facilitate DNA double-strand break repair in Arabidopsis. EMBO Journal, 2023, 42: e112756.
6. Bao WY, Zhang WJ, Huang YC, Zhao Y, Wu C, Duan LL, Wang LL#, Yan SP#. Protein kinase ATR inhibits E3 ubiquitin ligase CRL4PRL1 to stabilize ribonucleotide reductase in response to replication stress. Cell Reports, 2023, 42: 112685
7. Yu C, Hou LH, Huang YC, Cui XY, Xu SJ, Wang LL#, Yan SP#. The multi-BRCT domain protein DDRM2 promotes the recruitment of RAD51 to DNA damage sites to facilitate homologous recombination. New Phytologist, 2023, 238:1073-1084.
8. Chen HC*, Pan T*, Zheng XA, Huang YC, Wu C, Yang TB, Gao S, Wang LL, Yan SP. The ATR-WEE1 kinase module promotes SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE 1 translation to activate replication stress responses. Plant Cell, 2023, 35: 3021–3034.
9. Pan T*, Gao S*, Cui XY, Wang LL, Yan SP. APC/CCDC20 targets SCFFBL17 to activate replication stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2023, 35: 910–923
10. Wang XP, Wang LL, Huang YC, Deng ZP, Li CL, Zhang J, Zheng MX, Yan SP. A plant-specific module for homologous recombination repair. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022, 119: e2202970119.
11. Yu XD, Cui XY, Wu C, Shi SX, Yan SP. Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions. Molecular Plant, 2022, 15, 1759–1771.
12. Lu XR, Shi XX, Wu C, Zheng XA, Yang CK, Luo J, Yan SP. The shikimate pathway regulates programmed cell death. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2022, 49: 945-951
13. Pan T, Qin Q, Nong CB, Gao S, Wang LL, Cai BC, Zhang M, Wu C, Chen HC, Li T, Xiong D, Li GL, Wang S, Yan SP. A novel WEE1 pathway for replication stress responses. Nature Plants, 2021, 7: 209-218.
14. Wang LL, Zhan L, Zhao Y, Huang YC, Wu C, Pan T, Qin Q, Xu YR, Deng ZP, Li J, Hu HH, Xue SW, Yan SP. The ATR-WEE1 kinase module inhibits the MAC complex to regulate replication stress response. Nucleic Acids Research, 2021, 49: 1411-1425.
15. Chen HC*, He CP*, Wang CY*, Wang XP, Ruan FY, Yan JJ, Yin P, Wang YX#, Yan SP#. RAD51 supports DMC1 by inhibiting the SMC5/6 complex during meiosis. Plant Cell, 2021, 33: 2869–2882.
16. Yu XD, Xu, YR, Yan SP. Salicylic acid and ethylene coordinately promote leaf senescence. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2021, 63: 823-827.
17. Xin KX, Pan T, Gao S, Yan SP. A Transcription Factor Regulates Gene Expression in Chloroplasts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22: 6769.
18. Wang LL, Chen HC, Wang CY, Hu ZJ, Yan SP. Negative regulator of E2F transcription factors links cell cycle checkpoint and DNA damage repair. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018, 115: E3837–E3845.
19. Zhu WL, Hu XT, Wang CY, Yan SP. NPR1-dependent salicylic acid signaling inhibits Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression in Arabidopsis. Science China Life Sciences, 2017, 60:668-670.
20. Yan SP, Dong XN. Perception of the plant immune signal salicylic acid. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2014, 20: 64-68.
21. Yan SP, Wang W, Marqués J, Mohan R, Saleh A, Durrant WE, Song JQ, Dong XN. Salicylic acid activates DNA damage responses to potentiate plant immunity. Molecular Cell, 2013, 52: 602-610.
22. Fu ZQ*, Yan SP*, Saleh A*, Wang W, Ruble J, Oka N, Mohan R, Spoel S, Tada Y, Zheng N, Dong XN. NPR3 and NPR4 are receptors for the immune signal salicylic acid in plants. Nature, 2012, 486: 228-232.
23. Yan SP, Zhang QY, Tang ZC, Su WA, and Sun WN. Comparative proteomic analysis provides new insights into chilling stress responses in rice. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2006, 5: 484-496.
24. Yan SP, Tang ZC, Su WA, and Sun WN. Proteomic analysis of salt stress-responsive proteins in rice root. Proteomics, 2005, 5: 235-244.
Major meetings organized
1. Chair, Plant Genome Stability and Change 2026, Wuhan, Hubei (ongoing)
2. Session chair, Annual Meeting of Chinese Society of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, 2023, Wuhan, Hubei
3. Chair, International Symposium on Plant Cell Cycle and DNA Damage Responses, 2022, Wuhan, Hubei
4. Session chair, The 3rd BRI Sino-Pakistan Agriculture Forum, 2022, Wuhan, Hubei,
5. Core member of the organizing committee and session chair, the 30th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2019), 2019, Wuhan, Hubei
6. Co-organizer, National Plant Cell Biology Conference, 2017, Wuhan, Hubei
Major oral presentations on international meetings
1. Plant Genome Stability and Change, 2024, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2. International Symposium on Plant Cell Cycle and DNA Damage Responses, 2022, Wuhan, Hubei
3. Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on DNA Metabolism, Genomic Stability & Human Disease, 2021, Suzhou, Jiangsu
4. The 12th International Symposium on DNA Damage Response & Human Disease, 2021, Shanghai
5. The 3rd BRI Sino-Pakistan Agriculture Forum, 2021, Wuhan, Hubei
6. Plant Genome Stability and Change, 2021, Leiden, Netherlands
7. The 3rd Wuhan International Symposium on Biological Signal Transduction, 2019, Wuhan, Hubei
8. The 19th International Botanical Congress, 2017, Shenzhen, Guangdong
9. The 4th International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions, 2015, Nanjing, Jiangsu
Major oral presentations on domestic meetings
1. National Plant Biology Conference, 2023, Lanzhou, Gansu
2. The 5th National Symposium on Plant Stress Biology, 2023, Yangling, Shaanxi
3. National Academic Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, 2023, Wuhan, Hubei
4. Frontier Academic Symposium on Integrated Plant Biology, 2023, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
5. The 4th National Symposium on Plant Stress Biology, 2021, Shanghai
6. National Academic Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, 2021, Kunming, Yunnan
7. The 9th Hubei Plant Biology Conference, 2018, Enshi, Hubei
8. The 4th Youth Academic Forum of the Institute of Citrus, Southwest University, 2018, Chongqing
9. National Plant Cell Biology Conference, 2017, Wuhan, Hubei
10. Cross-Strait Young Scientists Academic Forum on Plant Biology, 2016, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
11. National Plant Cell Biology Conference, 2015, Jinhua, Zhejiang
12. National Plant Biology Conference, 2014, Kaifeng, Henan
Major courses taught
1. Plant Physiology
2. Botany
3. Scientific Paper Writing
4. Literature reading
5. Advanced Botany
Major academic services
1. Guest editor, The Plant Cell
2. Editor, Acta Botanica Sinica
3. Committee member, the Chinese Society of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology
4. Committee member, the Plant Cell Biology Branch of the Chinese Society of Cell Biology
5. Committee member, the Hubei Genetics Society
6. Committee member, the Hubei Botany Society
7. Reviewer or panel member for National Science and Technology Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Yangtze River Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education, etc.
8. Reviewer for Nature Plants, EMBO Journal, PNAS, The Plant Cell, Molecular Plant, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Advanced Science, Nucleic Acids Research, etc.
Major awards and honors
2023 |
Distinguished Professor of the Yangtze River Scholars Program, the Ministry of Education of China |
2025 |
First Prize for Excellent Teaching Quality, Huazhong Agricultural University |
2019 |
Excellent Graduate Supervisors Award, Huazhong Agricultural University |
2024 |
The Innovation Research Award, Huazhong Agricultural University |
2023 |
The Innovation Research Award, Huazhong Agricultural University |
2015 |
Young Scholar of the Thousand Talents Program of China |
2015 |
Chutian Scholar, Hubei Province |
