Professor Liwen JIANG
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Rm 384, Science Centre South Block, CUHK |
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(Lab): |
LG 101 & 103,
Run Run ShawScience Building, CUHK |
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| Phone | (Office): |
(852) 3943 6388 | |||
(Lab): |
(852) 3943 6379 | ||||
| Fax | (852) 2603 5745 | ||||
| ljiang@cuhk.edu.hk | |||||
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Education
| 1996 | Ph.D. | Simon Fraser University | |
| 1992 | M.Sc. | University of British Columbia | |
| 1984 | B.Sc. | South China Agricultural University |
Position
- Professor, School of Life Sciences
- Director, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology
- Director, RGC-AoE “Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function”
Research Interests
- Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
- Protein Targeting and Trafficking in Plant Cells
- Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants
- Plant Biotechnology
Representative Publications
- Cui Y, Zhao Q, Gao C, Ding Y, Zeng Y, Ueda T, Nakano A and *Jiang L. (2014) Rab7 activation by the MON1-CCZ1 complex is essential for PVC-to-vacuole trafficking and plant growth in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.114.123141
- Gao C, Cai Y, Wang Y, Kang B, Aniento F, Robinson DG, *Jiang L. (2014) Retention mechanisms for ER and Golgi membrane proteins. Trends in Plant Science doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2014.
04.004 - Ding Y, Wang J, Lai JHC, Chan VHL, Wang X, Cai Y, Tan X, Bao Y, Xia J, Robinson DG and *Jiang L. (2014) Exo70E2 is essential for exocyst subunit recruitment and EXPO formation in both plants and animals. Molecular Biology of the Cell 25: 412-426.
- Zhuang X, Wang H, Lam SK, Gao C, Wang X, Cai Y and *Jiang L. (2013) A BAR-Domain Protein SH3P2, Which Binds to Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate and ATG8, Regulates Autophagosome Formation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 25: 4596-4615.
- Wang H, Zhuang X, Cai Y, Cheung AY and *Jiang L. (2013) Apical F-actin-regulated exocytic targeting of NtPPME1 is essential for construction and rigidity of the pollen tube cell wall. The Plant Journal 76: 367-379.
- Shen J, Zeng Y, Zhuang X, Sun L, Yao X, Pimpl P and *Jiang L. (2013) Organelle pH in the Arabidopsis Endomembrane System. Molecular Plant 6: 1419-1437. (Cover Article)
- Shen J, Suen PK, Wang X, Lin Y, Lo SW, Rojo E and *Jiang L. (2013) An in vivo expression system for the identification of cargo proteins of vacuolar sorting receptors in Arabidopsis culture cells. The Plant Journal 75: 1003-1017.
- Ding Y, Wang J, Wang J, Stierhof YD, Robinson DG, and *Jiang L. (2012) Unconventional Protein Secretion. Trends in Plant Science 17: 606-615.
- Gao C, Yu CK, Qu S, San MWY, Li KY, Lo SW and *Jiang L. (2012) The Golgi-Localized Arabidopsis Endomembrane Protein12 Contains both Endoplasmic Reticulum Export and Golgi Retention Signals at its C terminus. The Plant Cell 24: 2086-2104.
- Wang J, Ding Y, Wang J, Hillmer S, Miao Y, Lo SW, Wang X, Robinson DG and *Jiang L. (2010) EXPO: an Exocyst-positive Organelle distinct from Multivesicular Endosomes and Autophagosomes, mediates Cytosol to Cell Wall Exocytosis in Arabidopsis and Tobacoo Cells. The Plant Cell 22: 4009-4030.
Research Grants as PC/PI
- 2014-2021, Research Grants Council (RGC) Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE) Grant “Center for organelle biogenesis and function”, HK$47,250,000;
- 2014-2016, RGC GRF Grant “Molecular mechanisms of Golgi targeting and Golgi retention of endomembrane proteins (EMPs) in eukaryotic cells”, HK$848,712;
- 2014-2016, SRFDP & RGC ERG JRS “Ethylene-induced Subcellular Re-distribution of EIN2 and Its Functional Implications”, HK$400,000;
- 2013-2016, NSFC/RGC Joint Grant “Mechanistic Analysis of Palmitate Transferase DHHC11 that Regulates Multiple Developmental and Cellular Processes”, HK$779,620;
- 2013-2015, RGC GRF Grant “Molecular Characterization of Arabidopsis and Rice Secretory Carrier Membrane Proteins”, HK$1,150,000;
- 2012-2015, The Croucher Foundation Grant “Molecular Mechanisms of Yield and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice”, HK$1,000,000;
- 2012-2015, RGC CRF Grant “EXPO (Exocyst-positive Organelle): Dynamics, Biogenesis and Function in Plants”, HK$8,459,400.
Awards
- 2014: Ministry of Education (MOE) Natural Science Award (2nd Class)
- 2013: Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
- 2009: MOE Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (1st Class)
- 2009: The Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2009-2010
- 2009: Research Excellence Award 2006-07, CUHK
- 2008: Exemplary Teaching Award 2008, Faculty of Science, CUHK
- 2006: Research Excellence Award 2006-07, CUHK
Professional Activities
- Associate Editor: BMC Plant Biology; Protoplasma
- Editorial Board: Plant Science; Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology; Journal of Plant Biology; Journal of Genetics and Genomics; Chinese Journal of Biotechnology; Molecular Plant
- Council Member: Chinese Society for Plant Biologists (CSPB)
- Organizing Committee: Plant Genomics in China
Awards Received by Graduate Students
- CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Award in 2013
- Best Oral Presentation Award at the Annual ENPER (European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research) meeting, Germany in 2010
- 2009, 2010: The HFSP (Human Frontiner Science Program) Awards Long-term Fellowships
- 2007, 2012: The Keystone Symposium Scholarship
- 2004-5, 2006-7, 2009-10, 2012-13: Postgraduate Research Output Award