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Kun Wu
Education and Appointments：
 
Education
 
2002-2006
BS in Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi, China
2006-2009
MS in Crop genetics and breeding, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
2013-2017
Ph.D. in Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
 
Employment History
 
2009-2013
Research assistant at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
2017-2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Prof. Xiangdong Fu at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. Chian.
2020-       
Young Investigator at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.


Research Direction：
Rice is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Toward an environmentally sustainable agriculture and food security, my research interests mainly focus on the molecular mechanisms underlying improvement of rice nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and develop new breeding strategies through the combinations of multiple elite alleles to improve NUE and gain yield in rice.
PUBLICATIONS
Wu, K., Xu, H., Gao, X., Fu, X. * New insights into gibberellin signaling in regulating plant growth-metabolic coordination. Current Opinion in Plant Biology (2021) DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102074.
 
Yang, W., Wu, K., Wang, B., Liu, H., Guo, S., Guo, X., Luo, W., Sun, S., Ouyang, Y., Fu, X., Chong, K. *, Zhang, Q. *, Xu, Y. * The RING E3 ligase CLG1 targets GS3 for degradation via the endosome pathway to determine grain size in rice. Molecular Plant. (2021) DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.06.027.
 
Liu, Q., Wu, K., Harberd, NP., Fu, X. Green Revolution DELLAs: From translational reinitiation to future sustainable agriculture. Molecular Plant. (2021) DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.03.015.
 
Ye, Y., Wang, S., Wu, K., Ren, Y., Jiang, H., Chen, J., Tao, L., Fu, X., Liu, B. *, Wu, Y. * A Semi-Dominant Mutation in OsCESA9 Improves Salt Tolerance and Favors Field Straw Decay Traits by Altering Cell Wall Properties in Rice. Rice (2021) DOI: 10.1186/s12284-021-00457-0.
 
Zhang, S., Zhu, L., Shen, C., Ji, Z., Zhang, H., Zhang, T., Li, Y., Yu, J., Yang, N., He, Y., Tian, Y., Wu, K., Wu, J., Harberd, NP., Zhao, Y., Fu, X., Wang, S. *, Li, S. * Natural allelic variation in a modulator of auxin homeostasis improves grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency in rice. Plant Cell. (2021) DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaa037.
 
Wu, K.#, Wang, S.#, Song, W., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Liu, Q., Yu, J., Ye, Y., Li, S.,  Chen, J., Zhao, Y., Wang, J., Wu, X., Wang, M., Zhang, Y., Liu, B., Wu, Y., Harberd, N.P.*, and Fu, X.*. Enhanced Sustainable Green Revolution Yield via Nitrogen-Responsive Chromatin Modulation. Science. (2020) DOI:10.1126/science.aaz2046.
 
Xu, X.#, Wu, K. #, Xu, R., Yu, J., Wang, J., Zhao Y., Wang, Y., Song, W., Wang, S., Gao, Z., Zhong, Y., Li, X., Liao, H., and Fu, X.* Pyramiding of the dep1-1 and NAL1NJ6 alleles achieves sustainable improvements in nitrogen-use efficiency and grain yield in japonica rice breeding. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. (2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2019.02.009.
 
Guo, X., Zhang X., Qin, Y., Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, N., Wu, K., Qu, B., He, Z., Wang, X., Zhang, X., Hacquard, S., Fu, X. * and Bai, Y.* Host-Associated Quantitative Abundance Profiling Reveals the Microbial Load Variation of Root Microbiome. Plant Communications. (2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2019.100003.
 
Wu, K. #, Xu, X. #, Zhong, N., Huang, H., Yu, J., Ye, Y., Wu, Y., and Fu, X.* The rational design of multiple molecular module-based assemblies for simultaneously improving rice yield and grain quality. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. (2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2018.03.007.
 
Li, S., Tian, Y., Wu, K., Ye, Y., Yu, J., Zhang, J., Liu, Q., Hu, M., Li, H., Tong, Y., Harberd, N.P., and Fu, X.* Modulating plant growth-metabolism coordination for sustainable agriculture. Nature. (2018) DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0415-5.
 
Liu, Q., Han, R., Wu, K., Zhang, J., Ye, Y., Wang, S., Chen, J., Pan, Y., Li, Q., Xu, X., Zhou, J., Tao, D., Wu, Y., and Fu, X.* G-protein βγ subunits determine grain size through interaction with MADS-domain transcription factors in rice. Nature Communications. (2018) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03047.
 
Ye, Y. #, Wu, K. #, Chen, J., Liu, Q., Wu, Y., Liu, B., and Fu, X. * OsSND2, a NAC family transcription factor, is involved in secondary cell wall biosynthesis through regulating MYBs expression in rice. Rice. (2018) DOI: 10.1186/s12284-018-0228-z.
 
Wang, S. #, Wu, K. #, Qian, Q. #, Liu, Q., Li, Q., Pan, Y., Ye, Y., Liu, X., Wang, J., Zhang, J., Li, S., Wu, Y., and Fu, X.* Non-canonical regulation of SPL transcription factors by a human OTUB1-like deubiquitinase defines a new plant type rice associated with higher grain yield. Cell Research. (2017) DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.98.
 
Wang, S., Li, S., Liu, Q., Wu, K., Zhang, J., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, Y., Gao, C., Wang, F., Huang, H., and Fu, X.* The OsSPL16-GW7 regulatory module determines grain shape and simultaneously improves rice yield and grain quality. Nature Genetics. (2015) DOI: 10.1038/ng.3352.
 
Liu, Q., Chen, X., Wu, K., and Fu, X.* Nitrogen signaling and use efficiency in plants: what's new? Current Opinion in Plant Biology. (2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.08.002.
 
Ye, Y., Liu, B., Zhao, M., Wu, K., Cheng, W., Chen, X., Liu, Q., Liu, Z., Fu, X.*, and Wu, Y.* CEF1/OsMYB103L is involved in GA-mediated regulation of secondary wall biosynthesis in rice. Plant Mol. Biol. (2015) DOI:10.1007/s11103-015-0376-0.
 
Huang, D., Wang, S., Zhang, B., Shang-Guan, K., Shi, Y., Zhang, D., Liu, X., Wu, K., Xu, Z., Fu, X., and Zhou, Y.* A Gibberellin-mediated DELLA-NAC signaling cascade regulates cellulose synthesis in rice. Plant Cell (2015) DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00015.
 
Zhao, M., Liu, B., Wu, K., Ye, Y., Huang, S., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Han, R., Liu, Q., Fu, X.*, and Wu, Y.* Regulation of OsmiR156h through alternative polyadenylation improves grain yield in rice. PLoS ONE (2015) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0126154.
 
Sun, H.#, Qian, Q.#, Wu, K.#, Luo, J.#, Wang, S.#, Zhang, C., Ma, Y., Liu, Q., Huang, X., Yuan, Q., Han, R., Zhao, M., Dong, G., Guo, L., Zhu, X., Gou, Z., Wang, W., Wu, Y., Lin, H., and Fu, X.* Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate nitrogen-use efficiency in rice. Nature Genetics. (2014) DOI: 10.1038/ng.2958.
 
Wang, S., Wu, K., Yuan, Q., Liu, X., Liu, Z., Lin, X., Zeng, R., Zhu, H., Dong, G., Qian, Q., Zhang, G., and Fu, X.* Control of grain size, shape and quality by OsSPL16 in rice. Nature Genetics. (2012) DOI: 10.1038/ng.2327.
 
Zhang, H. #, Wu, K. #, Wang, Y., Peng, Y., Hu, F., Wen, L., Han, B., Qian, Q., Teng, S.* A WUSCHEL-like homeobox gene, OsWOX3B responses to NUDA/GL-1 locus in rice. Rice. (2012) DOI: 10.1186/1939-8433-5-30.
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