Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

YONGFENG GUO

Tobacco Research Institute

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

11 Keyuanjingsi Road, Laoshan District

Qingdao, Shandong, China 266101

Phone: 0086-532-66715256

E-Mail:

EDUCATION

2006 Cornell University Ph.D. in Horticulture

1996 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) M.S. in Plant Pathology

1991 Shanxi Vocational Teachers College Plant Science

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2013-present Group leader, Tobacco Functional Genomics Group, CAAS

2012-present Professor, Tobacco Research Institute, CAAS

2006-2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan

1996-2000 Assistant Research Scientist, Tobacco Research Institute, CAAS

1991-1993 Instructor, Wutai Agricultural School, Shanxi, China

AWARDS

High Level Returned Overseas Talents Award, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security,

China, 2013

Liu Memorial Award, Cornell University, 2004

3rd Class Science Technology Progress Award, with Kong F., Shi J., Wang N. and Li S. (3rd

author), State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), China, 2001

3rd Class Science Technology Progress Award, with Zhu X., Shi J., Kong F. and Wang X.,

(4th author), STMA, China, 1998

PUBLICATIONS

Guo Y. and Gan S. (2014) Translational researches on leaf senescence for enhancing plant

productivity and quality. Journal of Experimental Botany 65 (14):3901-3913.

Guo Y. (2013) Towards systems biological understanding of leaf senescence. Plant Molecular

Biology 82:519–528.

Gao X. and Guo Y.* (2012) CLE peptides in plants: proteolytic processing, structure-activity

relationship, and ligand-receptor interaction. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

54(10):738-45. * Corresponding author

Guo Y. and Gan S. (2012) Convergence and divergence in gene expression profiles induced by

leaf senescence and 27 senescence-promoting hormonal, pathological and environmental

stress treatments. Plant, Cell & Environment 35(3):644-655.

Guo Y., Ni J., Denver R., Wang X. and Clark S.E. (2011) Mechanisms of molecular mimicry of

plant CLE peptide ligands by the parasitic nematode Globodera rostochiensis. Plant

Physiology 157(1):476-484.

Guo, Y. and Gan, S. (2011) AtMYB2 regulates whole plant senescence by inhibiting cytokinin-

mediated branching at late stages of development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology

156 (3):1612-1619.

Ni J., Guo Y., Jin H., Hartsell J. and Clark S.E. (2011) Characterization of a CLE processing

activity. Plant Molecular Biology 75(1-2):67-75.

Guo Y., Han L., Hymes M., Denver R.J. and Clark S.E. (2010) CLAVATA2 forms a distinct

CLE-binding receptor complex regulating Arabidopsis stem cell specification. Plant

Journal 63(6):889-900.

Guo Y. and Clark S.E. (2010) Membrane distributions of two ligand-binding receptor complexes

in the CLAVATA pathway. Plant Signaling & Behavior 5(11):1442-1445.

Zhou C., Cai Z., Guo Y. and Gan S. (2009) An Arabidopsis Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase

Cascade, MKK9-MPK6, Plays a Role in Leaf Senescence. Plant Physiology 150(1):167-77.

Stenvik G.E., Tandstad N.M., Guo Y., Shi C.L., Kristiansen W., Holmgren A., Clark S.E., Aalen

R.B. and Butenko M.A. (2008) The EPIP peptide of INFLORESCENCE DEFICIENT IN ABSCISSION is sufficient to induce abscission in arabidopsis through the receptor-like kinases HAESA and HAESA-LIKE2. Plant Cell 20(7):1805-17.

Guo, Y. and Gan, S. (2007) Genetic manipulation of leaf senescence. In “Senescence Processes

in Plants” (S. Gan, ed.), Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, . pp.304-322.

Guo, Y. and Gan, S. (2006) AtNAP, a NAC family transcription factor, has an important role in

leaf senescence. Plant Journal 46: 601-612.

Guo, Y. and Gan, S. (2005) Leaf senescence: signals, execution, and regulation. Current Topics

in Developmental Biology 71: 83-112.

Guo, Y.*, Cai, Z*. and Gan, S. (2004) Transcriptome of Arabidopsis leaf senescence. Plant,

Cell & Environment 27:521-549. * Co-first authors.

Wang, N., Shi, J., Kong, F., Wang, C., Guo, Y. and Zhu, X. (2000) Evaluation on resistance of tobacco germplasm to root-knot nematodes. Acta Phytopathologica Sinica 30:83-87. (in Chinese)

Kong, F., Wang, N., Wang, C., Shi, J., Guo, Y., Wang, J., Yang, D., Meng, F., Jiang, P. and Zhou, Z. (2000) Identification of species and races of pathogenetic root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) on tobacco in Shandong Province. Chinese Tobacco Science 2000(3):31-34. (in Chinese)

Kong, F., Shi, J., Guo, Y., Wang, N. and Wang, C. (2000) Chemical control of tobacco root-knot nematodes. Tobacco Science & Technology 2000(9):47-48. (in Chinese)

Guo, Y., Shi, J., Kong, F., Wang, N., Wang, C. He, J. and Zhu, X. (2000) Diallel cross analysis

on inheritance of resistance components to tobacco brown spot disease. Chinese Tobacco Science 2000(4):21-24. (in Chinese)

Kong, F., Wang, N., Wang, C., Shi, J. and Guo, Y. (1998) Dynamics of Meloidogyne spp. in tobacco fields in Shandong province. Chinese Tobacco Science 1998 (4):35-37. (in Chinese)

Guo, Y., Zhu, X., Shi, J., Kong, F., Wang, N. and Wang, C. (1998) Genetic studies on resistance

to brown spot disease in tobacco. Chinese Tobacco Science 1998(3):1-6. (in Chinese)

Guo, Y., Fu, X. and Ha, J. (1998) Brown-spot-resistant tobacco and related studies and

utilization. Chinese Tobacco Science 1998(1):30-33. (in Chinese)

Guo, Y., Zhu, X., Kong, F., Shi, J. and Wang, N. (1997) Comparison of resistance nature

between brown-spot-resistant varieties. China Tobacco 1997(1):1-6. (in Chinese)

Guo, Y., Kong, F., Zhu, X., Shi, J., Wang, N. and He, J. (1996) Analysis of varietal resistance

factors to brown spot of tobacco. Acta Tabacaria Sinica 3(2):27-33. (in Chinese)

Guo, Y. (1995) A new method of identifying resistance to brown spot of tobacco: toxin

inoculation. China Tobacco 1995(3):44-47. (in Chinese)

PATENT

Gan, S. and Guo, Y. (2013) Use of NAP gene to manipulate leaf senescence in crops. Patent No.

US 8,420,890 B2. Issued on April 16, 2013.

PRESENTATIONS

Speaker, “Study on CLE peptide Signaling and its potential application in agriculture”, Qingdao

Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, March

21, 2014

Speaker, “Key regulatory points in CLE peptide signaling and the mechanisms of molecular

mimicry by parasitic nematodes”, College of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural

University, July 14, 2013

Speaker, “Molecular mimicry of plant CLE peptide ligands by a parasitic nematode”, 2012 National

Congress of Plant Biology, Yangling, Shanxi, China, October 10-13, 2012

Speaker, “CLE signaling within the SAM and in plant-nematode interaction”, Institute of Botany,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2012

Speaker, “Mechanisms of molecular mimicry of plant peptide ligands by a parasitic nematode”,

Plant Biology 2011, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, August 6-10, 2011

Poster presenter, “Function, conservation, proteolytic processing, and receptor binding of CLE

domains across plants”, Annual NRI Project Directors meeting “Genes to Products – Agricultural Plant, Microbe, and Biobased Product Research” Bethesda, MD, USA, May 4-6, 2009

Speaker, “How the ending begins: plant senescence and stem cells”, Tobacco Research Institute,

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, February 27, 2007

Speaker, “Transcriptional regulation of leaf senescence”, Department of Horticulture, Cornell

University, September 19, 2005

Speaker, “Functional analysis of leaf senescence-associated transcription factors in Arabidopsis”,

Gordon Research Conference on Plant Senescence and Programmed Cell Death, South Hadley, MA, USA, June 27-July 2, 2004

Poster presenter, “A NAC family transcription factor regulates leaf senescence”, Gordon

Research Conference on Plant Senescence and Programmed Cell Death, South Hadley, MA, USA, June 27-July 2, 2004

Poster presenter, “Transcriptome of Arabidopsis leaf senescence”, 14th International Conference

on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI, USA, June 20-24, 2003

Poster presenter, “Arabidopsis transcription factor SAG106 functions as a senescence regulator”,

Gordon Research Conference of Postharvest Physiology, South Hadley, MA, USA, August 4-9, 2002

Speaker, “Diallel cross analysis on inheritance of resistance-components to tobacco brown spot

disease”, Joint Meeting of the CORESTA (Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco) Agronomy & Phytopathology Study Groups, Suzhou, China, October 10-14, 1999

Speaker, “Comparison of resistance nature in brown-spot-resistant varieties”, CORESTA

Congress, Yokohama, Japan, November 3-8, 1996

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