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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: [email protected]
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
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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 cytokininmediated 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):3134. (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)
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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 46, 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”,
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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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