Su, Wei, Associate Professor

E-mail: weisu@fudan.edu.cn

From 1996 to 2000, Wei Su studied biology at Inner Mongolia University and received her B.A. in Biology in 2000. She obtained her Ph.D. in Genetics from Fudan University in 2006. She conducted her post-doctoral research at University of Michigan from 2008 to 2011. She became an associate professor at Fudan University in July, 2012. She focuses on understanding the biological function of epigenetic factors and non-coding RNAs in plant development and hormone signal transduction pathway.

Research Interests

Dr. Wei Su is interested in the molecular mechanisms on how the epigenetic factors and the non-coding RNAs function in plant development and hormone signal transduction pathway. To address these questions, we combine approaches of molecular genetics, biochemistry and cell biology, using Arabidopsis and rice as model organisms.

Selected publications

1. Wang Y, Luo X, Sun F, Hu J, Zha X, Su W *, Yang J *. (2018) Overexpressing lncRNA LAIR increases grain yield and regulates neighbouring gene cluster expression in rice. Nat Commun. 9(1):3516. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05829-7.
2. Leng L , Liang Q , Jiang J , Zhang C ,  Hao Y, Wang X, Su We *. (2017) A subclass of HSP70s regulate development and abiotic stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Plant Res. 130(2), 349-363.
3. Su W, Liu Y, Xia Y, Hong Z, and Li J *. (2012) The Arabidopsis Homolog of the Mammalian OS-9 Protein Plays a Key Role in the Endoplasmic Reticulum–Associated Degradation of Misfolded Receptor-Like Kinases. Mol. Plant. 5(4), 929-940.
4. Su W, Liu Y, Xia Y, Hong Z, Li J *. (2011) Conserved endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation system to eliminate mutated receptor-like kinases in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 108, 870-875.
5. Jin H, Hong Z, Su W, Li J. (2009) A plant-specific calreticulin is a key retention factor for a defective brassinosteroid receptor in the endoplasmic reticulum. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106, 13612-13617.