Education & Experience
1995-2000 Ph.D., Agronomy, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, with Professor Tingdong Fu and Guangsheng Yang
1991-1995 B.A., Agronomy, School of Life Science and Technology, Hennan Institute of Science and Technology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 – Present, Associate Professor, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
2014 – 2016, Senior Research Fellow, Genome and Gene Expression Data Analysis Division, Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore
2010 –2013, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Molecular Plant Pathology, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2008 –2009, Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Systems Biology,Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore
2002 –2008, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Ubiquitin Signal Transduction, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore
2001 –2002, Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Plant Signal Transduction, Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Research Fields
The main research directions include the identification, functional analysis and inhibitor screening of pathogenic factors of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, the research on the pathogenic mechanism of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri and its biological control.
Selected Publications
1. Shi Y, Yang XB, Ye XX, Feng JY, Cheng TF, Zhou XF, Liu DX, Xu LH*, Wang JX*. The methyltransferase HemK regulates the virulence and nutrient utilization of the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23, 3931, DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073931, * Corresponding authors
2. Zhou Z, Wu XZ, Li JY, Zhang YY, Huang YH, Zhang WP, Shi Y, Wang JX*, Chen SH*. A novel quorum quencher, Rhodococcus pyridinivorans XN-36, is a powerful agent for the biocontrol of soft rot disease in various host plants. Biological Control，2022, 169, 104889, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104889, * Corresponding authors
3. Wang X, Liang LQ, Shao H, Ye, XX, Yang XB, Chen XY, Shi Y, Zhang LH, Xu LH*, Wang JX*. Isolation of the Novel Strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens F9 and Identification of Lipopeptide Extract Components Responsible for Activity against Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri. Plants2022, 11, 457. DOI: 10.3390/plants11030457. * Corresponding authors
4. Liang LQ, Huang SL, Shao H, Wang QW, Wang X, Wang JX*, Xu LH*. (2021)Isolation and identification of a new antagonistic strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens E3 against rice bacterial foot rot and characterization of its antimicrobial function. Journal of South China Agricultural University, 42(4):51-62. * Corresponding authors
5. Li WJ, Hu M, Xue Y, Li ZJ, Zhang YF, Zheng DX, Lu GT, Wang JX*, Zhou JN*. (2020) Five fungal pathogens are responsible for bayberry twig blight and fungicides were screened for disease control. Microorganisms, 8(5): 689. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050689. * Corresponding authors
6. Tian DS#, Wang JX#, Zeng X#, Gu KY#, Yang XB, Zhou ZY, Goh ML, Lou YC, Murata-HoriM, White FF, Yin ZC. (2014) The rice TAL effector-dependent resistance protein XA10 triggers cell death and calcium depletion in the endoplasmic reticulum. The Plant Cell, 26(1): 497-515. # Co-first authors
7. Hattangadi S, Martinez-Morilla S, Patterson HC, Shi JH, Burke KA, Avila-Figueroa A, VenkatesanS, Wang JX, Paulsen K, Gorlich D, Murata-Hori M, Lodish HF. (2014) Histones to the cytosol: exportin 7 is essential for normal terminal erythroid nuclear maturation. Blood, 124(12): 1931-1940
8. Wang JX#, Ramirez T#, Ji P, Jayapal SR, Lodish HF, and Murata-HoriM. (2012) Mammalian erythroblasts enucleation requires PI3K-dependent cell polarization. Journal of Cell Science, 125: 340-349. # Co-first authors
9. Zhu XD, Wang JX, Moriguchi K, Liow LT, Ahmed S,Kaverina I,Murata-HoriM. (2011) Proper regulation of Cdc42 activity is required for tight actin concentration at the equator during cytokinesis in adherent mammalian cells. Experimental Cell Research, 317(16): 2384-9
10. Shan XY#, Wang J#Jiang DA,Peng W, Xie DX. (2011) A role of Arabidopsis Rubisco activase in jasmonate-induced leaf senescence. Plant physiology 155(2): 751-764. # Co-first authors
11. Chua LL, Shan XY, Wang JX, Peng W, Zhang GY, Xie DX. (2010) Proteomics study of COI1-regulated proteins in Arabidopsis flower. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 52(4): 410–419
12. Wang JX, Neo SP, Cai MJ. (2009) Regulation of the yeast formin Bni1p by the actin-regulating kinase Prk1p. Traffic, 10(5): 528-535
13. Zeng GS, Huang B, Neo SP, Wang JX, Cai MJ. (2007) Scd5p mediates phosphoregulation of actin and endocytosis by the type 1 phosphatase Glc7p in yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 18(12): 4885-4898
14. Wang JX, Yang GS, Fu TD, Meng JL. (2000) Development of PCR-based markers linked to the fertility restorer gene for the Polima cytoplasmic male sterility in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). Journal of Genetics and Genomics (formerly known asActa Genetica Sinica)27: 1012-1017
15. Wang JX, Yang GS, Fu TD, Meng JL. (2000) Identification of RAPD markers linked to the fertility restorer gene for the Polima cytoplasmic male sterility in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). Acta Agronomica Sinica 26: 575-578
Patents/Inventions
1.Wang JX, Zuo SL, Wu SF, Tan WL, Jiang MQ, Xu LH, Zhou XF, Zhang LH, Application of an effector of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus as a target for screening drugs against citrus Huanglongbing, Chinese invention patent, 2021, CN202110699714.6
2.Wang JX, Chen XY, Ye XX, Wan GX, Zhou JN, Chang CQ, Xu LH, A gemilla bacillus, its fermentation products, preparation and Application, Chinese invention patent, 2019, ZL201910096003.2
3.Xu LH, Liang LQ, Wang X, Wang JX, Wang QW, Yang XB, Chen XY, A strain of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, fermentation product and preparation method and application, Chinese invention patent, 2018, ZL201810585149.9
4.Wang JX, Xu LH, Zhang LH, A method for isolation and purification of different exosome subpopulations, Chinese invention patent, 2017, ZL201710502919.4