Ning Ning Wang

1983-1987 B.S. in Plant Physiology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 1987-1990 M.S. in Plant Physiology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 1994-1997 Ph. D in Molecular Genetics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

1999-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica (Taipei). Supervisor: Prof. Shang-fa Yang, winner of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture (1991) 2000-present Professor, Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University 2003-2004 Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2008-2013 Head of the Plant Biology and Ecology Department, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University 2013-present Vice Dean, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University

(1) Molecular mechanisms of plant leaf senescence

(2) Regulatory mechanisms and molecular evolution of ethylene biosynthesis

(3) Crop nitrogen utilization and yield traits formation

(4) Agronomic traits modification by gene technology  

Representative Publications (*corresponding author)

１．Sheng Liu⁺, Dan Wang⁺, Yuanyuan Mei, Tongmei Xia, Wei Xu, Yuqing Zhang, Xiang You, Xiyu Zhang, Lei Li, Ning Ning Wang*, Overexpression of GmAAP6a enhances tolerance to low nitrogen and improves seed nitrogen status by optimizing amino acid partitioning in soybean. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18(8): 1749-1762，Cover story

２．Zewen Wen, Yuanyuan Mei, Jie Zhou, Yanjiao Cui, Dan Wang, Ning Ning Wang*, SAUR49 Positively Regulates Leaf Senescence by Suppressing SSPP in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology，2020，61 (3): 644–658

３．Yanan Wang, Xiyu Zhang, Yanjiao Cui, Lei Li, Dan Wang, Yuanyuan Mei*, Ning Ning Wang*, AHK3-mediated cytokinin signaling is required for the delayed leaf senescence induced by SSPP. International Journal of Molecular Sciences，2019，20，2043

４．Gongling Sun, Yuanyuan Mei, Dewen Deng, Li Xiong, Lifang Sun, Xiyu Zhang, Zewen Wen, Sheng Liu, Xiang You, Nasrullah, Dan Wang, Ning Ning Wang*，N-Terminus-Mediated Degradation of ACS7 Is Negatively Regulated by Senescence Signaling to Allow Optimal Ethylene Production during Leaf Development in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, December 2017| Volume 8| Article2066

５．Jingyu Lin, Dan Wang, Xinlu Chen, Tobias Koellner, Mitra Mazarei, Hong Guo, Vincent Pantalone, Prakash Arelli, Neal Stewart, Ning Ning Wang, Feng Chen*, An (E,E)-α-farnesene synthase gene of soybean has a role in defense against nematodes and is involved in synthesizing insect-induced volatiles. Plant Biotechnology Journal，2017，15： 510–519

６．Lifang Sun, Hui Dong, Nasrullah, Yuanyuan Mei, Ning Ning Wang*, Functional investigation of two 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase-like genes in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Plant Cell Reports，2016，35(4), 817-830

７．Dong Xiao, Yanjiao Cui, Fan Xu, Xinxin Xu, Guanxiao Gao, Yaxin Wang, Zhaoxia Guo, Dan Wang, Ning Ning Wang*，SENESCENCE-SUPPRESSED PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE Directly Interacts with the Cytoplasmic Domain of SENESCENCE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE and Negatively Regulates Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology，2015，169 (2): 1275-1291

８．Li Xiong, Dong Xiao, Xinxin Xu, Ning Ning Wang*, The Non-catalytic N-terminal Domain of ACS7 Is Involved in the Post-transcriptional Regulation of this Gene in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany，2014，65(15)：4397-408，doi：10.1093/jxb/eru211

９．Dong Liu, Sheng Liu, Dasong Chang, Lu Wang, Dan Wang, Ning Ning Wang*, A simple and efficient method for obtaining transgenic soybean callus tissues. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum，2013, 35(7): 2113-2125

１０．       Tongmei Xia, Dong Xiao, Dong Liu, Wenting Chai, Qingqiu Gong*, Ning Ning Wang*, Heterologous expression of ATG8c from soybean confers tolerance to nitrogen deficiency and increases yield in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE. 2012, 7(5): e37217. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037217

１１．       Feng Jin, Shu Li, Lijie Dang, Wenting Chai, Pengli Li, Ning Ning Wang*, PL1 fusion gene: a novel visual selectable marker gene that confers tolerance to multiple stresses in transgenic tomato. Transgenic Research. 2012, 21(5): 1057-1070

１２．       Fan Xu, Tao Meng, Pengli Li, Yunqing Yu, Yanjiao Cui, Yaxin Wang, Qingqiu Gong, and Ning Ning Wang*. A Soybean Dual-Specificity Kinase, GmSARK, and Its Arabidopsis Homolog, AtSARK, Regulate Leaf Senescence through Synergistic Actions of Auxin and Ethylene. Plant Physiology. 2011, 157: 2131-2153

１３．       Hui Dong, Zhiqin Zhen, Jinying Peng, Li Chang, Qingqiu Gong*, Ning Ning Wang*，Loss of ACS7 confers abiotic stress tolerance by promoting ABA synthesis and signalling pathways in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany，2011, 62 (14): 4875–4887

１４．       Chin-Ying Yang, Fu-Chiun Hsu, Jin-Ping Li, Ning-Ning Wang, Ming-Che Shih*, The AP2/ERF transcription factor AtERF73/HRE1 modulates ethylene responses during hypoxia in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 2011, 156 (1): 202–212

１５．       Dong Liu, Qingqiu Gong, Yuanyuan Ma, Pengli Li, Jinping Li, Shuhua Yang, Lingling Yuan, Yunqing Yu, Dadi Pan, Fan Xu, Ning Ning Wang*,cpSecA, a thylakoid protein translocase subunit, is essential for photosynthetic development in  Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2010, 61 (6): 1655-1669

1. Standing committee member of Chinese Society for Plant Biology

2. Vice-president of Women's Society of Plant Biologists

3. Member of Genetics and Molecular Biology Special Committee, CSPB

4. President of Tianjin Society of Plant Biologists

5. Editorial board member of Bulletin of Botany,Plant Physiology Journal, Journal of Agricultural Biotechnogy and Subtropical Plant Science.  

1. Selected into the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, MOE,China,2005

2. Selected into the Excelent Young Teachers Program of MOE,China,2002