Professor JIANG Liwen

Address

(Office): Rm 384, Science Centre South Block
(Lab): LG 101 & 103, Run Run Shaw Science Building

 People JLW2 

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 6388
(Lab): (852) 3943 6379
Fax (852) 2603 5745
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Web

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/centre/iCell/

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/centre/ccdb/
   


Education

1996  Ph.D. Simon Fraser University
1992 M.Sc. University of British Columbia
1984 B.Sc. South China Agricultural University


Position

  • Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, CUHK
  • Director, Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) Program, CUHK
  • Director, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, CUHK
  • Director, RGC-AoE "Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function", CUHK
  • Director, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology (IPMBAB), CUHK 


Research Interests

  • Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Protein Targeting and Trafficking in Plant Cells
  • Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants
  • Plant Bioreactors for Pharmaceutical Proteins


Representative Publications

  1. Ye H, Gao J, Liang Z, Lin Y, Yu Q, Huang S and *Jiang L (2022) The Arabidopsis ORP2A Mediates ER-Autophagosomal Membrane Contact Sites and Regulates PI3P in Plant Autophagy. PNAS 119(43):e2205314119.
  2. Niu F, Ji C, Liang Z, Guo R, Chen Y, Zeng Y and *Jiang L (2022) ADP-ribosylation factor D1 modulates Golgi morphology, cell plate formation, and plant growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 190(2):1199-1213.
  3. He Y, Gao J, Luo M, Gao C, Lin Y, Wong HY, Cui Y, Zhuang X and *Jiang L (2022) VAMP724 and VAMP726 are involved in autophagosome formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Autophagy (in press) doi: 10.1080/15548627.2022.2127240.
  4. Li B, Zeng Y, Lo SW, Guo Y and *Jiang L (2022) In vitro reconstitution of COPII vesicles from Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cultured cells. Nature Protocols (in press).
  5. Huang S, Liu Z, Cao W, Li H, Zhang W, Cui Y, Hu S, Luo M, Zhu Y, Zhao Q, Xie L, Gao C, Xiao S and *Jiang L (2022) The plant ESCRT component FREE1 regulates peroxisome-mediated turnover of lipid droplets in germinating Arabidopsis seedlings. Plant Cell (in press) doi: 10.1093/plcell/koac195.
  6. Cao W, Li Z, Huang S, Shi Y, Zhu Y, Lai MN, Lok PL, Wang X, Cui Y and *Jiang L (2022) Correlation of vacuole morphology with stomatal lineage development by whole-cell electron tomography. Plant Physiology 188(4):2085-2100.
  7. Li B, Zeng Y, Cao W, Zhang W, Cheng L, Yin H, Wu Q, Wang X, Huang Y, Lau WCY, Yao ZP, *Guo Y and *Jiang L (2021) A Distinct Giant COPII Vesicle Population in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Plants 7(10):1335-1346.
  8. * Zeng Y, Li B, Ji C, Feng L, Niu F, Deng C, Chen S, Lin Y, Cheung KCP, Wong KB and *Jiang L  (2021) A unique AtSar1D-AtRabD2a nexus modulates autophagosome biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. PNAS 118(17):e2021293118.
  9. Lin Y, Zeng Y, Zhu Y, Shen J, Ye H and *Jiang L  (2021) Plant Rho GTPase signaling promotes autophagy. Molecular Plant 14(6):905-920.
  10. Liu Z, Gao J, Cui Y, Klumpe S, Erdmann PS and *Jiang L  (2021) Membrane Imaging in the Plant Endomembrane System. Plant Physiology 185:562-576.
  11. Ji CY, Zhou J, Guo R, Lin Y, Kung CH, Hu S, Ng WY, Zhuang XH and *Jiang L (2020) AtNBR1 is a selective autophagic receptor for AtExo70E2 in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 84(2):777-791.
  12. *Zhao Q, Shen J, Gao C, Cui Y, Wang Y, Cui J, Cheng L, Cao W, Zhu Y, Huang S, Zhou Q, Leong CK, Leung KP, Chen X and *Jiang L (2019) RST1 is a FREE1 suppressor that negatively regulates vacuolar trafficking in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 31(9):2152-2168.
  13. Li H, Li Y, Zhao Q, Li T, Wei J, Li B, Shen W, Yang C, Zeng Y, Rodriguez P, Zhao Y, *Jiang L, *Wang X and *Gao C (2019) The Plant ESCRT Component FREE1 Shuttles to the Nucleus to Attenuate Abscisic Acid Signalling. Nature Plants 5(5):512-524.
  14. * Cui Y, Cao W, He Y, Zhao Q, Wakazaki M, Zhuang X, Gao J, Zeng Y, Gao C, Ding Y, Wong HY, Wong WS, Lam HK, Wang P, Ueda T, Rojas-Pierce M, Toyooka K, Kang BH and *Jiang L (2019) A whole-cell electron tomography model of vacuole biogenesis in Arabidopsis root cells. Nature Plants 5(1):95-105.
  15. *Shen J, Zhao Q, Wang X, Gao C, Zhu Y, Zeng Y and *Jiang L (2018) A Plant Bro1 Domain Protein BRAF Regulates Multivesicular Body Biogenesis and Membrane Protein Homeostasis. Nature Communications 9(1):3784.

Research Grants

  • 2022-2026, RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS), "Cellular and Molecular Characterization of the Tip-Vesicles in Germinating Pollen Tube", HK$ 7,798,380
  • 2021-2024, Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) as PC “Vacuole Biogenesis, Dynamics and Functions in Plants” HK$ $6,400,000
  • 2020-2023, Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) as PC “The First Integrated State-of-the-Art Sample Preparation System for Cryo-Electron Microscopy/Tomography Analysis to Promote Advanced Cellular and Structural Biology Research in Hong Kong”, HK$7,439,308
  • 2019-2024, Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Impact Fund (RIF) as PI “Plant Bioreactor for Pharmaceutical Proteins”, HK$5,000,000
  • 2018-2021, Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) as PC “Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy and Autophagosome in Plants”, HK$7,209,550
  • 2017-2020, Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) as PC “The First Integrated cryo-EM and cryo-ET Shared Facility for Life Sciences Research in Hong Kong”, HK $9,500,000
  • 2014-2021, Research Grants Council (RGC) Areas of Excellence Scheme (AoE) Grant as PC “Center for organelle biogenesis and function”, HK$47,250,000


Awards

  • 2021: RGC Senior Research Fellowship (2021/22)
  • 2017: Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2017 Second Class Prize, Ministry of Education of PRC
  • 2016: Research Excellence Award 2015-16, CUHK
  • 2015: Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2015-2016, The Croucher Foundation
  • 2014: Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences, CUHK
  • 2014: Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2013 Second Class Prize, Ministry of Education of PRC
  • 2010: Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2009 First Class Prize, Ministry of Education of PRC
  • 2013: Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science, CUHK
  • 2009: The Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2009-2010
  • 2009: Research Excellence Award 2009-10, CUHK
  • 2008: Exemplary Teaching Award 2008, Faculty of Science, CUHK
  • 2006: Research Excellence Award 2006-07, CUHK


Professional Activities

  • Editor-in-Chief: Plant Science
  • Senior Editor: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology and 植物学报
  • Associate Editor: Protoplasma and Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Editorial Board: Plant Cell; Molecular Plant and 中國科學: 生命科學


Awards Received by Graduate Students and Postdoc

  • Young Scientist Award in Life Science, Hong Kong Institution of Science, 2021 (Li Baiying)
  • 1000 Young Talent Program of China, 2019 (Cui Yong)
  • 1000 Young Talent Program of Zhejiang, 2017 (Shen Jinbo)
  • 1000 Young Talent Program of China, 2015 (Ding Yu, Gao Caiji)
  • CUHK Young Scholars Thesis Award 2013 (Zhuang Xiaohong)
  • CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Award 2013  (Shen Jinbo)
  • CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Award 2009 (Miao Yansong)
  • Postgraduate Research Output Award 2016, CUHK (Zeng Allen)
  • Postgraduate Research Output Award 2013, CUHK (Shen Jinbo)
  • Postgraduate Research Output Award 2009, CUHK (Miao Yansong)
  • Postgraduate Research Output Award 2006, CUHK (Lam Sheung Kwan)
  • Postgraduate Research Output Award 2004, CUHK (Tse Yu Chung)
  • Research Fellowship Scheme 2018-2019, CUHK (Zeng Yonglun)
  • Research Fellowship Scheme 2017-2018, CUHK (Cui Yong)
  • Research Fellowship Scheme 2016-2017, CUHK (Cui Yong)
  • Research Fellowship Scheme 2015-2016, CUHK (Shen Jinbo)
  • Research Fellowship Scheme 2014-2015, CUHK (Zhuang Xiaohong)
  • Research Fellowship Scheme 2013-2014, CUHK (Ding Yu)
  • Keystone Symposium Scholarship 2012 (Wang Juan)
  • Keystone Symposium Scholarship 2007 (Miao Yansong)
  • The HFSP (Human Frontier Science Program) Long-Term Fellows 2010 (Lam Sheung Kwan)
  • The HFSP (Human Frontier Science Program) Long-Term Fellows 2009 (Miao Yansong)

Faculty Positions Lab Alumni

  • Hu Shuai, Associate Professor, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University
  • Lau Wilson Chun Yu, Assistant Professor, CUHK
  • Cui Yong, Professor, Xiamen University
  • Zhao Qiong, Professor, East China Normal University
  • Shen Jinbo, Professor, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University
  • Wang Xiangfeng, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University
  • Zhuang Xiaohong, Assistant Professor, CUHK
  • Wang Juan, Associate Professor, South China Agricultural University
  • Gao Caiji, Professor, South China Normal University
  • Ding Yu, Professor, Jinan University
  • Wang Hao, Professor, South China Agricultural University
  • Miao Yansong, Nanyang Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
  • Cai Yi, Professor, Sichuan Agricultural University
  • Tse Yu Chung, Associate Professor, South University of Science and Technology of China
  • Wang Junqi, Associate Professor, South University of Science and Technology of China
  • Mo Beixin, Professor, Shenzhen University
  • Li Hongye, Professor, Jinan University