1.教育和研究经历
1986年至1990年安徽师范大学生物系本科；1990年至2000年在安徽科技学院任助教、讲师，期间于1995年至1998年在南京农业大学农学系攻读硕士学位；2000年至2003年在日本北海道大学农学研究科攻读博士学位。2003年10月-12月在日本北海道大学农学研究科任外国人研究员；2004年至2013年美国德克萨斯农工大学（Texas A&M University）博士后、助理研究科学家。2013年4月作为高层次引进人才到南京农业大学作物遗传和种质创新国家重点实验室工作，任教授。
2. 主要研究方向
玉米抗病的分子遗传与育种；植物先天免疫机制和信号转导。
本实验室以玉米为主要研究对象，利用遗传学、分子生物学、生物化学和基因组学等手段克隆与玉米抗病性状相关的重要QTL位点及功能基因，并对这些位点/基因在玉米抗病中的功能、分子和遗传机制进行解析，以期获得优异的玉米抗性资源，为玉米优质高产育种服务。同时，实验室的另一个研究兴趣是植物对病原菌识别和免疫应答过程及信号转导的机制，解析这些机制将为作物抗病遗传育种研究提供有力的理论和技术支撑。
3. 发表论文情况
1) Xiquan Gao*, Xinsen Ruan, Yali Sun, Xiue Wang and Baomin Feng*. BAKing up to survive a battle: functional dynamics of BAK1 in plant programmed cell death. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, 9: 1913. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01913. （*Co-corresponding authors）
2) Yali Sun, Xinsen Ruan, Liang Ma, Fang Wang and Xiquan Gao*. Rapid screening and evaluation of maize seedling resistance to stalk rot caused by Fusarium spp.. Bio-Protocol. 2018, 8(10): DOI:10.21769/BioProtoc.2859. （* corresponding author）
3) Man Wang, Zhibin Chen, Huairen Zhang, Huabang Chen* and Xiquan Gao*. Transcriptome analysis provides insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying gametophyte factor 2-mediated cross-incompatibility in maize. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018, 19: 1757; doi:10.3390/ijms**（*Co-corresponding authors）
4) Shi Wang, Yong-Soon Park, Yang Yang, Eli J .Borrego, Tom Isakeit, Xiquan Gao*, Michael V. Kolomiets*. Seed-Derived Ethylene Facilitates Colonization but Not Aflatoxin Production by Aspergillus flavus in Maize. Frontiers in Plant Scicence (2017) 8:415. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00415（*Co-corresponding authors）
5) Cox KL, Meng F, Wilkins KE, Li F, Wang P, Booher NJ, Carpenter SCD, Chen LQ, Zheng H, Gao X, Zheng Y, Fei Z, Yu JZ, Isakeit T, Wheeler T, Frommer WB, He P, Bogdanove AJ, Shan L. TAL effector driven induction of a SWEET gene confers susceptibility to bacterial blight of cotton. Nature Communications. (2017) 15588
6) Chen T, Xiao J, Xu J, Wan W, Qin B, Cao A, Chen W, Xing L, Du C, Gao X, Zhang S, Zhang R, Shen W, Wang H, Wang X. Two members of TaRLK family confer powdery mildew resistance in common wheat. BMC Plant Biol. 2016, 16: 27. doi: 10.1186/s12870-016-0713-8
7) Yuxin Sun, Jin Xiao, Xinping Jia, Peibei Ke, Liqiang He, Aizhong Cao, Haiyan Wang, Yufeng Wu, Xiquan Gao, and Xiue Wang (2016) The role of wheat jasmonic acid and ethylene pathways in response to Fusarium graminearum infection. Plant Growth Regul. DOI 10.1007/s10725-016-0147-1
8) Meng X, Chen X, Mang H, Liu C, Yu X, Gao X, Torii KU, He P, Shan L. Differential Function of Arabidopsis SERK Family Receptor-like Kinases in Stomatal Patterning. Current Biology 2015 Sep 21;25(18):2361-72. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.068
9) Xiquan Gao* and Ping He*. (2014) Function of calcium-dependent protein kinases in plant innate immunity. Plants 3, 160-176; doi:10.3390/plants** （*Co-corresponding authors）
10) Nasie Constantino, Fatemeh Mastouri, Ramadhika Damarwinasis, Eli Borrego, Maria Eugenia Moran-Diez, Charles M Kenerley, Xiquan Gao*, Michael V Kolomiets* (2013) Root-expressed maize lipoxygenase 3 negatively regulates the induced systemic resistance to Colletotrichum graminicola in shoots. Frontiers in Plant Science Dec 18;4:510. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00510. (*Co-corresponding author)
11) Cheng Cheng*, Xiquan Gao*, Baomin Feng, Jen Sheen, Libo Shan, Ping He. (2013) Plant immune response to pathogens differs with changing temperatures. Nature Communications Sep 26;4:2530. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3530 (*co-first authors).
12) Xiquan Gao, Maoying Li, Fangjun Li, Ali S. Kianinejad, Jane K. Dever, Terry A. Wheeler, Zhaohu Li, Ping He, and Libo Shan. (2013) Cotton GhBAK1 mediates Verticillium wilt resistance and cell death. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology May 15. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12064.
13) Wenwei Lin, Dongping Lu, Xiquan Gao, Shan Jiang, Xiyu Ma, Zonghua Wang, Tesfaye Mengiste, Ping He, and Libo Shan (2013) Inverse modulation of plant immune and brassinosteroid signaling pathways by a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA. doi: 10.1073/pnas..
14) Xiquan Gao and Ping He. (2013) Nuclear dynamics of Arabidopsis calcium-dependent protein kinases in effector-triggered immunity. Plant Signaling and Behaviors 8 (4): e23868
15) Xiquan Gao and Libo Shan. (2013) Functional genomic analysis of cotton genes with Agrobacterium-mediated virus-induced gene silencing. In: Annette Becker (Ed.) Virus-Induced Gene Silencing: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer. 975:157-65. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-278-0_12.
16) Xiquan Gao, Xin Chen, Wenwei Lin, Dongping Lu, Yajie Niu, Lei Li, Cheng Cheng, Mathew McCormack, Jen Sheen, Libo Shan and Ping He. (2013) Bifurcation of Arabidopsis NLR Immune Signaling via Ca2+-Sensor Protein Kinases. PLoS Pathogens 9(1):e**. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.**.
17) Dongping Lu, Wenwei Lin, Xiquan Gao, Shujing Wu, Cheng Cheng, Xin Chen, Julian Avila, Antje Heese, Timothy P. Devarenne, Zonghua Wang, Ping He & Libo Shan. (2011) Direct ubiquitination of pattern recognition receptor FLS2 attenuates plant innate immunity. Science 332 (6036): 1439-1442.
18) Xiquan Gao, Robert C Britt, Ping He and Libo Shan. (2011) Establishment of Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in cotton. Journal of Visualized Experiments 54, http://www.jove.com/details.php?id=2938 doi: 10.3791/2938.
19) Xiquan Gao, Terry Wheeler, Zhaohu Li, Charles Kenerley, Ping He and Libo Shan. (2011) Silencing GhNDR1 and GhMKK2 compromised cotton resistance to Verticillium wilt. The Plant Journal. 66: 293-305.
20) Dongping Lu, Shujing Wu, Xiquan Gao, Yulan Zhang, Libo Shan, and Ping He. (2010) A receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase, BIK1, associates with a flagellin receptor complex to initiate plant innate immunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA. 107:496-501.
21) Xiquan Gao and Michael Kolomiets. (2009) Host-derived lipids and oxylipins are crucial signals in modulating mycotoxin production by mycotoxigenic fungi. Toxin Reviews 28: 79-88.
22) Xiquan Gao, Marion Brodhagen, Tom Isakeit, Sigal Horowitz Brown, Cornelia Gobel, Javier Betran, Ivo Feussner, Nancy P. Keller, Michael V. Kolomiets. (2009) Inactivation of the lipoxygenase ZmLOX3 increases susceptibility of maize to Aspergillus spp. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 22(2): 222-231.
23) Christian Nansen, Michael Kolomiets, Xiquan Gao. (2008) Considerations regarding use of hyperspectral imaging data in classifications on a large commercial scale – exemplified by analysis of maize kernels Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 56: 2933-2938.
24) Xiquan Gao, Michael Stumpe, Ivo Feussner, Michael Kolomiets. (2008) A novel plastidial lipoxygenase of maize (Zea mays) ZmLOX6 encodes for a fatty acid hydroperoxide lyase and is uniquely regulated by phytohormones and pathogen infection. Planta 227: 491-503.
25) Xiquan Gao, James Starr, Cornelia Göbel, Ivo Feussner, Jürgen Engelberth, James Tumlinson and Michael Kolomiets. (2008) Maize 9-lipoxygenase ZmLOX3 controls root-specific expression of defense genes and resistance to root-knot nematodes. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 21: 98-109.
26) Tom Isakeit, Xiquan Gao and Michael Kolomiets. (2007) Increased resistance of a maize mutant lacking the 9-lipoxigenase gene, ZmLOX3, to root rot caused by Exserohilum pedicellatum. Journal of Phytopathology 155: 758-760
27) Xiquan Gao, Ivo Fuessner, Won-Bo Shim, Cornelia Göbel, Susan Kunze, Robert Meeley, Peter Balint-Kurti, Michael V Kolomiets. (2007) Disruption of a maize 9-lipoxygenase results in increased resistance to fungal pathogens and reduced levels of contamination with mycotoxin fumonisin. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 20: 922-933.
4. 科研项目情况
1）国家自然基金面上项目（No.**）2017.1-2020.12（主持）
2）国家自然基金面上项目（No.**）2015.1-2018.12（主持）
3）科技部国家重点研发计划：十三五小麦等作物功能基因组研究与应用 课题2“玉米抗逆、高效性状的功能基因组与调控网络”（2016YFD**）2016.7-2020.12（子任务负责人）
4）人力资源和社会保障部留学人员科技活动择优资助项目（No.G）2016.7-2019.06 (主持)
5）教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金（No.教外司留[2014]1685号）2015.1-2017.12（主持）
6）江苏省自然基金面上项目（No. BK**）2014.7-2017.6（主持）
7）江苏省“高等学校优秀科技创新团队” 2016.5-2019.4（成员）
8）中央高校科研业务费（KYRC201303）（主持）
9）南京农业大学人才引进启动项目（主持）
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