Lab website > Wang Lab for Plant Disease Resistance and Functional Genomics

News

2016 > Wang is one of four Ohio State faculty in 2016 class of AAAS Fellows
2013 :> Wang Honored with OARDC Senior Faculty Research Award
2012 >  Wang Named American Phytopathological Society Fellow

Research Area

Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of host resistance to pathogens using genetic and genomic approaches.

The main focus of our laboratory is to understand the mechanisms of plant-pathogen interaction, and the signal transduction pathways leading to the induction of disease resistance responses. We are currently using rice as the model plant to clone disease resistance genes and genes involved in resistance responses to rice fungal and bacterial pathogens. Our long-term goal is to genetically engineer plants for disease resistance in such a way as to reduce reliance on the environmentally damaging pesticides.

Teaching and Outreach

Agricultural Genomics (PLNTPTH 7003.01); 2 credits; Spring semesters

Professional Experience

• Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 7/2008-present
• Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 5/2004-7/2008
• Adjunct Professor, Hunan Agricultural University, Hunan, China, 3/2004-present
• Adjunct Professor, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1996-present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, 10/1999-7/2004
• Senior Scientist and Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, The National University of Singapore, 8/1996-9/1999
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California at Davis, 8/1993-8/1996
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University, 6/1992-8/1993Selected Publications