Research Area
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Identification of an RNA silencing suppressor encoded by Bean pod mottle virus using particle bombardment and agrobacterium-based transient expression assays.
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Characterization of mechanism of nonhost resistance to Bean pod mottle virus in Nicotiana benthamiana.
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Characterization of RNA and protein elements of Bean pod mottle virus required for virus replication, cell-to-cell movement and systemic movement in host lima bean and soybean plants.
Education
PhD Plant Pathology, The Ohio State Unviersity (2013)
BS Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China (2008)
Presentations
Junyan Lin, Ping Chen, John J. Finer, Margaret G. Redinbaugh, Anne E. Dorrance and Feng Qu. 2012. (Poster) 5’ untranslated region and the 58 kilodalton protein of Bean pod mottle virus RNA2 are essential for RNA2 replication. North Central Division, American Phytopathological Society, June 13-14, OARDC/Wooster, OH.
Junyan Lin and Feng Qu. 2012. (Oral presentation) The replication of Bean pod mottle virus RNA2 requires the cis-acting 58K protein. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI.
Junyan Lin. 2012. (Oral presentation) Nonhost resistance to Bean pod mottle virus. WAMBA. OARDC/Wooster, OH
Junyan Lin and Feng Qu. 2011. (Oral presentation) Nicotiana benthamiana resists Bean pod mottle virus by forestalling the replication of its genomic RNA2. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Junyan Lin and Feng Qu. 2011. (Poster) Nonhost Resistance to Bean pod mottle virus in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (PMBB) Annual Symposium, Columbus, OH
Junyan Lin, Carlos M. Hernandez-Garcia, Robert A. Bouchard, John J. Finer, Margaret G. Redinbaugh, Anne E. Dorrance and Feng Qu. 2010.(Poster) Identification of a candidate suppressor of RNA silencing encoded by Bean pod mottle virus using host and non-host systems. OARDC annual research conference, Wooster, OH.
Publications
Junyan Lin, Ahmed K. Ali, Chen Ping, Margret G. Redinbaugh, Anne Dorrance, John Finer, Said Ghabrial and Feng Qu. 2013. A 5’ stem-loop RNA structure of Bean pod mottle virus is required for RNA2 replication. Journal of General Virology (in press).
Mingxia Cao, Xiaohong Ye, Kristen Willie, Junyan Lin, Xiuchun Zhang, Margaret G. Redinbaugh, Anne E. Simon, T. Jack Morris, and Feng Qu. 2010. The capsid protein of Turnip crinkle virus overcomes two separate defense barriers to facilitate viral systemic movement in Arabidopsis. Journal of Virology. 84, 7793-7802.
Honors and Awards
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Graduate Research Competition awards in SEEDS-The OARDC Enhancement Competitive Grants Program: Project title: “Mechanisms of nonhost resistance to Bean pod mottle virus” $5,000, 2011-2012
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National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored travel award: $500, 2012
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The OARDC Professional Growth Scholarship: $500, 2011, 2012
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Travel grant, American Society for Virology, $500, 2011, 2012
Activities
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Committee on the OARDC/SEEDS student review panel, 2012
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Plant Pathology Graduate Students Association
Treasurer (2011)
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American Society for Virology, 2011 - current