Renjie Chen

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

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3288-WS08, Building 2

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Biography

Renjie Chen joined the Wulff Lab in 2022 as a Postdoctoral Fellow. His research seeks to elucidate the mechanism underlying wheat immunity against rust pathogens. Currently, he is working on exploring the molecular mechanism underlying a newly cloned stem rust resistance gene from the wild wheat relative Aegilops sharonensis.

Renjie obtained his PhD from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China. His previous work focused on the molecular mechanism of dynamic regulation of membrane-localized receptor proteins in plant immunity.

Research Interests

Renjie's research interests include exploring the signaling network underlying wheat immunity against rust pathogens. Currently, he is working on elucidating the molecular mechanism underlying a newly cloned stem rust resistance gene from the wild wheat relative Aegilops sharonensis.

Education

  • PhD, Crop Genetics and Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, 2022
  • MSc, Crop Genetics and Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, 2017
  • BSc, Tobacco, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China, 2014

KAUST Affiliations

Research Interests Keywords

plant molecular biology plant immunity immune receptors