CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information

Name Taotao Wang Gender Male Position Title Associate Professor

Working Department College of Horticulture and Forestry Science Email [email protected] No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, Address 430070, P.R.China Tel ＋86 27 87283463 Fax + 86 27 87282010 Research Interest

1. Vegetable genetic breeding and molecular biology.

2. Molecular marker assistant breeding in cabbage.

3. Gene function identification and molecular mechanism research related to abiotic and biotic resistance in

tomato.

Professional Memberships

Other Roles

Education & Working Experience Education: Jul. 2009-present: Associate Professor Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Sep. 2006- Jul. 2009: Lecturer Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Sep. 2000-Jul. 2006: PhD, Candidate in Vegetable Bio-technology (Advisor: Dr. Zhibiao Ye) Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China Sep. 1996-Jul. 2000: B.S. in Vegetable Science Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

Working Experience Jun. 2007-Aug. 2007 Academic communication Plant Research International, Wageningen University, Netherlands

Sept. 2014-Sept. 2016 Visiting Scholar Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A & M University, USA

Publications

1. Hui Liu, Chuying Yu, Hanxia Li, Bo Ouyang, Taotao Wang Junhong Zhang, Xin Wang, Zhibiao Ye, Overexpression of ShDHN, a dehydrin gene from Solanum habrochaites enhances tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses in tomato，Plant Science， 2015, 231: 198–211 2. Lin T, Zhu G, Zhang J, Xu X, Yu Q, Zheng Z, Zhang Z, Lun Y, Li S, Wang X, Huang Z, Li J, Zhang C, Wang T, Zhang Y, Wang A, Zhang Y, Lin K, Li C, Xiong G, Xue Y, Mazzucato A, Causse M, Fei Z, Giovannoni JJ, Chetelat RT, Zamir D, Städler T, Li J, Ye Z, Du Y, Huang S. Genomic analyses provide insights into the history of tomato breeding. Nat Genet. 2014, 46(11):1220-6. 3. Wang S, Lu G, Hou Z, Luo Z, Wang T, Li H, Zhang J, Ye Z. Members of the tomato FRUITFULL MADS-box family regulate style abscission and fruit ripening. J Exp Bot. 2014, 65(12): 3005-3014. 4. Luo Z, Zhang J, Li J, Yang C, Wang T, Ouyang B, Li H, Giovannoni J, Ye Z. A STAY-GREEN protein SlSGR1 regulates lycopene and beta-carotene accumulation by interacting directly with SlPSY1 during ripening processes in tomato. New Phytol., 2013, 198: 442-452 5. Rachid Loukehaich, Taotao Wang（Co-first author）, Bo Ouyang, Khurram Ziaf, Hanxia Li, Junhong Zhang, Yongen Lu and Zhibiao Ye. SpUSP, an annexin-interacting universal stress protein, enhances drought tolerance in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2012, 63(15): 5593–5606 6. Li J, Sima W, Ouyang B, Wang T, Ziaf K, Luo Z, Liu L, Li H, Chen M, Huang Y, Feng Y, Hao Y, Ye Z. Tomato SlDREB gene restricts leaf expansion and internode elongation by downregulating key genes for gibberellin biosynthesis. J Exp Bot 2012, 63: 6407-6420 7. Liu H, Ouyang B, Zhang J, Wang T, Li H, Zhang Y, Yu C, Ye Z. Differential modulation of photosynthesis, signaling, and transcriptional regulation between tolerant and sensitive tomato genotypes under cold stress. PLoS ONE 2012, 7: e50785 8. Yongen Lu, Bo Ouyang, Junhong Zhang, Taotao Wang, Chen Lu, Qinqin Han, Shengnan Zhao, Zhibiao Ye, Hanxia Li. Genomic organization, phylogenetic comparison and expression profiles of annexin gene family in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Gene, 2012, 499: 14–24 9. Yang Changxian, Li Hanxia, Zhang Junhong, Luo Zhidan, Gong Pengjuan, Zhang Chanjuan, Li Jinhua, Wang Taotao, Zhang Yuyang, Lu Yong ’ en, and Ye Zhibiao. A regulatory gene induces trichome formation and embryo lethality in tomato. PNAS, 2011, 108(29): 11836-11841 10. Yang C, Li H, Zhang J, Wang T, Ye Z. Fine-mapping of the woolly gene controlling multicellular trichome formation and embryonic development in tomato. Theor Appl Genet. 2011, 123(4):625-33 11. Zhang C, Liu J, Zhang Y, Cai X, Gong P, Zhang J, Wang T, Li H, Ye Z. Overexpression of SlGMEs leads to ascorbate accumulation with enhanced oxidative stress, cold, and salt tolerance in tomato. Plant Cell Rep, 2011, 30(3):389-98 12. Khurram Ziaf, Rachid Loukehaich, Pengjuan Gong, Hui Liu, Qinqin Han, Taotao Wang, Hanxia Li and Zhibiao Ye. A Multiple Stress-Responsive Gene ERD15 from Solanum pennellii Confers Stress Tolerance in Tobacco. Plant Cell Physiol. 2011, 52(6): 1055–1067 13. Pengjuan Gong, Junhong Zhang, Hanxia Li, Khurram Ziaf Changxian Yang Chanjuan Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, Taotao Wang, Yuyang Zhang, Zhangjun Fei and Zhibiao Ye. Transcriptional profiles of drought-responsive genes in modulating transcription, signal transduction and biochemical pathways in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2010,61(13):3563-3575 14. Liying Zhang, Rugang Chen, Yuyang Zhang, Junhong Zhang, Taotao Wang, Hanxia Li, Zhibiao Ye*, Ectopic expression of tomato SlMi confers resistance to root knot nematode in lettuce. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2010, 28: 204-211 15. Taotao Wang, Hanxia Li, Junhong Zhang, Zhibiao Ye. Initiation and development of microspore embryogenesis of recalcitrant purple flowering stalk (Brassica compestris ssp. chinensis var. purpurca Hort.) genotypes. Scientia Horticulturae 2009, 121: 419-424 16. Taotao Wang, Hanxia Li, Yongen Lu, Zhibiao Ye. Identification and Diverse Distribution of S Haplotypes in Brassica Vegetables. Scientia Horticulturae 2007, 112: 271-277

Additional Information

Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, MoE, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China