Lecturer
Educational Background:
l 2018/10-2023/10, Postdoc, Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University；
l 2014/09-2018/06, Ph. D. in Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.
l 2011/09-2014/06, Master's degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.
l 2007/09-2011/06, Bachelor's degree in Biological Science (Base Class), College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Study Abroad Experience：
2016/03-2018/03, Jointly trained PhD program sponsored by the China Scholarship Council, Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA.
Research Focus:Research on the pathogenic mechanism of plant pathogenic fungi
Selected Publications:
(1) Ahai Chen, Yifan Zhou, Chao Liu, Xingmin Han, Yiyi Ren, Xingxing Shen, WonBo Shim, Yunrong Chai, Zhonghua Ma, Yun Chen*. (2024) Profiling of deubiquitinases that control virulence in the pathogenic plant fungus Fusarium graminearum. New Phytologist. 242(1):192-210.
(2) Ahai Chen, Yifan Zhou, Yiyi Ren, Chao Liu, Xingmin Han, Jing Wang, Zhonghua Ma, Yun Chen*. (2023) Ubiquitination of acetyltransferase Gcn5 contributes to fungal virulence in Fusarium graminearum. mBio. 14(4):e0149923.
(3) Ahai Chen, Na Liu, Chenghui Xu, Siqi Wu, Chao Liu, Hao Qi, Yiyi Ren, Xingmin Han, Kunlong Yang, Xiao Liu, Zhonghua Ma, Yun Chen*. (2023) The STRIPAK complex orchestrates cell wall integrity signalling to govern the fungal development and virulence of Fusarium graminearum. Molecular Plant Pathology. 24(9):1139-1153 （Cover article）
(4) Ahai Chen, Zhenzhen Ju, Jinli Wang, Jing Wang, Hongkai Wang, Jiayu Wu, Yanni Yin, Youfu Zhao, Zhonghua Ma,Yun Chen*. (2020) The RasGEF FgCdc25 regulates fungal development and virulence in Fusarium graminearum via cAMP and MAPK signaling pathways. Environmental Microbiology. 22(12): 5109-5124
(5) Xiao Liu#, Ahai Chen#, Angélica Caicedo-Casso, Guofei Cui, Mingjian Du, Qun He, Sookkyung Lim, Hang J. Kim, Christian I. Hong, Yi Liu*. (2019) FRQ-CK1 interaction determines the period of circadian rhythms in Neurospora. Nature Communications. 10:4352.
Research Projects:
1.Host the National Natural Science Foundation of Youth Science Fund Project: Exploring the regulatory mechanisms of FgUbp15 in virulence in Fusarium graminearum (Project number:32001855), 2021-2023;
2.Host the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: Exploring the regulatory mechanisms of
FgCdc25 in DON synthesis and virulence in Fusarium graminearum via cAMP and MAPK
signaling pathways (Project number: 2020M671737), 2020;
Email: chenahai0717@126.com