本课题组研究方向为分子植物-微生物相互作用，在Molecular Plant、PNAS、Plant Journal、Trends in Plant Science、New Phytologist等专业学术期刊发表多篇论文。
以大豆与模式植物拟南芥为研究对象，重点关注如下研究内容：
1. 植物免疫与生长发育平衡调控机制；
2. 植物免疫激素水杨酸合成调控机制；
3. 大豆广谱抗病遗传改良与分子设计。
欢迎对植物分子生物学与细胞生物学感兴趣的同学报考本课题组研究生。
研究生招生方向：
植物学：(全日制)植物逆境生理与分子生物学；(全日制)植物免疫分子生物
代表性论文论著（#共同第一作者；*通讯作者）：
Zilu Zhang#, Qi Wang#, Haiqiao Yan#, Xiaoyan Cang#, Wei Li, Jinyu He, Meixiang Zhang, Laiqing Lou, Ran Wang*, Ming Chang* (2024) Lighting-up wars: stories of Ca2+ signaling in plant immunity. New Crops (accepted)
Qi Wang#, Xiaoyan Cang#, Haiqiao Yan#, Zilu Zhang#, Wei Li, Jinyu He, Meixiang Zhang, Laiqing Lou, Ran Wang*, Ming Chang* (2024) Activating plant immunity: the hidden dance of intracellular Ca2+ stores. New Phytologist doi:10.1111/nph.19717
Wei Li#, Jinyu He#, Xiuzhuo Wang, Matthew Ashline, Zirui Wu, Fengquan Liu*, Zheng Qing Fu*, Ming Chang* (2023) PBS3: a versatile player in and beyond salicylic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 237 (2), 414-422
Ming Chang, Huan Chen, Fengquan Liu*, Zheng Qing Fu* (2022) PTI and ETI: convergent pathways with diverse elicitors. Trends in Plant Science 27 (2), 113-115
Ming Chang, Michael Clinton, Fengquan Liu*, Zheng Qing Fu* (2019) NAD+ cleavage: TIR domain-containing resistance proteins in action. Trends in Plant Science 24 (12), 1069-1072
Yuxiang Jiang#, Ming Chang#, Yaxian Lan#, Shanjin Huang* (2019) Mechanism of CAP1-mediated apical actin polymerization in pollen tubes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (24), 12084-12093
Ming Chang, Jinping Zhao, Huan Chen, Guangyong Li, Jian Chen, Min Li, Ian A. Palmer, Junqi Song, James R. Alfano, Fengquan Liu*, Zheng Qing Fu* (2019) PBS3 protects EDS1 from proteasome-mediated degradation in plant immunity. Molecular Plant 12 (5), 678-688
Guang Qi#, Jian Chen#, Ming Chang#, Huan Chen, Katherine Hall, John Korin, Fengquan Liu*, Daowen Wang*, Zheng Qing Fu* (2018) Pandemonium breaks out: disruption of salicylic acid-mediated defense by plant pathogens. Molecular Plant 11 (12), 1427-1439
Ming Chang#*, Zhankun Li#, Shanjin Huang* (2017) Monomeric G-actin is uniformly distributed in pollen tubes and is rapidly redistributed via cytoplasmic streaming during pollen tube growth. Plant Journal 92 (3), 509-519
Ming Chang, Shanjin Huang* (2015) Arabidopsis ACT11 modifies actin turnover to promote pollen germination and maintain the normal rate of tube growth. Plant Journal 83 (3), 515-5276
主持项目：
1. 威尼斯144777cm高层次人才引进启动基金。
2. 新型植物免疫复合体PBS3-EDS1促进植物抗病性机制研究，项目负责人，国家自然科学基金（31701863），2018-2020。
3. A pathogen type III effector targets a key protein complex in plant immunity to cause disease，项目负责人，The University of South Carolina Office of Research（ASPIRE-I TrackIIB, 13010E244），2017-2018。
