Cellular and molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions

2011-Present, Professor, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007 -2012, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis
2002-2006, Ph. D, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000-2002, Lecturer, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University
1997-2000, M.S., College of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University
1993-1997, B.S., College of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University

1.Ren Jing#, Wang Qi#, Zhang Xiaxia, Cao Yongheng, Wu Jingxia, Tian Juan, Yu Yanjun, Gong Qingqiu, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2025) Control of Rhizobia Endosymbiosis by Coupling ER Expansion with Enhanced UPR. Advanced Science, 12(15): e2414519.
2.Zhang Xiaxia#, Wu Jingxia#, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2024). Cellular basis of the legume-rhizobium symbiosis, Plant Communications, 5(11):101045.
3.Lu Liang#, Liu Ning#, Fan Zihui, Liu Minghao, Zhang Xiaxia, Tian Juan, Yu Yanjun, Lin Honghui*, Huang Ying*, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2024). A novel PGPR strain, Streptomyces lasalocidi JCM 3373T, alleviates salt stress and shapes root architecture in soybean by secreting indole-3-carboxaldehyde. Plant Cell & Environment, 47(6):1941-1956.
4.Li Jiaqi#, Tian Juan#*, Cao Huan, Pu Mengli, Zhang Xiaxia, Yu Yanjun, Wang Zhi, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2023). VdMKK1-mediated cell wall integrity is essential for virulence in vascular wilt pathogen Verticillium dahlia. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 50(8): 620-623.
5.Wang Jie#, Wang Guangda#, Liu Weiwei#, Yang Huanhuan, Wang Chaofeng, Chen Weiyue, Zhang Xiaxia, Tian Juan, Yu Yanjun, Li Jia, Xue Yongbiao, Zhaosheng Kong*. (2023) Brassinosteroid signals cooperate with katanin-mediated microtubule severing to control stamen filament elongation. EMBO Journal. 42(4): e111883.
6. Tian Juan#, Pu Mengli#, Chen Bin, Wang Guangda, Li Chunli, Zhang Xiaxia, Yu Yanjun, Wang Zhi, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2022). Verticillium dahliae Asp1 regulates the transition from vegetative growth to asexual reproduction by modulating microtubule dynamic organization. Environmental Microbiology, 25(3):738-750.
7. Zhang Xiaxia, Wang Qi, Wu Jingxia, Qi Meifang, Zhang Chen, Huang Yige, Wang Guangda, Wang Huan, Tian Juan, Yu Yanjun, Chen Dasong, Li Youguo, Wang Dong, Zhang Yijing, Xue Yongbiao, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2022) A legume kinesin controls vacuole morphogenesis for rhizobia endosymbiosis. Nature Plants, 8(11):1275-1288.
8.Tian Juan,  Kong Zhaosheng*. (2022). Live-cell imaging elaborating epidermal invasion and vascular proliferation/colonization strategy of Verticillium dahliae in host plants. Molecular Plant Pathology, 23(6), 895-900.
9. Wang Huan, Chen Bing, Tian Juan, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2020). Verticillium dahliae VdBre1 is required for cotton infection by modulating lipid metabolism and secondary metabolites. Environmental Microbiology, 6:1991-2003.
10. Wang Qi, Huang Yige, Ren Zhijie, Zhang Xiaxia, Ren Jing, Su Jiaqi, Zhang Chen, Tian Juan, Yu Yanjun, Gao George Fu, Li Legong, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2020). Transfer cells mediate nitrate uptake to control root nodule symbiosis. Nature Plants, 6(7): 800-808.
11.Zhang Chen#, Qi Meifang#, Zhang Xiaxia, Wang Qi, Yu Yanjun, Zhang Yijing*, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2020). Rhizobial infection triggers systemic transport of endogenous RNAs between shoots and roots in soybean. Science China-Life Sciences, 63: 1213-1216.
12. Yu Yanjun#, Wu Shenjie#, Nowak Jacqueline#, Wang Guangda, Han Libo, Feng Zhidi, Mendrinna Amelie, Ma Yinping, Wang Huan, Zhang Xiaxia, Tian Juan, Dong Li, Nikoloski Zoran, Persson Staffan*, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2019). Live-cell imaging of the cytoskeleton in elongating cotton fibres. Nature Plants, 5:498-504.
13.Tian Juan, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2019). The role of the augmin complex in establishing microtubule arrays. Journal of Experimental Botany, 70:3035-3041
14. Liu Weiwei#, Wang Chaofeng#, Wang Guangda, Ma Yinping, Tian Juan, Yu Yanjun, Dong Li, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2018). Towards a better recording of microtubule cytoskeletal spatial organization and dynamics in plant cells. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 61:388-393.
15. Zhang Xiaxia#, Han Libo#, Wang Qi, Zhang Chen, Yu Yanjun, Tian Juan, and Kong Zhaosheng*. (2019). The host actin cytoskeleton channels rhizobia release and facilitates symbiosome accommodation during nodulation in Medicago truncatula. New Phytologist, 211: 1049-1059.
16. Wang Guangda, Wang Chaofeng, Liu Weiwei, Ma Yinping, Dong Li, Tian Juan, Yu Yanjun, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2018). Augmin antagonizes katanin at microtubule crossovers to control the dynamic organization of plant cortical arrays. Current Biology, 28: 1311-1317.
17.Feng Zhidi, Tian Juan, Han Libo, Geng Yuan, Sun Jie *, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2018). The Myosin5-mediated actomyosin motility system is required for Verticillium pathogenesis of cotton. Environmental Microbiology, 20:1607-1621.
18. Wang Chaofeng#, Liu Weiwei#, Wang Guangda#, Li Jun, Dong Li, Han Libo, Wang Qi, Tian Juan, Yu Yanjun, Gao Caixia, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2017). KTN80 confers precision to microtubule severing by specific targeting of katanin complexes in plant cells. EMBO Journal, 36: 3435-3447.
19. Kong Zhaosheng, Ioki Motohide, Braybrook Siobhan, Li Shundai, Ye Zheng-Hua, Lee Yuh-Ru Julie, Hotta Takashi, Chang Anny, Tian Juan, Wang Guangda, Liu Bo *. (2015). Kinesin-4 Functions in Vesicular Transport on Cortical Microtubules and Regulates Cell Wall Mechanics during Cell Elongation in Plants. Molecular Plant, 7: 1011-1023.  
20.Liu Ting#, Tian Juan#, Wang Guangda#, Yu Yanjun, Wang Chaofeng, Ma Yinping, Zhang Xiaxia, Xia Guixian, Liu Bo, Kong Zhaosheng*. (2014) Augmin Triggers Microtubule-dependent Microtubule Nucleation in Interphase Plant Cells. Current Biology, 24: 2708-2713.