个人简历

2017-present CEPAMS, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, CAS, Principal Investigator, Shanghai, China
2010-2017 John Innes Centre, Group leader, Norwich, UK
2006-2009 The Noble Institute, Oklahoma, USA，Postdoc
2003-2006 SCPFRC, London, Canada, Postdoc
1998-2003 PhD University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
1993-1997 MSc University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
1989-1993 BSc Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

研究领域

Our research seeks to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying symbiotic infection of plants by beneficial microbes. To do this we are studying the processes underlying infection of plant roots by rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhiza. Rhizobia are N-fixing bacteria that colonize the roots of plants to form an endosymbiosis with legumes in which fixed N is provided to the host plant in specialized organs called nodules. This symbiosis, called nodulation, has evolved from a more ancient interaction that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form with most land plants. In order to understand how these microbes are accommodated by the host plant we will identify host components required for the colonization of plant roots and the formation of intracellular infection structures.

近期论文

Liu CW#, Breakspear A, Stacey N, Findlay K, Nakashima J, Ramakrishnan K, Liu MX, Xie F, Endre G, Niebel FC, Oldroyd GED, Udvardi MK, Fournier J*, Murray JD*. (2019) A protein complex required for polar growth of rhizobial infection threads. Nature Communications. 10:2828; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10029-y
Liu CW#, Breakspear A#, Guan D, Cerri MR, Jackson K, Jiang SY, Robson F, Radhakrishnan GV, Roy S, Bone C, Stacey N, Rogers C, Trick M, Niebel A, Oldroyd GED, Carvalho-Niebel F, Murray JD*. (2019) NIN Acts as a Network Hub Controlling a Growth Module Required for Rhizobial Infection. Plant Physiology. 179:1704-1722; http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/179/4/1704.long
Roy S#, Robson F, Lilley J, Liu CW, Cheng X, Wen J, Walker S, Sun J, Cousins D, Bone C, Bennett MJ, Downie JA, Swarup R, Oldroyd G, Murray JD*. (2017) MtLAX2, a Functional Homologue of the Arabidopsis Auxin Influx Transporter AUX1, Is Required for Nodule Organogenesis. Plant Physiol. 174: 326-338; http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/174/1/326
Murray JD#, Liu CW, Chen Y, Miller AJ*. (2017) Nitrogen sensing in legumes. J Exp Bot. 68(8): 1919-1926; (Review) https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/68/8/1919/2645554
Liu CW#, Breakspear A, Roy S, Murray JD*. (2015) Cytokinin responses counterpoint auxin signaling during rhizobial infection. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 10(6): e1019982; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623047/
Liu CW#, Murray JD* (2016) The Role of Flavonoids in Nodulation Host-Range Specificity: An Update. Plants (Basel). 5(3): 33; (Review) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039741/
Chen DS#, Liu CW, Roy S, Cousins D, Stacey N, Murray JD*. (2015) Identification of a core set of rhizobial infection genes using data from single cell-types. Front Plant Sci. 6: 575; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517396/
Breakspear A, Liu C, Roy S, Stacey N, Rogers C, Trick M, Morieri G, Mysore KS, Wen J, Oldroyd GED, Downie JA, Murray JD*. (2014) The root hair ‘Infectome’ of Medicago truncatula uncovers changes in cell cycle genes and reveals a requirement for auxin signalling in rhizobial infection. Plant Cell. 26:4680-701; http://www.plantcell.org/content/plantcell/early/2014/12/19/tpc.114.133496.full.pdf