Biography:
Tongda Xu got B.S degree in Peking University in 2003, Ph.D in University of California Riverside in 2010. In 2011, Xu become Young Investigator and setup the lab in TemasekLifescience Laboratory Ltdin Singapore; In 2014, Xu become Principal Investigator in Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology in China Academy of Sciences. Xu’s lab is working on ABP/TMK based auxin sensing complex on plasma membrane, and aimed to investigate the molecular mechanism about how ABP/TMK regulate auxin dependent cell expansion, cell division and cell differentiation. In the meanwhile, his lab is also studying how auxin participates in other signaling pathways such as stress responses.
Title : TMK-mediated transcriptional auxin signaling in regulating plant development