Biography:
Dr. Song studied Molecular Genetics and Plant Pathology at the Institute of Genetics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China (Prof. Lihuang Zhu lab) and at the University of California-Davis, USA (Prof. Pamela Ronald lab) in early 1990s and received his Ph.D. degree in 1994 at the Institute of Genetics, Academia Sinica. After four years postdoctoral fellowship supervised by Dr. Pamela Ronald at the University of California- Davis, Dr. Song joined the faculty of the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida in 1999. He has published 39 research articles in various scientific journals. According to Google Scholar, his publications have been cited over 7,000 times by researchers all over the world.
Title : Rhomboid-mediated cleavage of the immune receptor xa21 protects grain set and male fertility in rice