CURRICULUM VITAE
XIAORONG TAO
Department of Plant Pathology
Nanjing Agricultural University
No#1 Weigang Road
Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
(Tel) +86-25-84399027 Email: taoxiaorong@njau.edu.cn
Education and Special Training
Ph.D.Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (2004)
B.S.Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (1999)
Postdoctoral FellowOhio Sate University, Columbus (2005-2010)
Professional Positions Held
ProfessorDepartment of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University (2010-present)
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Professor of Jiangsu Province (2015)
The Youth Talent Support Program of China (2014)
The Second Class Prize for National Natural Science Award (2014, rank in 3/5)
Distinguished Young Scientist Funded by NSFC (2012)
Outstanding Young Teacher Funded by Fok Ying Tung Foundation of Chinese Ministry of Education (2011)
Editorial Board Services
Review Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology (2016 – present)
Guest Editor, Virologica Sinica (2015 – present)
Reviewed Manuscripts for Journals
PLoS Pathogens, New Phytologists, Molecular Plant, Molecular Plant Pathology, Molecular Plant Microbe-Interactions, Journal of Virology, Journal of General Virology, Virology, Frontier in Microbiology, Frontier in Plant Science, Virologica Sinica, Journal of Virological Methods, Scientific Report, PLoS One, Plant Disease, Journal of Phytopathology
Conference Organizations
• International Committee Member: the 4th International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions (ICBPI) in Nanjing, China (2015)
• Chair and Organizer: The National Symposium on Plant Virology 2015, May 27-29, Nanjing, China
• Co-Chair and Organizer: Plant Virus Section, the XV National Congress of Plant Pathology, Haikou, China (2015)
• Committee Member: the XVI National Congress of Plant Pathology, Nanjing, China (2016)
Invited Seminars and Conference Lectures
Keynote speaker, the XVI National Congress of Plant Pathology, Nanjing, China
Aug 5-9, 2016
Title: Molecular Basis of the Tospoviruses Pathogenicity.
Keynote speaker, The National Symposium on Plant Virology in 2016, Shihezi, China
Aug 18-20, 2016
Title: Molecular Dissection of the Sw-5b-mediated Broad-spectrum Resistance against Tospoviruses.
Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
Dec 4, 2016
Title: Sw-5b-mediated Broad-spectrum Resistance against Tospoviruses
Southwest University, Chongqing, China
June 5, 2016
Title: Tospovirus infection and Host Defense
The XV National Congress of Plant Pathology, Nanjing, China
Aug 5-9, 2015
Title: Sw-5b-mediated Resistance against Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus
The 4th International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions (ICBPI) in Nanjing, China (2015)
Aug 1-3, 2015
Title: Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane-based Cell-to-Cell Trafficking of a Viral Movement Protein
Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
May 21, 2015
Title: Molecular Basis of Tospovirus Infection in Plant
The National Symposium on Plant Virology in 2014, Fuzhou, China
May 1, 2014
Title: Structure and Function Analysis of Nucleocapsid Protein of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Interacting with RNA Using Homology Modeling
University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, China
Nov 28, 2014
Title: Tospovirus RNPs packaging and intracellular trafficking
10th International Congress on Plant Pathology, Beijing, China
Aug 15, 2013
Title: Nucleocapsid of Tomato Spotted Wilt Tospovirus Forms Mobile Particles That Traffic on An Actin/ER Network Mainly Driven by Myosin XI-K
The 10th National Meeting of Virology, Haerbing, China
Sep 23, 2013
Title: Structure and Function of Viroplasm Protein P9-1 of Rice Black-Streaked Dwarf Virus binding to Single-Stranded RNA
China Agricultural University, Beijing
Nov 13, 2013
Title: Molecular basis of intracellular movement of Tomato Spotted Wilt Tospovirus Nucleocapsid
The National Symposium on Plant Virology 2012, Xiamen, China
July 21, 2012
Title: Molecular Mechanism of Cap Snatching for Rice Stripe Tenuivirus
Publications
1. Lu G, Li J, Zhou Y, Zhou X, Tao X. Model-based structural and functional
characterization of the Rice stripe tenuivirus nucleocapsid protein interacting
with viral genomic RNA. Virology. 2017 Jun;506:73-83.
2. Feng Z, Xue F, Xu M, Chen X, Zhao W, Garcia-Murria MJ, Mingarro I, Liu Y,
Huang Y, Jiang L, Zhu M, Tao X. The ER-Membrane Transport System Is Critical for Intercellular Trafficking of the NSm Movement Protein and Tomato Spotted Wilt Tospovirus. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Feb 10;12(2):e1005443.
3. Chen X, Zhu M, Jiang L, Zhao W, Li J, Wu J, Li C, Bai B, Lu G, Chen H, Moffett P, Tao X. A multilayered regulatory mechanism for the autoinhibition and activation of a plant CC-NB-LRR resistance protein with an extra N-terminal
domain. New Phytol. 2016 212(1):161-75.
4. Zhao W, Jiang L, Feng Z, Chen X, Huang Y, Xue F, Huang C, Liu Y, Li F, Liu Y, Tao X. Plasmodesmata targeting and intercellular trafficking of Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus movement protein NSm is independent of its function in HR induction. J Gen Virol. 2016 Aug;97(8):1990-7.
5. Jiang L, Huang Y, Sun L, Wang B, Zhu M, Li J, Huang C, Liu Y, Li F, Liu Y, Dong J, Zhang Z, Tao X. Occurrence and diversity of Tomato spotted wilt virus isolates breaking the Tsw resistance gene of Capsicum chinense in Yunnan, southwest China. Plant Pathol. 2016. Published Online.
6. Wan G, Jiang S, Wang W, Li G, Tao X, Pan W, Sword GA, Chen F. Rice stripe
virus counters reduced fecundity in its insect vector by modifying insect
physiology, primary endosymbionts and feeding behavior. Sci Rep. 2015 Jul 27;5:12527. PMC4648468.
7. Li J, Feng Z, Wu J, Huang Y, Lu G, Zhu M, Wang B, Mao X, Tao X. Structure and function analysis of nucleocapsid protein of tomato spotted wilt virus interacting with RNA using homology modeling. J Biol Chem. 2015 Feb 13;290(7):3950-61.
8. Wang Q, Liu Y, He J, Zheng X, Hu J, Liu Y, Dai H, Zhang Y, Wang B, Wu W, Gao H, Zhang Y, Tao X, Deng H, Yuan D, Jiang L, Zhang X, Guo X, Cheng X, Wu C, Wang H, Yuan L, Wan J. STV11 encodes a sulphotransferase and confers durable resistance to rice stripe virus. Nat Commun. 2014 Sep 9;5:4768.
9. Shen Y, Zhao X, Yao M, Li C, Miriam K, Zhang X, Tao X. A versatile complementation assay for cell-to-cell and long distance movements by cucumber mosaic virus based agro-infiltration. Virus Res. 2014 Sep 22;190:25-33.
10. Yao M, Liu X, Li S, Xu Y, Zhou Y, Zhou X, Tao X. Rice stripe tenuivirus NSvc2 glycoproteins targeted to the golgi body by the N-terminal transmembrane domain and adjacent cytosolic 24 amino acids via the COP I- and COP II-dependent secretion pathway. J Virol. 2014 Mar;88(6):3223-34.
11. Wu J, Li J, Mao X, Wang W, Cheng Z, Zhou Y, Zhou X, Tao X. Viroplasm protein P9-1 of Rice black-streaked dwarf virus preferentially binds to single-stranded RNA in its octamer form, and the central interior structure formed by this octamer constitutes the major RNA binding site. J Virol. 2013 Dec;87(23):12885-99. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02264-13.
12. Feng Z, Chen X, Bao Y, Dong J, Zhang Z, Tao X. Nucleocapsid of Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus forms mobile particles that traffic on an actin/endoplasmic
reticulum network driven by myosin XI-K. New Phytol. 2013 Dec;200(4):1212-24.
13. Egriboz O, Goswami S, Tao X, Dotts K, Schaeffer C, Pilauri V, Hopper JE. Self-association of the Gal4 inhibitor protein Gal80 is impaired by Gal3: evidence for a new mechanism in the GAL gene switch. Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Sep;33(18):3667-74.
14. Hu Z, Zhang T, Yao M, Feng Z, Miriam K, Wu J, Zhou X, Tao X. The 2a protein of Cucumber mosaic virus induces a hypersensitive response in cowpea
independently of its replicase activity. Virus Res. 2012 Dec;170(1-2):169-73.
15. Yao M, Zhang T, Zhou T, Zhou Y, Zhou X, Tao X. Repetitive prime-and-realign mechanism converts short capped RNA leaders into longer ones that may be more suitable for elongation during rice stripe virus transcription initiation. J Gen Virol. 2012 Jan;93(Pt 1):194-202.
16. Hellman LM, Zhao C, Melikishvili M, Tao X, Hopper JE, Whiteheart SW, Fried MG. Histidine-tag-directed chromophores for tracer analyses in the analytical ultracentrifuge. Methods. 2011 May;54(1):31-8.
17. Diep CQ, Tao X, Pilauri V, Losiewicz M, Blank TE, Hopper JE. Genetic evidence for sites of interaction between the Gal3 and Gal80 proteins of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL gene switch. Genetics. 2008 Feb;178(2):725-36.
18. Tao X, Zhou X. Pathogenicity of a naturally occurring recombinant DNA
satellite associated with tomato yellow leaf curl China virus. J Gen Virol. 2008
Jan;89(Pt 1):306-11.
19. Zhong X*, Tao X*, Stombaugh J, Leontis N, Ding B. Tertiary structure and
function of an RNA motif required for plant vascular entry to initiate systemic
trafficking. EMBO J. 2007 Aug 22;26(16):3836-46. (* two authors contributed equally)
20. Cui X*, Tao X*, Xie Y, Fauquet CM, Zhou X. A DNAbeta associated with Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus is required for symptom induction. J Virol. 2004 Dec;78(24):13966-74. (* two authors contributed equally)
21. Tao X, Zhou X. A modified viral satellite DNA that suppresses gene expression in plants. Plant J. 2004 Jun;38(5):850-60.
22: Tao X, Zhou X, Li G, Yu J. Two amino acids on 2a polymerase of Cucumber
mosaic virus co-determine hypersensitive response on legumes. Sci China C Life
Sci. 2003 Feb;46(1):40-8. doi: 10.1007/BF03182683. PubMed PMID: 20213360.
23. Zhou X, Xie Y, Tao X, Zhang Z, Li Z, Fauquet CM. Characterization of DNAbeta associated with begomoviruses in China and evidence for co-evolution with theircognate viral DNA-A. J Gen Virol. 2003 Jan;84(Pt 1):237-47.
Book Chapter
Tao X , Zhou X, Li J. Research Advances in Negative-Strand Plant RNA Viruses. Current Research Topics in Plant Virology. 2016. pp 271-294
