Jizong Wang Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
2007 – 2011 B.S., College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China
2011 – 2016 Ph.D., School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
2016 – 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
2020 – 2025 Assistant Professor, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University
2025 – Present Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
2025 – Present Principal Investigator, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
● Research interest：
Light serves as both the primary energy source for photosynthesis and a critical environmental signal that regulates the entire plant life cycle. My laboratory focuses on the cutting-edge fields of light perception, signal transduction, and energy utilization in plants. By integrating multidisciplinary approaches, including biochemistry, structural biology, and genetics, we are dedicated to two key research areas:
Red/far-red light signal transduction in plants;
Biosynthesis of photosynthetic pigments.
● Selected publications：
1. Chi C#, Wang ZD#, Wang RH, Wang JZ*. (2025). Production of plant phytochromes by combining insect cells and bacterial expression systems. Methods Mol. Biol. 2970:69-80.
2. Wang ZD#, Wang WF#, Zhao DD#, Song YP#, Lin XL#, Shen M, Chi C, Xu B, Zhao J, Deng XW*, Wang JZ*. (2024). Light-induced remodeling of phytochrome B enables signal transduction by phytochrome-interacting factor. Cell 187:6235-6250.
3. Zhang YX#, Lin XL#, Ma CY#, Zhao J#, Shang XJ, Wang ZD, Xu B, Gao N, Deng XW*, Wang JZ*. (2023). Structural insights into plant phytochromes A as a highly sensitized photoreceptor. Cell Res. 33:806-809.
4. Wang JZ*, Song W*, Chai JJ*. (2022). Structure, biochemical function, and signaling mechanism of plant NLRs. Mol. Plant 16:75-95.
5. Wang JZ#, Hu MJ#, Wang J#, Qi JF, Han ZF, Wang GX, Qi YJ, Wang HW*, Zhou JM*, Chai JJ*. (2019). Reconstitution and structure of a plant NLR resistosome conferring immunity. Science 364:eaav5870.
6. Wang JZ#, Wang J#, Hu MJ#, Wu S, Qi JF, Wang GX, Han ZF, Qi YJ, Gao N, Wang HW*, Zhou JM*, Chai JJ*. (2019). Ligand-triggered allosteric ADP release primes a plant NLR complex. Science 364:eaav5868.
7. Wang JZ#, Li HJ#, Han ZF, Zhang HQ, Wang T, Lin GZ, Chang JB, Yang WC*, Chai JJ*. (2015). Allosteric receptor activation by the plant peptide hormone phytosulfokine. Nature 525:265-268.
● Contact information：
Address: A-215, Bio-Medical Building, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
E-mail: wangjizong@tsinghua.edu.cn
