Work experience

2022.08-Present Researcher Professor, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University

2020.10-2022.03 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany

Study experience

2016.10-2020.10 Ph.D., Institute of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany

2015.10-2016.10 Ph.D., Institute of Biology, University of Munich, Germany

2013.01-2015.07 Master, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (joint training)

2012.09-2015.07 Master, College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University

2008.09-2012.07 Bachelor, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University

1. Legume-rhizobium symbiosis molecular mechanisms

2. Crosstalk between symbiotic and immune responses in plant-microbe interactions

[1] Jingyi Zhang^#, Heng Sun^#, Feng Feng*, Pengbo Liang*. Chitinase-assisted winner: nematodes antagonize symbiotic microbes. Trends in Microbiology. 2024

[2] Lijin Qiao^#, Takuya Suzaki*, Pengbo Liang*. Zinc sensing in nodules regulates symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Nature Plants. 2024

[3] Lijin Qiao^#, Jieshun Lin, Takuya Suzaki, Pengbo Liang*. Staying hungry: a roadmap to harnessing central regulators of symbiotic nitrogen fixation under fluctuating nitrogen availability. aBIOTECH. 2023

[4] Pengbo Liang^#, Clara Schmitz, Beatrice Lace, Franck A. Ditengou, Chao Su, Eija Schulze, Julian Knerr, Robert Grosse, Jean Keller, Cyril Libourel, Pierre-Marc Delaux, Thomas Ott*. Formin-mediated bridging of cell wall, plasma membrane, and cytoskeleton in symbiotic infections of Medicago truncatula. Current Biology. 2021

[5] Pengbo Liang^#, Thomas F. Stratil^#, Claudia Popp, Macarena Marín, Jessica Folgmann, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Jiangqi Wen, Thomas Ott*. Symbiotic root infections in Medicago truncatula require remorin-mediated receptor stabilization in membrane nanodomains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A. 2018

[6] Pengbo Liang^#, Beatriz Navarro, Zhixiang Zhang, Hongqing Wang, Meiguang Lu, Hong Xiao, Qingfa Wu, Xueping Zhou, Francesco Di Serio, Shifang Li*. Identification and characterization of a novel geminivirus with monopartite genome infecting apple trees. Journal of General Virology. 2015

[7] Pengbo Liang^#, Zhixiang Zhang, Fei Liu, Meiguang Lu, Shifang Li, Hongqing Wang*. Identification of viral pathogens associated with apple mosaic disease by deep sequencing of small RNAs. Journal of Fruit Science. 2016

[8] Chao Su^#, Marta Rodriguez-Franco, Beatrice Lace, Nils Nebel, Casandra Hernandez-Reyes, Pengbo Liang, Eija Schulze, Evgeny V. Mymrikov, Nikolas M. Gross, Julian Knerr, Hong Wang, Lina Siukstaite, Jean Keller, Cyril Libourel, Alexandra A. M. Fischer, Katharina E. Gabor, Eric Mark, Claudia Popp, Carola Hunte, Wilfried Weber, Petra Wendler, Thomas Stanislas, Pierre-Marc Delaux, Oliver Einsle, Robert Grosse, Winfried Römer, Thomas Ott*. Stabilization of membrane topologies by proteinaceous remorin scaffolds. Nature Communications. 2023

[9] Chao Su^#, Guofeng Zhang, Marta Rodriguez-Franco, Rosula Hinnenberg, Jenny Wietschorke, Pengbo Liang, Wei Yang, Leonard Uhler, Xia Li, Thomas Ott*. Transcellular progression of infection threads in Medicago truncatula roots is associated with locally confined cell wall modifications. Current Biology. 2023

[10] Navarro Beatriz^#, Pengbo Liang, Yuxin Ma, Francesco Di Serio, Shifang Li*. Identificazione di geminivirus in piante arboree mediante sequenziamento ad alta prestazione. Protezione delle Colture. 2016

[11] Lü Qin^#, Yuxin Ma, Pengbo Liang, Zhongyang Tan, Shifang Li*. Differential distributions of mononucleotide repeat sequences in 256 viral genomes and its potential implications. Gene. 2014

[12] Zhe Zhao^#, Yun Yu, Zhixiang Zhang, Pengbo Liang, Yuxin Ma, Shifang Li, Hongqing Wang*. A duplex, SYBR Green I-based RT-qPCR assay for the simultaneous detection of Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus and Cherry green ring mottle virus in peach. Virology Journal. 2013