Education
Doctor, China Agricultural University, China; Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, USA (2012)
Research focus
Xiaoqing is a biotechnology graduate from Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University and holds a Ph.D. in Resources and Environment Biotechnology from China Agricultural University. Her research at the Carnegie Institution for Science was conducted as part of a joint Ph.D. program, and she continued her work there as a Postdoctoral Associate.
Her research has been focused on plant biology, particularly on the molecular mechanisms involved in plant stress responses and nutrient transport. During her Ph.D. studies, she dedicated her efforts to elucidating the molecular processes of phloem transport in Arabidopsis thaliana, mediated by the sucrose transporter family AtSWEETs. Furthering her research in her postdoctoral role, she delved into the protein interaction networks of Arabidopsis and identified the functions of sugar exporters.
In 2016, Xiaoqing joined the Bio-protocol team, first as an Executive Editor and then as the Director of Scientific Affairs.
Publications
- Eom, J. S., Chen, L. Q., Sosso, D., Julius, B. T., Lin, I. W., Qu, X. Q., Braun, D. M. and Frommer, W. B. (2015). SWEETs, transporters for intracellular and intercellular sugar translocation. Curr Opin Plant Biol 25: 53-62.
- Chen, L. Q., Lin, I. W., Qu, X. Q., Sosso, D., McFarlane, H. E., Londono, A., Samuels, A. L. and Frommer, W. B. (2015). A cascade of sequentially expressed sucrose transporters in the seed coat and endosperm provides nutrition for the Arabidopsis embryo. Plant Cell 27(3): 607-619.
- Lin, I. W., Sosso, D., Chen, L. Q., Gase, K., Kim, S. G., Kessler, D., Klinkenberg, P. M., Gorder, M. K., Hou, B. H., Qu, X. Q., Carter, C. J., Baldwin, I. T. and Frommer, W. B. (2014). Nectar secretion requires sucrose phosphate synthases and the sugar transporter SWEET9. Nature 508(7497): 546-549.
- Chen, L. Q.*, Qu, X. Q.*, Hou, B. H., Sosso, D., Osorio, S., Fernie, A. R. and Frommer, W. B. (2012). Sucrose efflux mediated by SWEET proteins as a key step for phloem transport. Science 335(6065): 207-211. (*Co-first author)
- Hou, B. H., Takanaga, H., Grossmann, G., Chen, L. Q., Qu, X. Q., Jones, A. M., Lalonde, S., Schweissgut, O., Wiechert, W. and Frommer, W. B. (2011). Optical sensors for monitoring dynamic changes of intracellular metabolite levels in mammalian cells. Nat Protoc 6(11): 1818-1833.
- Chen, L. Q., Hou, B. H., Lalonde, S., Takanaga, H., Hartung, M. L., Qu, X. Q., Guo, W. J., Kim, J. G., Underwood, W., Chaudhuri, B., Chermak, D., Antony, G., White, F. F., Somerville, S. C., Mudgett, M. B. and Frommer, W. B. (2010). Sugar transporters for intercellular exchange and nutrition of pathogens. Nature 468(7323): 527-532.