The plant immune system safeguards plant health. I completed my doctoral research at the ZMBP in Tübingen university in Germany, investigating immune recognition and signaling mechanisms on plant cell surfaces. Currently, as an ERC-funded postdoctoral researcher, I focus on the interplay between cell surface and intracellular immunity in Solanaceae.

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Key publications

• Yang, Y., Steidele, C.E., Rössner, C., Löffelhardt, B., Kolb, D., Leisen, T.,...Felix, G., Nürnberger, T., Hückelhoven, R., Gust, A.A. (2023) Convergent evolution of plant pattern recognition receptors sensing cysteine-rich patterns from three microbial kingdoms. Nat Commun. 14, 3621.
• Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, B., Yang, X., Dong, Y., and Qiu, D. (2018) A Verticillium dahliae Pectate Lyase Induces Plant Immune Responses and Contributes to Virulence. Front. Plant Sci. 9, 1271
• Yang, Y., Yang, X., Dong, Y., and Qiu, D. (2018) The Botrytis cinerea Xylanase BcXyl1 Modulates Plant Immunity. Front. Microbiol. 9, 2535