Principal Investigator
Researcher
Email:wangpeng@sippe.ac.cn
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Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Biology

2018 – present  Principle Investigator CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences   

2008 – 2018  Postdoctoral researcher Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford  

2007 – 2008  Royal Society China Fellowship Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford  

2001 – 2006  DPhil in Botany Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences  

1999 – 2001  Research assistant Institute of Millet Crops, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences   

1995 – 1999  BSc in Biotechnology Department of Life Science, Hebei University 

Our research aims to understand the regulated formation of photosynthetic machinery，and how does it adapt to support efficient CO₂ concentrating mechanisms. We take plant C₄ photosynthesis pathway and cynobacteria CO₂ concentrating mechanisms as representative highly efficient CO₂ assimilation strategies, to perform multi-level studies across photosynthesis, development, environmental adaptation, regulatory networks, to answer questions about how formation of structures and regulation of metabolisms are co-ordinated for efficient photosynthesis. 

Targeting the programmed construction of venue for metabolism--specific leaf and cell structures (including identity decision, cellular layout, functional specialization of chloroplasts and mitochondria, etc.), the lab combines molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, plant physiology, as well as advanced genetic engineering and system biology approaches, to explore frontiers of developmental photosynthesis, and investigate integrated regulation among transcription factors, phytohormones, environmental responses, and the photosynthesis. 

Our research focuses to understand and provide knowledge/ideas to support engineering turbo-charged photosynthesis for future crop improvement. The theme is composed of:   

1. Development of C₄ leaf anatomy and dimorphic chloroplasts; 

2. Interactive regulation of CO₂ concentrating mechanisms and formation of photosynthetic machinery; 

3. Coordination of environmental and genetic regulation of photosynthesis.