Benke Kuai

Biography

Male, Ph.D., professor of Life Science at Fudan University, doctoral tutor in biochemistry and molecular biology. Bachelor of Botany, Master of Genetics and Breeding, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ph.D. in Bioengineering, University of Wales, UK; postdoctoral fellow of BBSRC-IGER, visiting professor of Duke University. Chinese Society for Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology Maturity and Aging Professional Committee, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Vice Chairman; Shanghai "Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding" and "Key Laboratory of Breeding and Application of Energy Crops" Academic Committee. He has been appointed as the chief expert of "major genetically engineered crops safety research" project of major research project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission and expert in foresight in technology development in key areas of science and technology in Shanghai (three terms); won the title of Outstanding Young Teacher and Shuguang Scholar in Shanghai.

Research Interest

Camping lifestyles is facing many challenges to survival, such as the depletion of mineral nutrients in the rhizosphere, the invasion of pests and diseases and the stress of adverse factors. Plants therefore evolved a diversity of coping strategies, the extreme form of the aging of the local organs of apoptosis, and thus achieve the intensive use of limited resources in order to preserve the development and reproduction of individuals. The research interests in this lab include 1) the regulatory mechanism of aging and maturation of green organs, 2) the synergistic regulatory mechanism of the aging and plant development of green organs and their adaptation, and 3) the regulation of leaf senescence associated with crop yield and quality traits 4) strategies and techniques for the safe use of plant functional genes.