Dr. Yi-Ju Lu
Assistant Professor
E-mail：luyiju@ntu.edu.tw
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Education
Ph. D., Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany (University of Cologne, Germany) and The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
M. S., National Taiwan University, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Taiwan.
B. S., National Taiwan University, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Taiwan.
學歷
博士，德國馬克斯·普朗克 植物育種研究所 (Max Planck Institute for plant breeding research, MPIPZ) / 德國科隆大學 數學與自然科學院 & The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
碩士，國立臺灣大學 植物病理與微生物研究所
學士，國立臺灣大學 植物病理與微生物系
Work experience
2022～ Assistant professor at National Taiwan University
2023～ Assistant Professor (joint appointment), Master Program for Plant Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
2021-2022, Assistant professor at National Chung Hsing University
2021-current Guest Editor for Frontiers in Plant Sciences.
2020-2021, Senior research associate at Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, USA.
2012-2020, Postdoctoral research associate at Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, USA.
2008-2012, Postgraduate student Ph. D. fellowship at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Germany and The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
經歷
2022～ 國立臺灣大學 植物病理與微生物系 助理教授
2022～ 國立臺灣大學 植物醫學碩士學位學程 助理教授(合聘教師)
2021-2022, 國立中興大學 生物化學研究所 助理教授
2021年～迄今 國際期刊編輯委員 (Frontiers in Plant Sciences; Guest Editor)
2020-2021, 美國，密西根州立大學 植物土壤與微生物學系 資深博士後研究員
2012-2020, 美國，密西根州立大學 植物土壤與微生物學系 博士後研究員
2010-2012, 英國，塞恩斯伯里實驗室(The Sainsbury Lab, TSL) Ph. D. fellowship
2008-2010, 德國，馬克斯-普朗克 植物育種研究所(Max Planck Institute for plant breeding research, MPIPZ) Ph. D. fellowship
Publications
Lu, Y. J., Chen, H., Corrion, A., Li, P., Samaradivakara, S., Wai, C. M., Sakamoto, H., Santos, P., VanBuren, R., Kim, Y., Day, B., & Buyuk, I. (2025). Immune signaling and drought tolerance mediated by NDR1-AHA5 regulation of H⁺-ATPase, guard cells, and homeostasis. Plant cell reports, 44(11), 256.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-025-03637-0
Li, P., Kelley, B., Li, Z., Proctor, B., Corrion, A., Xie, X., Sheick, R., Lu, Y. J., Nomoto, M., Wei, C. I., Tada, Y., He, S. Y., Xiao, S., & Day, B. (2025). Actin Depolymerization Factor (ADF) Moonlighting: Nuclear Immune Regulation by Interacting with WRKY Transcription Factors and Shaping the Transcriptome. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025.04.29.651294.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.29.651294
Jolivet, M. D., Deroubaix, A. F., Boudsocq, M., Abel, N. B., Rocher, M., Robbe, T., Wattelet-Boyer, V., Huard, J., Lefebvre, D., Lu, Y. J., Day, B., Saias, G., Ahmed, J., Cotelle, V., Giovinazzo, N., Gallois, J. L., Yamaji, Y., German-Retana, S., Gronnier, J., Ott, T., … Germain, V. (2025). Interdependence of plasma membrane nanoscale dynamics of a kinase and its cognate substrate underlies Arabidopsis response to viral infection. eLife, 12, RP90309.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90309
Su, J., Lu, Y. J., Staal, J., & Ludwików, A. (2022). Editorial: Protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation in plant-microbe interactions. Frontiers in plant science, 13, 1020772.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1020772
Samaradivakara, S. P., Chen, H., Lu, Y. J., Li, P., Kim, Y., Tsuda, K., Mine, A., & Day, B. (2022). Overexpression of NDR1 leads to pathogen resistance at elevated temperatures. The New phytologist, 235(3), 1146–1162.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18190
Lu, Y. J., Li, P., Shimono, M., Corrion, A., Higaki, T., He, S. Y., & Day, B. (2020). Arabidopsis calcium-dependent protein kinase 3 regulates actin cytoskeleton organization and immunity. Nature communications, 11(1), 6234.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20007-4
Li, P., Lu, Y. J., Chen, H., & Day, B. (2020). The Lifecycle of the Plant Immune System. Critical reviews in plant sciences, 39(1), 72–100.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2020.1757829
Zhang, M., Chiang, Y. H., Toruño, T. Y., Lee, D., Ma, M., Liang, X., Lal, N. K., Lemos, M., Lu, Y. J., Ma, S., Liu, J., Day, B., Dinesh-Kumar, S. P., Dehesh, K., Dou, D., Zhou, J. M., & Coaker, G. (2018). The MAP4 Kinase SIK1 Ensures Robust Extracellular ROS Burst and Antibacterial Immunity in Plants. Cell host & microbe, 24(3), 379–391.e5.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.007
Lu, Y. J., & Day, B. (2017). Quantitative Evaluation of Plant Actin Cytoskeletal Organization During Immune Signaling. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1578, 207–221.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6859-6_17
Shimono, M*., Lu, Y-J*., Porter, K., Kvitko, B. H., Henty-Ridilla, J., Creason, A., He, S. Y., Chang, J. H., Staiger, C. J., and Day, B. The Pseudomonas syringae type-III effector HopG1 induces actin remodeling to promote senescence during infection. Plant physiology. 2016. 171: 2239-2255. (*: Equal contribution).
https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.01593
Lu, Y-J*., Schornack, S*., Spallek, T., Geldner, N., Chory, J., Schellmann, S., Schumacher, K., Kamoun, S., and Robatzek, S. Patterns of plant subcellular responses to successful oomycete infections reveal differences in host cell reprogramming and endocytic trafficking. Cell Microbiol. 2012. 14 (5): 682-97. Selected as the Cover image. (*: Equal contribution).
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