Jiaxun Feng, Professor, Ph.D., doctoral supervisor, and postdoctoral cooperative supervisor, Vice President of Guangxi University

Contact

Email:fengshi@gxu.edu.cn

Personal Profile

Jiaxun Feng, male, born in April 1966, Ph.D.,iscurrentlyProfessor in biology,Vice President of Guangxi University,andDeputy Director of the State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources at Guangxi University.

He received PhD in microbiology from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China in 1997. He was a visiting PhD student at John Innes Centre, Norwich, U.K. in 1994-1995 and at Mie University, Tsu, Japan in 1996.

Heenjoys special government allowances from the State Council. He is one of the first batch of "Bagui Scholars" in Guangxi, a recipient of the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program, and the leader of an innovative research team supported by the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation. Healsoserves as a Vice Chairman of the Local University Education Research Branch of the ChinaAssociation ofHigher Education, and Honorary Chairman of the Guangxi Society for Microbiology.

Teaching and Research Achievements

Teaching Courses: "Advances in Biology" for doctoral students

Research Achievements: Currently, his main research focuses on the development and utilization of microbial resources for biomass conversion and their genetic resources. He has led 12 national projects and 5 provincial projects.He has co-authored 98 peer- reviewed papers and 3 invited review articles in SCI journals, and obtained 20 authorized Chinese invention patents(ranked 1st), 4 of which have been transferred. He has received awards including the first prize of Guangxi Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked third), the first prize of Guangxi Natural Science Award (ranked sixth), and the sixth "China Youth Science and Technology Award".Healsowon 3 first-class prizes of Guangxi teaching achievement awards in higher education.

Main Research Projects

1.National Natural Science Foundation of China,KeyProjectof Regional Innovation and Development Joint Foundation, U21A20178, Mechanisms ofTranslational andTranscriptionalRegulation onBiosynthesis ofBiomass-degradingEnzymes inPenicillum oxalicum,2022-01 to 2025-12, Principal Investigator

2.National Natural Science Foundation of China, Regional Project, 32060141, Molecular Mechanism of the New Regulatory GenePOX01907ofPenicillium oxalicumin Regulating the Expression of Amylase Genes for Starch Saccharification, 2021-01 to 2024-12, Principal Investigator

3.National Natural Science Foundation of China, Regional Project, 31760023, Functional Identification of a Novel Key Regulatory GenePOX01167for Cellulase Genes inPenicillium oxalicum, 2018-01 to 2021-12, Principal Investigator

Research Directions

Microbial resources and their utilization, Microbial biotechnology, Fungalfunctional genomics and regulation of gene expression

Representative Papers

Published SCI-indexed papers: #Equal contribution, *Corresponding author

1. Zhao S^#*, Mo LX^#, Li WT^#, Jiang LL, Meng YY, Ou JF, Liao LS, Yan YS, Luo XM,Feng JX*. 2023. Arginine methyltransferases PRMT2 and PRMT3 are essential for biosynthesis of plant polysaccharide-degrading enzymes inPenicillium oxalicum.PLoS Genet19:e1010867.

2. Ning YN, Tian D, Tan ML, Luo XM, Zhao S*,Feng JX*. 2023. Regulation of fungal raw-starch-degrading enzyme production depends on transcription factor phosphorylation and recruitment of the Mediator complex.Commu Biol6(1):1032.

3. Zhao S^#, Mai RM, Zhang T, Feng XZ, Li WT, Wang WX, Luo XM,Feng JX*. 2022. Simultaneous manipulation of transcriptional regulator CxrC and translational elongation factor eEF1A enhances the production of plant-biomass-degrading enzymes ofPenicillium oxalicum.Bioresource Technol337:125366.

4. Lin YY^#, Zhao S^#, Lin X, Zhang T, Li CX, Luo XM,Feng JX*. 2021. Improvement of cellulase and xylanase production inPenicillium oxalicumunder solid-state fermentation by flippase recombination enzyme/recognition target-mediated genetic engineering of transcription repressors.Bioresource Technol337: 125366.

5. Zhang T, Mai RM, Fang QQ, Ou JF, Mo LX, Tian D, Li CX, Gu LS, Luo XM,Feng JX*, Zhao S*. 2021. Regulatory function of the novel transcription factor CxrC inPenicillium oxalicum.Mol Microbiol116: 1512-1532.

6. Li CX^#, Liao LS^#, Wan XD^#, Zhang FF, Zhang T, Luo XM, Zhao S*,Feng JX*. 2021. PoxCbh, a novel CENPB-type HTH domain protein, regulates cellulase and xylanase gene expression inPenicillium oxalicum.Mol Microbiol116: 140-153.

7. Ma B, Ning YN, Li CX, Tian D, Guo H, Pang XM, Luo XM, Zhao S*,Feng JX*. 2021. A mitogen-activated protein kinase PoxMK1 mediates regulation of the production of plant-biomass-degrading enzymes, vegetative growth, and pigment biosynthesis inPenicillium oxalicum.Appl Microbiol Biotechnol105: 661–678

8. Liao LS^#, Li CX^#, Zhang FF^#, Yan YS, Luo XM, Zhao S*,Feng JX*. 2019. How an essential Zn2Cys6 transcription factor PoxCxrA regulates cellulase gene expression in ascomycete fungi?Biotechnol Biofuels12: 105.

9. He QP^#, Zhao S^#*, Wang JX, Li CX, Yan YS, Wang L, Liao LS,Feng JX*. 2019. Transcription factor NsdD regulates the expression of genes involved in plant biomass-degrading enzymes, conidiation, and pigment biosynthesis inPenicillium oxalicum.Appl Environ Microbiol84: e01039-18.

10. Yan YS^#,Zhao S^#*, Liao LS^#, He QP^#, Xiong YR, Wang L, Li CX, Feng JX*. 2017. Transcriptomic profiling and genetic analyses reveal novel key regulators of cellulase and xylanase gene expression inPenicillium oxalicum. Biotechnol Biofuels 10:279