Affiliation: Nanjing Agricultural University

Dr. Xiaolong Shao is an associate professor in the College of Plant Protection, Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Nanjing Agricultural University. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Tianshui Normal University in China in 2013 and received his master’s degree form Northwest University. He then obtained his PhD degree from Nankai University and Post-Doc training from the City University of Hong Kong, where he studied mechanisms of bacterial pathogenicity in the lab of Dr. Xin Deng. As a researcher, his study focuses on virulence regulatory network, interaction between pathogen and host, and mRNA epigenetic modification of Pseudomonas which is one of the most international frontier research hotspots.