Caixia Gao, PhD
Professor
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Email: cxgao@genetics.ac.cn
Biography
Education
Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China B.A. 06/91 Agriculture
Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China M.A. 06/94 Agriculture
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Ph.D. 06/97 Agriculture
Research Division, DLF-Trifolium Group, Denmark Postdoc 04/98 Molecular Biology
Professional Appointments
2017 – present Director, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
2009 – present Professor, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS
1998 – 2009 Research Scientist, Research Division, DLF-Trifolium Group, Denmark
Research Interests
Developing novel technologies to achieve efficient and specific genome engineering, and applying them to study the function of genes and modify plant traits for high quality, disease resistance and stress tolerance in crop species.
Selected Publications (* Corresponding authors)
Dr. Gao has published papers in peer-reviewed journals including Science (2019), Nature Biotechnology (2018a,b,c, 2017,2014,2013), Nature Communications (2017,2016) and Nature Plants (2015).