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Xinnian Dong

Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
4213 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


“Precision in plant immune expression, not lost in translation”. · November 6, 2020 Invited Talk Yale University, Online
"Engineering plant disease resistance through basic research” · October 26, 2020 Invited Talk Nanjing Agricultural University, online
"Precision in plant immune expression" · September 23, 2020 Invited Talk Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Online
"Precision in plant immune expression: Not lost in translation." · September 15, 2020 Invited Talk Immunology Department, Duke Medical Center, online
"Precision in plant immune expression: Not lost in translation" · August 17, 2020 Invited Talk BASF, online
"Precision in plant immune expression: Not lost in translation" · June 16, 2020 Invited Talk King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, online
"Breaking the disease triangle with the circadian clock" · May 31, 2020 - July 4, 2020 Invited Talk SRBR Society Meeting, Online
“Engineering crop disease resistance through basic research” · April 16, 2020 Lecture Inari Agriculture, Inc., Online
CBIS 2013 · December 21, 2013 Lecture Cancun, Mexico
University of Maryland · December 4, 2013 Lecture College Park, MD
UC Davis · November 15, 2013 Lecture Davis, CA
Innate Immunity of Plants · November 4, 2013 Lecture Helsinki, Finland
Ray Wu Prize Symposium · October 21, 2013 Lecture Shanghai, China
the 11th International Conference on the Frontiers of Plant Biology · October 18, 2013 Lecture Shanghai, China
Institute of Plant Protection · October 17, 2013 Lecture Beijing, China
7th EPSO Conference · September 1, 2013 Lecture Porto Heli, Greece
The 14th SCBA International Symposium · July 19, 2013 Lecture Xi'an, China
Plant Center Spring Symposium · May 8, 2013 Lecture University of Georgia
NAS Research Briefings (http://vimeo.com/65599992) · May 6, 2013 Lecture
HHMI annual meeting · March 5, 2013 Lecture
University of Northern Texas · November 9, 2012 Lecture Danton, TX
The HHMI/GBMF Investigator Symposium · October 16, 2012 Lecture Palo Alto, CA
The 10th Annual Symposium in Plant Biology, UMass · October 6, 2012 Lecture Amherst, MA
Nature Conference on Frontiers in plant biology: From discovery to applications · October 3, 2012 Lecture Ghent, Belgium
The 2nd International Conference on Model Hosts · September 3, 2012 Lecture Rhodes, Greece
Korean University · August 6, 2012 Lecture Seoul, S. Korea
KRIBB · August 3, 2012 Lecture Daejeon, S. Korea
The XV International Congress on MPMI · July 30, 2012 Lecture Kyoto, Japan
Gordon Research Conference on Plant Molecular Biology · July 16, 2012 Lecture Holderness, NH
Wuhan University · June 28, 2012 Lecture Wuhan, China
Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS · June 22, 2012 Lecture Beijing, China
The 77th CSHL Symposium: the Biology of Plants · May 30, 2012 Lecture Cold Spring Harbor, NY
EMBO workshop on Genetic stability & change: Genome maintenance mechanisms in plants · May 2, 2012 Lecture Roscoff, France
Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology · November 18, 2011 Lecture Shanghai, China
The 2nd International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions · November 12, 2011 Lecture Kunming, China
Institute of Botany · November 4, 2011 Lecture Beijing, China
Roswell Park Cancer Institute · October 6, 2011 Lecture Bufflo, NY
NCSU · September 12, 2011 Lecture
The 13th International Symposium for SCBA · July 25, 2011 Lecture Guangzhou, China
The 22nd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research · June 22, 2011 Lecture Madison, Wisconsin
Texas A & M · February 1, 2011 Lecture
University of Wisconsin, Madison · November 9, 2010 Lecture Madison, Wisconsin
Carnegie Institution for Science · October 1, 2010 Lecture Stanford, CA
University of California, Berkeley · September 29, 2010 Lecture Berkeley, CA
Michigan State University · September 27, 2010 Lecture East Lansing, Michigan
The 7th TriNational Arabidopsis Meeting · September 15, 2010 Lecture Salzburg, Austria
The 20th International Plant Growth Substances Association conference. · June 28, 2010 Lecture Tarragona, Spain
NIBS · June 16, 2010 Lecture Beijing, China
The 21st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research · June 6, 2010 Lecture Yokohama, Japan
University of Texas, Austin · March 1, 2010 Lecture Austin, Texas
Cologne Spring Meeting, Cologne, Germany · February 17, 2010 Lecture Cologne, Germany
RWTH Aachen University · February 16, 2010 Lecture Aachen, Germany
Invited Speaker, Frontiers in Plant Biology, Suzhou, China · November 14, 2009 Lecture
Invited Speaker, The 9th International Plant Molecular Biology Congress, St. Louis, MO · October 26, 2009 Lecture
Invited Speaker, University of Pittsburg · October 19, 2009 Lecture
Millikan Memorial Lecturer, University of Missouri · September 16, 2009 Lecture
Plenary Speaker, The XIV International Congress on MPMI, Quebec City, Canada · July 1, 2009 Lecture
Adolph Waller Memorial Lecturer, Ohio State University · April 16, 2009 Lecture
Centro Biotecnología Genómica Plantas (CBGP), Spain · December 12, 2008 Lecture
University of Minnesota · November 11, 2008 Lecture
Forum on Plant Genome Biology and Beyond, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, China · September 19, 2008 Lecture
International Conference on Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, China, · September 12, 2008 Lecture
XVI Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology, Finland · August 17, 2008 Lecture
National University of Singapore, Singapore · July 1, 2008 Lecture
Hokkaido University, Japan · June 26, 2008 Lecture
RIKEN, Plant Science Center, Japan · June 23, 2008 Lecture
Rutgers · April 18, 2008 Lecture
The 2008 Plant Genomics Program at UC Davis Charley Rick Symposium · March 13, 2008 Lecture
Keystone Meeting · February 10, 2008 Lecture

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Unknown - IGSP Summer Fellowship Research · July 1, 2012 Other Service to the Community ; Host hosted Morgan Morrison from NCCU for her summer internship
Unknown - Lab host · January 1, 2012 Other Service to the Community ; The Dong lab hosted lab tours for students from Durham Tech Community College and Rogers-Herr Middle School. This has become a regular program. From June 2009 through December 2012, 49 students from Durham Technical Community College have toured our lab as part of their continuing education in the BioPharma program. During the tours, these students were able to see real life application of the skills that they learned during their coursework. In addition, each student had the opportunity to meet with the members of the lab and have their questions answered. Two of the class members were selected to intern in the lab to learn more lab skills and to improve their knowledge base by running experiments under direct supervision in the laboratory environment. Through this experience, five individuals have succeeded in finding lab technician jobs after a short internship in my lab. We currently have three college sophomores, Hannah McMillan, who is attending Davidson in Davidson, NC, Daniel Lockwood, who is attending The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC, and Caylee Sponsel, who is attending North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, working in the lab. All are learning procedures to help their with their course loads as well as learning how the experiments translate to publications by aiding the lab personnel in completing their individual experiments. The PI has been involved in the Summer Research Opportunity Program at Duke University for minority students since 1996 and WISE for women in science.
Unknown - Durham Tech Student Intern · December 20, 2010 Other Service to the Community ; Three Durham Technical Community College students worked directly with research staff for a minimum of 80 hours each (over four weeks) as part of their continuing education requirement of the class they were attending. The lab staff complied with the teaching syllabus to aide the three students in completion of their coursework. In addition to the outlined coursework, each student was able to assist research personnel with experiment work as well as improve technique and basic molecular biology knowledge. Each student was able to personalize their learning experience by directing their focus on areas of interest to themselves.
Unknown - IGSP Summer Fellowship Research · December 20, 2010 Other Service to the Community ; We hosted Musoki Mwimba from NCCU for his IGSP summer fellowship supported research.
Unknown - Durham Tech Class Tour · July 2010 Other Service to the Community ; One class from Durham Technical Community College visited the lab on a guided tour as part of their classroom studies. The focus on the tour was to view a laboratory setting, witness application of the education they received, and to ask direct questions to researchers regarding their work and field of study. The class consisted of 12 students and lasted three hours.
Unknown - High School Student Intern · June 2010 Other Service to the Community ; One rising senior from Riverside High School in Durham received a paid internship and worked directly with research staff to learn molecular biology techniques. The student showed an intense interest in perusing a career in the field and performed experiments independently by the end of the summer. In addition to techniques, the student gained valuable knowledge and understanding of the subject.
Unknown - Summer Undergraduate Research · June 2010 Other Service to the Community ; We hosted Kai Knutson from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, for his fellowship-sponsored summer research.
Unknown - Durhan Tech Class Tour · May 2010 Other Service to the Community ; One class from Durham Technical Community College visited the lab on a guided tour as part of their classroom studies. The focus on the tour was to view a laboratory setting, witness application of the education they received, and to ask direct questions to researchers regarding their work and field of study. The class consisted of 14 students and lasted three hours.
Unknown - Durham Tech Student Intern · March 2010 Other Service to the Community ; One student from Durham Technical Community College worked directly with research staff to learn and improve upon laboratory technical skills for vocation placement for a period of four weeks.
Unknown - Durham Tech Student Intern · January 2010 Other Service to the Community ; One student from Durham Technical Community College worked directly with research staff to learn and improve upon laboratory technical skills for vocation placement for a period of four weeks.

Service to the Profession


Reviewer for proposals · January 1, 2013 Committee Service
reviewer : Molecular Cell, MPMI, Plant Phys., PloS One, PloS Biol., Proteome Science, Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Communications, PloS Pathogens, Trends in P · January 1, 2013 - December 14, 2013 Editorial Activities
Reviewer for manuscripts · January 1, 2012 Editorial Activities
Editorial Board Member : Molecular Plant · 2012 - 2013 Editorial Activities
Faculty search committee (Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke Med Center) · December 1, 2011 Editorial Activities
Co-organizer of the 2nd International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions · November 12, 2011 Editorial Activities Kunming, China
External review committee member for the Center for Integrated Fungal Research, NCSU · October 11, 2011 Editorial Activities
PI on the NSF meeting grant for this conference : Co-organizer of the 22nd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research · June 23, 2011 Editorial Activities Madison, Wisconsin
papers refereed for PNAS, PloS One, MPlant, Plant J., Nature, Plant Cell, Cell Host & Microbe · January 1, 2011 - December 19, 2011 Editorial Activities
Ad Hoc Reviewer for professional journals · January 1, 2010 - December 16, 2010 Editorial Activities
Editorial Board for The Plant Cell · January 1, 2010 Editorial Activities
Editorial board for the Plant Cell · January 1, 2010 Editorial Activities
Manuscript Reviewer/Referree · January 1, 2009 Editorial Activities
reviewer for PNAS, Cell Host & Microbe, Nature, Plant Phys., PloS Genetics, Plant Cell, PloS Pathogens, · January 1, 2008 - December 30, 2008 Editorial Activities