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., is currently Professor in biology, Vice President of Guangxi University, and Deputy 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.

He enjoys 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. He also serves as a Vice Chairman of the Local University Education Research Branch of the China Association of Higher 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". He also won 3 first-class prizes of Guangxi teaching achievement awards in higher education.

Main Research Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Project of Regional Innovation and Development Joint Foundation, U21A20178, Mechanisms of Translational and Transcriptional Regulation on Biosynthesis of Biomass-degrading Enzymes in Penicillum oxalicum, 2022-01 to 2025-12, Principal Investigator

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Regional Project, 32060141, Molecular Mechanism of the New Regulatory Gene POX01907 of Penicillium oxalicum in 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 Gene POX01167 for Cellulase Genes in Penicillium oxalicum, 2018-01 to 2021-12, Principal Investigator

Research Directions

Microbial resources and their utilization, Microbial biotechnology, Fungal functional 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 in Penicillium oxalicum. PLoS Genet 19: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 Biol 6(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 of Penicillium oxalicum. Bioresource Technol 337:125366.

4.      Lin YY^#, Zhao S^#, Lin X, Zhang T, Li CX, Luo XM, Feng JX*. 2021. Improvement of cellulase and xylanase production in Penicillium oxalicum under solid-state fermentation by flippase recombination enzyme/recognition target-mediated genetic engineering of transcription repressors. Bioresource Technol 337: 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 in Penicillium oxalicum. Mol Microbiol 116: 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 in Penicillium oxalicum. Mol Microbiol 116: 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 in Penicillium oxalicum. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 105: 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 Biofuels 12: 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 in Penicillium oxalicum. Appl Environ Microbiol 84: 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 in Penicillium oxalicum. Biotechnol Biofuels 10:279