2002-2006     南京师范大学生命科学学院     理学学士

2006-2013     中国科学院上海生命科学研究院植物生理生态研究所     理学博士

2014-2021     英国剑桥大学Sainsbury实验室     博士后

2022-至今      复旦大学生命科学学院 青年研究员

通过遗传学、分子生物学、生物化学和细胞生物学等手段揭示植物抵抗病原菌的分子机理，结合基因编辑和分子育种手段提高作物抗病能力，培育高产高抗品种，促进我国绿色农业和绿色生态的发展。

Gao M^#, He Y^#, Yin X^#, Zhong X^#*, Yan B, Chen J, Wu Y, Li X, Huang Y, Gong X, Chang H, Xie S, Liu J, Yue J, Xu J, Zhang G, Deng Y, Wang E, Tharreau D, Wang G, Yang W^*, and He Z^*. (2021). Ca²⁺ sensor-mediated ROS scavenging suppresses rice intrinsic immunity and is exploited by a fungal effector. Cell 184(21):5391-5404.

Gao M, Geng F, Klose C, Staudt A, Huang H, Nguyen D, Lan H, Mockler T, Nusinow D, Hiltbrunner A, Schafer E, Wigge P, Jaeger K^*. (2019). Phytochromes measure photoperiod in Brachypodium. bioRxiv 697169. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/697169

Gao M^#, Yin X^#, Yang W^#, Lam SM, Tong X, Liu J, Wang X, Li Q, Shui G, He Z^*. (2017). GDSL lipases modulate immunity through lipid homeostasis in rice. PLoS Pathogens 13(11): e1006724.

Gao M, He Z^*. (2013). Studies on innate immunity in rice. SCIENTIA SINICA Vitae 43: 1016–1029.

Jung J^#, Barbosa A^#, Hutin S^#, Kumita J, Gao M, Derwort D, Silva C, Lai X, Pierre E, Geng F, Kim S, Baek S, Zubieta C, Jaeger KE, Wigge PA^*. (2020). A prion-like domain in ELF3 functions as a thermosensor in Arabidopsis. Nature 585(7824): 256-260. 

Ramos-Sánchez J, Triozzi P, Alique D, Geng F, Gao M, Jaeger K, Wigge P, Allona I, Perales M^*. (2019). LHY2 integrates night-length information to determine timing of poplar photoperiodic growth. Curr. Biol. 29(14):2402-2406.

Yin X^#, Zou B^#, Hong X, Gao M, Yang W, Zhong X, He Y, Kuai P, Lou Y, Huang J, Hua J^*, He Z^*. (2018). Rice copine genes OsBON1 and OsBON3 function as suppressors of broad-spectrum disease resistance. Plant Biotechnol. J. 16:1476-1487.

Jung J^#, Domijan M^#, Klose C^#, Biswas S^#, Ezer D^#, Gao M, Khattak A, Box M, Charoensawan V, Cortijo S, Kumar M, Grant A, Locke J, Schäfer E, Jaeger K, Wigge P^*. (2016). Phytochromes function as thermosensors in Arabidopsis. Science 354: 886-889. 

Yang W, Gao M, Yin X, Liu J, Xu Y, Zeng L, Li Q, Zhang S, Wang J, Zhang X, and He Z^*. (2013). Control of rice embryo development, shoot apical meristem maintenance and grain yield by a novel cytochrome P450. Mol. Plant 6: 1945-1960.

Yang W^#, Ren S^#, Zhang X^#, Gao M, Ye S, Qi Y, Zheng Y, Wang J, Zeng L, Li Q, Huang S, He Z^*. (2011). BENT UPPERMOST INTERNODE1 encodes a class II formin FH5 crucial for actin organization and rice development. Plant Cell 23: 661-680.

Chen F, Gao M, Miao Y, Yuan Y, Wang M, Li Q, Mao B, Jiang L, He Z^*. (2010). Plasma membrane localization and potential endocytosis of constitutively expressed XA21 proteins in transgenic rice. Mol. Plant 3: 917-926. 

Wang Y, Gao M, Li Q, Wang L, Wang J, Jeon JS, Qu N, Zhang Y, He Z^*. (2008). OsRAR1 and OsSGT1 physically interact and function in rice basal disease resistance. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 21: 294-303.