Ke Wang

Ke Wang

Center for Crop Advanced Interdisciplinary Technology

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel:86-10-82105173

Fax:86-10-82105173

Email: wagnke03@caas.cn

Educations

l  2006-2011 PhD in College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

l  2002-2006 Bachelor in College of Life Sciences, Linyi University, Linyi, Shandong Province, China

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Working Experience

l  2023-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2016-2022, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  2011-2015, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research Interests

l  Transgenic technology

l  Genome editing technology

l  Improvement of nutritional and processing quality in wheat

Academic Qualifications

l  Editorial Board of Frontiers in Plant Science

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

Qiu YL, Li X, Fan M, Tang HL, Zhang SX , Huang WH, Han ZY, Wang SR, Peng H, Xiao YG*, Ye XG*, Wang K*. Modification of starch traits in commercial wheat through TaWaxy gene editing. Carbohydrate Polymers 2025, 368: 124105

Shi K，Huang WH，Zhu MX, Teng SZ, Zhang JL, Duan ZZ, Zhu CC, Hu T*, Wang K*, Wang Z*. Efficient genetic transformation and genome editing via an Agrobacterium‐mediated in commercial oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivars. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2025, 67(7): 1697-1699

Cheng JY, Hill C, Yong Han Y, He TH, Ye XG, Shabala S, Guo GG, Zhou MX*, WangK*, Li CD*, New semi-dwarfing alleles with increased coleoptilelength by gene editing ofgibberellin 3-oxidase 1usingCRISPR-Cas9 in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2023, 21:806–818

Zhu YW, Lin YR, Fan YJ, Wang YW, Li PF, Xiong J, He YH, Cheng SF, Ye XG, Wang F, Goodrich J, Zhu JK, Wang K*, Zhang CJ*. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated restoration of Tamyb10 to create pre-harvest sprouting-resistant red wheat, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2023, 21:665–667

Wang K*, Shi L, Liang XN, Zhao P, Wang WX, Liu JX, Chang YN, Hiei Y, Yanagihara C, Du LP, Ishida Y, Ye XG*. The gene TaWOX5 overcomes genotype dependency in wheat genetic transformation. Nature Plants, 2022，8:110-117

Tang HL, Liu HY, Zhou Y, Liu HW, Du LP, Wang K*, Ye XG. Fertility recovery of wheat male sterility controlled by Ms2 using CRISPR/Cas9. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19: 224–226

Chen HQ, Li SJ, Liu YW, Liu JX, Ma XL, Du LP, Wang K*, Ye XG. Effects of 1Dy12 subunit silencing on protein body accumulation in seeds and flour-processing quality in a common wheat somatic variation line. Food Chemistry, 2021, 335: 127663

Liu HY, Wang K*, Jia ZM, Gong Q, Lin ZS, Lipu Du LP, Pei XW, Ye XG. Efficient induction of haploid plants in wheat by editing of TaMTL using an optimized Agrobacterium-mediated CRISPR system. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 71:1337–1349

Liang QJ, Wang K, Sharifula I, Ye XG, Zhang CY. Folate content and retention in wheat grains and wheat-based foods: Effects of storage, processing, and cooking methods. Food Chemistry, 2020, 333: 127459

Wang K, Liu HY, Du LP, Ye XG. Generation of marker-free transgenic hexaploid wheat via an Agrobacterium-mediated co-transformation strategy in commercial Chinese wheat varieties, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2017, 15(5): 614-623