People overview----GaoLab

Caixia Gao PhD

Professor, Doctoral supervisor
E-mail: cxgao@genetics.ac.cn

Dr. Gao received her Ph.D. degree from the China Agricultural University in 1997. From 1997 to 2009, she served as a Research Scientist at DLF’s biotechnology group in Denmark, where she worked on plant genetic transformation and molecular biology. Now she is a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research group focuses on developing precision genome editing technologies and establishing foundational methods on using genome editing to breed for new and sustainable crops. She has developed new crops that are more nutritious, disease resistant, and stress tolerant. Her research was selected as one of 2016 MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies and one of the most cited Nature Biotechnology papers over its 20 year history in 2016. Also in 2016, Caixia was selected as one of Nature’s ten science stars of China.

Education & Career

1994-1997: Ph.D. China Agricultural University
1991-1994: M.S. Gansu Agricultural University
1987-1991: B.S. Gansu Agricultural University

Editor & Editorial Boards

Since 2023　Board of Reviewing Editors, Science
Since 2023　Advisory Board, Molecular Cell
Since 2023　Associate Editor, SCIENCECHINA Life Sciences
Since 2020　Advisory Board, Cell
Since 2020　Editorial Board, Gene and Genome Editing
Since 2020　Advisory Board, Trends in Biotechnology
Since 2020　Advisory Board,Trends in Genetics
Since 2017　Editorial Board, Genome Biology
2018-2020　Editorial Board, The CRISPR Journal
2017-2020　Editorial Board, Plant Biotechnology Journal

Awards & Honors

2024 New Cornerstone Investigator
2023 China's Top 10 Science Advances in 2023
2023 Publication Selected for"Best of Cell 2023"(9 total)
2023 China's Top 10 Bioinformatics Advances in 2023
2023 Cell Press China’s Women in Science Awards
2016-2023 CAS Presidential Award for Excellent Postgraduate Mentors
2022 Physiologia Plantarum Prize
2022 "Women in Science"of Chinese Scientists for Cell Press (5 total)
2019 Our Favorite Science Photos of 2019
2017 China's National Innovation Award
2016 Polyploid crop engineering named the 20 years of Nature Biotechnology bioengineering research (four papers in the world)
2016 "Precise gene editing in plants"named one of ten 2016 Breakthrough Technologies by MIT Technology Review
2016 Named to the Ten Science Stars of China by Nature
2016 Tan Jiazhen Innovation Awards for Life Sciences
2015 DuPont Young Professor Award
2013 Yihai Kerry Outstanding Mentor Award
2010 Outstanding technical talents of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Staff

Kunling Chen

Novel Technology Innovation for Plant Genome Editing and Agricultural Applications of Genome Editing Technologies

Rui Zhang

Development of Plant Genome Editing Technologies and Their Application in Agricultural Breeding

Yongfang Chen

Lab management

Xiaoli Shi

Bioinformatics

Jinxing Liu

Plant genetic transformation

Ronghong Liang

Plant reproductive development biology and gene editing

Hongchao Li

Development of plant genome editing technologies and application of gene editing in improving maize quality and related traits

Lu Chen

Regeneration and delivery of plant gene editing tools

Jingfei Xv

My research focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of DNA repairing machinery using biophysical techniques such as cryo-EM and smFRET. My goal is to leverage these insights to enhance the efficiency of genome editing tools (cas9 and PE, eg.) and to develop novel genome editing strategies.

Post-Doctoral Fellows