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Chao‐Jan Liao

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2003
Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Pathogenic Bacteria StudiesPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant Gene Expression Analysis

Publications

19

Citations

493

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
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Chao-Jan Liao's research focuses on plant biology, particularly how plants respond to disease-causing microbes and the plant hormone abscisic acid at the molecular level. This includes studying how specific genes and proteins regulate plant immune responses and chromatin (the packaging of DNA that controls gene activity). This work aims to understand the molecular mechanisms plants use to defend against pathogens.

Plant-microbe interactions and immunityPlant pathogens and disease resistancePlant molecular biology and gene regulationChromatin and gene expression controlPlant hormone (abscisic acid) signaling

Publication output has been modest but has shown an increase in recent years, rising from sporadic single papers earlier in the decade to a more consistent output of 1-3 papers per year since 2021.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication19202021: 3 publications3212022: 3 publications3222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242025: 3 publications3252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
  • HOOKLESS1 REGULATES RESPONSES TO PATHOGENS AND ABSCISIC ACID THROUGH INTERACTION WITH MEDIATOR18 AND ACETYLATION OF WRKY33 AND ABI5 CHROMATIN

    Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) · 2016

Publishes in
  • The Plant Cell×3
  • New Phytologist×2
  • The Plant Journal×2
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×2
  • Current Opinion in Plant Biology×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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