Ping Song, Ph.D. , UT
College of Veterinary Medicine Post Doc, Pathobiology
Ping Song, Ph.D.
Department of Pathobiology, A201 College of Veterinary
Medicine, The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996, USA Tel: (865)974-5837; Fax:
(865)974-5616 E-mail:
05/2002-07/2003: Postdoctoral Research
Associate, Dep.of Comparative Medicine, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, USA (Mentor: Dr. Hwa-Chain Robert Wang)
06/2001-05/2002: Associate Professor
(Plant Biochemistry and Physiology) (Lab of Phytohormones and Development,
Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China)
07/1993-05/2001: Assistant Professor,
Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Publications
A. Peer-reviewed
papers:
29. Ping Song, and Hwa-Chain
Robert Wang. (2005) Differential modulation between inducible gene
expression system and stable expression system.
BioTechniques, to be
submitted
28. Ping Song, Jin-Xiong Wei,
and Hwa-Chain Robert Wang. (2005) Distinct roles of the ERK pathway in
modulating apoptosis in Ras-transformed and non-transformed cells
induced by anticancer agent FR901228.
FEBS Letters, 579(1): 90-94
27 Ping Song, Jin-Xiong Wei, Howard
Plummer III, and Hwa-Chain Robert Wang. (2004) Potentiated caspase-3 in
Ras-transformed 10T1/2 cells.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research
Communications, 322(2): 557-564
26 Ping Song, and Hwa-Chain Robert
Wang. (2004) Efficient identification of tetR-expressed cell lines for
tetracycline-regulated gene expression.
Electronic Journal of
Biotechnology. 7(2): 210-213
25 Jian-Xun Mei, Hong-Bo Hu, Michael McEntee,
Howard Plummer III, Ping Song, and Hwa-Chain Robert Wang. (2003)
Transformation of non-cancerous human breast epithelial cell line MCF10A
by the tobacco-specific carcinogen NNK.
Breast Cancer Research and
Treatment, 79: 95-105
24 Ping Song, Kai Xia, and Xian-Zu Cao.
(2002) Structure-activity relations of jasmonates and the enzymes involved
in jasmonic acid biosynthesis.
Plant Physiology Communications,
38(1):72-77
23 Ping Song, Kai Xia, Chuan-Wan Wu,
Dong-Ping Bao, Li-Li Chen, Xie Zhou, and Xian-Zu Cao.(2001) Differential
response of floret opening in male-sterile and male-fertile rices to
methyl jasmonate. Acta Botanica Sinica, 43(5): 480-485
22 Qi-Bai Zhao, Ping Song, Guang-Zhi
Wang, Bing Lu, and Xian-Zu Cao. (2001) Effect of light, temperature and
phytohormone on seed germination and seedling growth of Nicotiana tabacum.
Acta Tabacaria Sinica, 7(4):29-32
21 Ping Song, Kai Xia, Li-Li Chen,
Dong-Ping Bao, Chuan-Wan Wu, and Xie Zhou. (2000) Response of floret
opening of different Indica rice to methyl jasmonate and acetic acid.
Acta
Botanica Boreali- Occidentalia Sinica, 20(6): 1155-1161
20 Ping Song, and Xie Zhou. (2000) The
mechanism of internodal elongation of deepwater rice.
Chinese Bulletin of
Botany, 17(1):46-51
19 Ping Song, Xie Zhou, and Xian-Zu Cao.
(2000) Biosynthesis, metabolism and physiological function of
brassinosteroids in the plants.
Plant Physiology Communications,
36(2):170-175
18 Guo-Feng Li, Ping Song, Xian-Zu Cao, Jian-Sheng Liang, and Qin-Sen Zhu.
(2000) Studies on the relationship between grain sink activity of
Japonica/Indica hybrid rice and its grain filling.
Acta Botanica
Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica, 20(2):179-186
17 Ping Song, Xie Zhou, and Xian-Zu Cao. (1999) Response of rice seedling
lamina to 24-epibrassinolide. Journal of Nanjing Normal University
(Natural Science Edition), 22(3):130-132
16 Ping Song, Hong-Sheng Gao, Xian-Zu Cao, and Yin-Lan Xie. (1998) The
relationships between dwarfism of Indica rice and ABA/ABA-binding
proteins. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica, 18(3):380-385
15 Ping Song, Xian-Zu Cao, and Jun-Lei Teng. (1998) Sensitivity of
semidwarf genes to GA3, ABA and their relationship with peroxidase in
Indica rice. Journal of Jiangsu Agricultural College, 19(1):17-21
14 Fu-Sheng Xiong, Yu-Zu Gao, and Ping Song. (1998) A long-lasting
photorespiration in CO2-free air, measured as the postirradiation CO2
burst, indicates mobilization of storage photosynthates.
Photosynthetica,
35(1):107-119
13 Ping Song, Xian-Zu Cao, Peng Cao, Ru-Geng Xu, and Fa-Ping Duan. (1997)
Study on the staining condition of barley esterase isoenzyme
electrophoretical bands. Journal of Jiangsu Agricultural College,
18(3):37-39
12 Ping Song, Xian-Zu Cao, Zheng-De Shen, Yong-Hong Wu, and Qin-Sen
Zhu.(1997) Determination of four kinds of plant hormones (IAA, ABA,
GA1+3,GA4+7) in rice seedlings by gas-liquid chromatography. Journal of
Jiangsu Agricultural College, 18(2):11-13
11 Ping Song, Xian-Zu Cao, Yong-Hong Wu, Xiao-Hong Zhu, and Jian-Sheng
Liang. (1996) Characterization of the membrane- bound gibberellin-binding
proteins from young shoots of rice.
Acta Botanica Sinica, 38(6):457-462
10 Ping Song, Xian-Zu Cao, Yong-Hong Wu, Xiao-Hong Zhu, and Jian-Sheng
Liang. (1996) Regulation of gibberellin-binding proteins on dwarfism of
rice. (Oryza sativa L.).
Acta Agronomica Sinica, 22(6):652-656
9 Ping Song, Xian-Zu Cao, Yong-Hong Wu, and Xiao-Hong Zhu. (1994)
Enzymology-bases for different sensitivity to GA3 of semidwarf genes in
rice. Journal of Jiangsu Agricultural College, 15(4):10-13
8 Jian-Sheng Liang, Xian-Zu Cao, Sheng Xu, Qin-Sen Zhu, and Ping Song.
(1994) Studies on the relationship between the grain sink strength and
it's starch accumulation in rice (O. sativa).
Acta Agronomica Sinica,
20(6):685-691
7 Jian-Sheng Liang, Xian-Zu Cao, Hai-Yan Zhang, Ping Song, and Qin-Sen
Zhu. (1994) The changes and affecting factors of stem-sheath reserve
contents of rice during grain filling.
Chinese Journal of Rice Science,
8(3):151-156
6 Fu-Sheng Xiong, Yu-Zhu Gao, and Ping Song. (1994) Characterization of
the partial-purified β-amylase in soybean leaves exposed to CO2-free air
with illumination in high light.
Chinese Journal of Botany, 6(1):29-35
5 Fu-Sheng Xiong, Ping Song, and Yu-Zhu Gao. (1994) Effects of
photoinhibitory conditions on the metabolism of glutathione in C3 plant
leaves. Jiangsu Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 10(1):7-12
4 Fu-Sheng Xiong, Yu-Zhu Gao, and Ping Song. (1992) The internal carbon
supply by light-dependent remobilization of storage photosynthates for
long-term photosynthetic carbon cycle of C3 plants in CO2-free air. Acta
Phytophysiologica Sinica, 18(2):193-199
3 Fu-Sheng Xiong, Yu-Zhu Gao, and Ping Song. (1992) Degradation of storage
photosynthates in isolated spinach mesophyll cells in CO2-free system and
its regulatory factors.
Acta Botanica Sinica, 34(7):535-542
2 Fu-Sheng Xiong, Ping Song, Fu-Tong Wang, and Yu-Zhu Gao. (1992) Response
of glutathione- ascorbate cycle in rice (O.sativa) leaves upon
photoinhibitory conditions. Chinese Journal of Rice Science, 6(4):177-183
1 Fu-Sheng Xiong, and Ping Song. (1992) The dynamic changes of glutathione
level in C3 plant leaves under photosynthetic stress. Journal of Jiangsu
Agricultural College, 13(4):13-20
B. BOOK CHAPTERS:
Ping Song. (2000) Senescence and Abscission.
In Plant Physiology, Zhong Wang (ed), Agriculture Press of China, Beijing. pp 420-429
Ping Song. (2000) Exercises and Answers of Plant Growth Substances.
In Plant Physiology- Exercises and Answers, Zhong Wang (ed), Agriculture Press of China, Beijing. pp 54-63
Ping Song. (2000) Exercises and Answers of Plant Stress Physiology.
In Plant Physiology- Exercises and Answers, Zhong Wang (ed), Agriculture Press of China, Beijing. pp 90-96
C. SELECTED ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS:
14 Ping Song, Jin-Xiong Wei, and Hwa-Chain Robert
Wang. (2005) Pathways potentiated by oncogenic Ras to modulate apoptosis
induced by anticancer agent FR901228. Proceedings of American
Association for Cancer Research. Vol. 46, # 4121. Anaheim,
California, USA. April 16-20, 2005
13 Ping Song,
Jinxiong Wei, Yongfang Chen, Shambhunath Choudhory, and Hwa-Chain Robert
Wang. (2005) Pro-apoptotic activity of oncogenic Ras facilitating the
induction of apoptosis by a selective anticancer depsipeptide FR901228.
In: Abstracts of Conference of UT-ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science
& Technology, # 42. UT University Club, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Feb.
25, 2005
12 Hwa-Chain Robert Wang, Ping Song, Howard Plummer III,
and Jin-Xiong Wei. (2004) ERK pathway leading to potentiated caspase-3
content in Ras-transformed fibroblast for apoptosis. In: Abstracts of
papers presented at the twentieth anniversary of the annual meeting on
oncogenes. P 97. Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, USA, Jun. 16-20, 2004
11 Hwa-Chain R.Wang and Ping Song. (2004) Using
a tetracycline-inducible expression system to identify molecular targets
in ras-transformed cells for discriminating anticancer agents. Proceedings
of American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Vol. 45, #
3061. Orlando, Florida, USA, Mar. 27-31, 2004
10 Hwa-Chain R.Wang, Hong-Bo Hu, Ping Song, Jian-Xun Mei, Kellie Fecteau,
Yi-Min Sun, and Min-Qi Tan. (2003) Activation and role of Krs1 in growth
arrest of cells by anticancer agents. Proceedings of American Association
for Cancer Research, Vol. 44, #670. Toronto, Canada, Apr. 5-9, 2003
9 Ping Song, Hong-Bo
Hu, and Hwa-Chain R. Wang. (2003) A novel quiescence-induced kinase
p33Krs1 for anticancer therapeutics. In: Abstracts of Conference of UT-ORNL
Graduate School of Genome Science & Technology, #43. The Foundry,
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, Mar. 7, 2003
8 Hong-Bo Hu, Ping
Song, Jian-Xun Mei, Michael McEntee, Howard Plummer, and Hwa-Chain R.
Wang. (2003) Tobacco carcinogen-involved tumorigenesis of human breast
epithelial cells. In: Abstracts of Conference of UT-ORNL Graduate School
of Genome Science & Technology, # 21. The Foundry, Knoxville, Tennessee,
Mar. USA, 7, 2003
7 Kai Xia, Ping Song, Chuanwan Wu, Xie
Zhou, and K H Hasenstein. (2000) Relationship between methyl jasmonate and
carbon dioxide in inducing floret opening in rice. In: Plant Biology 2000
Program, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant
Physiologists, #696. San Diego, California, Jul. 15-19, 2000
6 Jiansheng Liang, Zhujie Xie, Ping Song, and Xianzhu Cao. (2000)
Gibberellin-binding protein and Ca2+- calmodulin co-regulate the
gibberellin-induced shoot elongation of wheat (Titicum aestivum,L.). In:
Plant Biology 2000 Program, The Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Plant Physiologists, #725. San Diego, California, Jul. 15-19, 2000
7 Ping Song, Kai Xia, Chuanwan Wu, Xie Zhou, and Xianzu Cao. (2000)
Regulation of new phytohormone on floret opening in rice. In: Abstracts of
the 8th Congress of The Chinese Society of Plant Physiologist, P65. Xiamen,
China, Nov. 16-21, 2000
4 Ping Song, Xie Zhou, and Kai Xia. (1999) The
relationship between elongation of vegetative organ and plant hormones in
higher plants. In: Proceeding of 1st Natioinal Conference of Plant Growth,
Development and Signal Transduction, P43-49. Xiamen, China, Nov. 11-15,
1999
3 Jian-Sheng Liang , Xian-Zu Cao, Ping Song, and Qin-Sen
Zhu. (1997) Dose sourse or sink strength limit the sugar accumulation of
the grains of rice plants (Oryza Sativa L.) during grain filling? In:
Abstract of Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant
Physiologists. Plant Physiology, 1997,114(3), P78, S43
2
Xian-Zu Cao, Ping Song, Yong-Hong Wu, and Jian-Sheng Liang. (1995)
Regulation of GA-binding proteins on dwarfism of rice (Oryza Sativa L.).
In: Abstracts of the 15th International Meeting of Plant Growth Substance,
#199. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jul.14-18, 1995
1 Ping Song,
and Xian-Zu Cao. (1992) The molecular mechanisms of ABA action. In:
Proceedings of 2nd National Conference of Young Plant Physiologists,
P19-22. Guilin, China, May 24-26, 1992
D. THESIS AND DISSERTATION
Ping Song, 1993. Biochemical and physiological
mechanism of response of semidwarf genes in rice to gibberellic acid.
Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, CHINA (M.S. thesis)
Ping Song, 2000. Phytohormonal regulation of the dwarfism and
floret opening in rice. Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu,
CHINA ( Ph.D Dissertation)
Member, Chinese Society of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, since 1994
Member, Chinese Society of Plant Physiology,
since 1994
Member, Chinese Society of Agronomy, since
1997
Honors & Awards
14 Excellent Course Establishment Award in Plant Physiology,
Issued by Jiangsu Department of Education, China, December, 2002
13 Award for Excellent Graduate Course of Advanced Plant Physiology,
Issued by Jiangsu Department of Education, China, December, 2002
12 Ping Song, Kai Xia, Chuan-Wan Wu, Dong-Ping Bao, Li-Li Chen,
Xie Zhou, and Xian-Zu Cao.(2001) Differential response of floret opening
in male-sterile and male-fertile rices to methyl jasmonate. Acta Botanica
Sinica, 43(5): 480-485 Excellent Thesis Award (The first place) for young investigator
from The Jiangsu Society for Agronomy, China, December, 2001
11 Ping Song, Kai Xia, Bing Lv, Xian-Zu Cao, and Xie Zhou.
Enzymology studies of jasmonate biosynthesis Excellent Presentation Award, Issued by The Jiangsu Society for
Plant Physiologist, China, October, 2001
9 Outstanding Educator Award, Issued by Yangzhou University,
China, 1994, and 2000
8 Distinguished Young Researcher, Issued by Yangzhou City
Government, China, 1999
7 Excellent Presentation Award, Issued by The Jiangsu Society
for Plant Physiologist, China, October, 1999
6 Ping Song, Xian-Zu Cao, Yong-Hong Wu, Xiao-Hong Zhu, and
Jian-Sheng Liang. (1996) Regulation of gibberellin-binding proteins on
dwarfism of rice. (Oryza sativa L.). Acta Agronomica Sinica, 22(6):652-656 The Outstanding Paper (The first place), Issued by Yangzhou City
Government, Nov., 1997
5 Excellent Presentation Award, Issued by The Jiangsu Society
for Plant Physiologist, China, October, 1995
4 Fu-Sheng Xiong, Yu-Zhu Gao, and Ping Song. (1992) The internal
carbon supply by light-dependent remobilization of storage photosynthates
for long-term photosynthetic carbon cycle of C3 plants in CO2-free air.
Acta Phytophysiologica Sinica, 18(2):193-199 The Outstanding Paper (The first place), Issued by The Academic
Committee of Jiangsu Society of Plant Physiologist in the annual
Conference on Plant Physiologist, November, 1993 The Outstanding Paper (The third place), Issued by The Academic
Committee of Chinese Society of Plant Physiologist in the 6th National
Conference on Plant Physiology, November, 1993
3 Excellent Presentation Award, Issued by The Jiangsu Society
for Plant Physiologist, China, November, 1993
2 Postgraduate Scholarship from Yangzhou University, 1991
1 Jiangsu Agricultural College Scholarship, 1987-1990
Research Work
11. “Proapoptotic role of the ras oncogene in anticancer
therapeutics”, 07/01/04- 06/30/05, Co-PI; PI: H-C R Wang, The
University of Tennessee, Funded by Center of Excellence Research
Program, UT College of Veterinary Medicine, USA
10. “Potency and molecular signatures of tobacco carcinogens in
the early development of human breast cancer”, July 2003-June 2006,
Investigator; PI: H-C R Wang, The University of Tennessee, Funded by
Philip Morris External Research Program, USA
9. “Pathway leads to apoptosis in oncogene-transformed cells”,
01/01/98-12/31/03, Key Investigator; PI: H-C R Wang, The University of
Tennessee, Funded by National Institutes of Health/National Cancer
Institute (1R29CA69530), USA
8. “Jasmonates and rice pollen fertility”, January 2002-December
2004, Co-PI, Yangzhou University, Funded by Jiangsu Department of
Education, China.
7. “The effect of low temperature on tobacco flowering”, March
2000-December 2002, Principal Investigator, Yangzhou University, Funded by
the Tobacco Corporation of Jiangsu Province, China.
6. “Gibberellin-binding protein and wheat dwarfism”, December
1999-December 2001, Principal Investigator, Yangzhou University, Funded by
Natural Science Foundation of Yangzhou University, China.
5. “Studies on gibberellin signal transduction in higher plant”,
January 1997-December 1999, Principal Investigator, Yangzhou University,
Funded by Natural Science Foundation of Yangzhou University, China.
4. “Mechanisms of methyl jasmonate inducing the opening of rice
florets”, January 1999- December 2001, Key Researcher, Nanjing
Agricultural University, Funded by National Science Foundation of China.
3. “Molecular mechanisms of dwarf genes expression in rices”.
January 1996-December 1998, Co-PI, Yangzhou University, Funded by National
Science Foundation of China.
2. “Studies on Japonica/Indica rice grain filling”, February
1991-December1995, Key Researcher, Jiangsu Agricultural College, Funded by
The Ministry of Science and Technology, China.
1. “Photosynthesis and Photoinhibition”, January 1989-December
1991, Key Researcher, Jiangsu Agricultural College, Funded by Education
Department of Jiangsu Province, China.
Teaching
1996-2001. Advanced Plant Physiology
(Graduate Course, Yangzhou Univ.,P.R. China)
1996-2001. Trends in Phytohormones and Signal Transduction
(Graduate Course, Yangzhou Univ.)
1993-2002. Plant Physiology
(Undergraduate Course, Yangzhou Univ.)
1995-1997. Plant Biochemistry
(Undergraduate Course, Yangzhou Univ.)
1993-2001. Experiments of Plant Biochemistry and Physiology
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