Xinnian Dong (Chinese: 董欣年; pinyin: Dǒng Xīnnián; born 1959) is a Chinese-American biologist who is the current Arts and Sciences Professor of Biology in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University, United States.
[3] After resuming the college entrance examination, Dong was accepted to Wuhan University, where she graduated in 1982.
After college, she attended the China-United States Biochemistry Examination and Application (CUSBEA) and was sent abroad to study at the expense of the Chinese government, along with her husband, Xiao-Fan Wang.
[5][6][7][8] More recently, the Lab made discoveries which provided new insights into the relationship between pathogen-induced cellular redox changes and induced immune responses in plants[9] and the role of ER-resident genes in the modification and secretion of antimicrobial proteins.
[10] Most recently, the Lab has conducted genomic studies, leading to the discovery of new components in R gene-mediated resistance against downy mildew (Hyaloperonospora parasitica).