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Jing-Ke Weng

Professor Inaugural Director of Institute for Plant-Human Interface IPHI Professor

Northeastern University

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College of Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Jing-ke Weng is currently serving as a Chemical Engineering Professor Inaugural Director of Institute for Plant-Human Interface IPHI Professor at Northeastern University.

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Jing-Ke Weng

Northeastern University

Professor Inaugural Director of Institute for Plant-Human Interface IPHI Professor

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molecular biology plant science biochemistry biosynthesis plant biology biology evolutionary biology plant physiology plant biotechnology plant biochemistry botany enzymes gene expression integrative plant biology biotechnology genomics synthetic biology natural product biosynthesis biochemical engineering protein science phytochemistry plant molecular biology lignin plant genetics plant metabolism biochemical sciences enzyme inhibition natural product research genome biology biological chemistry peptide science protein biosynthesis plant development plant genomics molecular science biological evolution protein synthesis plant defense gene bioluminescence molecular substrates pesticide resistance scutellaria baicalensis mechanistic basis peptides medicinal research cellulose photosynthesis evolutionary genetics peptide engineering herbal medicine phytopharmacology plant ecology pathway engineering algal biology comparative genomics plant metabolomics enzyme catalysis biophysical modeling structure-function enzyme kinetics molecular evidence nutritional sciences peptide synthesis vascular plants lignin biosynthesis flowering plants convergent evolution syringyl lignin biosynthesis specialized metabolism gene-guided discovery substrate permissiveness ripp discovery modified peptides new developments integrative analysis traditional herbal medicine lignin modification drug discovery food biotechnology agricultural economics bioprospecting agricultural biotechnology

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Calcium Activation Mechanism of a Noncanonical Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase From Psilocybin Mushroom. Research Square (Research Square) (2025)

Yi WangTianjie LiErin ReynoldsZiqi WangMichael Torrens-SpenceJing-Ke Weng

protein sciencebioorganic chemistrymembrane proteinsprotein structurepeptide scienceinhibitory activityenzymesmedicinal chemistryprotein phosphorylationbiological macromoleculespeptide synthesisredox biologybiochemistrypsilocybin mushroomprotein synthesisbiomolecular engineeringcalcium activation mechanismstructural molecular biologyprotein chemistrymolecular biology

Functional Diversification of Dietary Plant Small Molecules by the Gut Microbiome. Cell (2025)

Gavin A KuzielGabriel L LozanoCorina SimianLong LiJohn ManionEmmanuel Stephen-VictorTalal ChatilaMin DongJing-Ke WengSeth Rakoff-Nahoum

probioticsfunctional diversificationintegrative plant biologygut microbesnutritional biochemistrymicrobial ecologyplant-microbe interactionssystems biologyecologysymbiosismicrobial diversitymicrobiomedietary fibregut microbiomemicroorganismsbotanydysbiosisbiologyfood microbiologyenvironmental microbiology

Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Reporter for Polyamines. Nature Communications (2025)

Pushkal SharmaColin Y KimHeather R KeysShinya ImadaAlex B JosephLuke FerroTenzin KunchokRachel AndersonYulin SunÖmer H YilmazJing-Ke WengAnkur Jain

geneticsreporter gene assaygene expressionfluorescencemolecular biology

Rapid Expansion and Specialization of the Tas2R Bitter Taste Receptor Family in Amphibians. PLoS Genetics (2025)

Kathleen W. HigginsAkihiro ItoigawaYasuka TodaDaniel Winston BellottRachel AndersonRoberto MárquezJing-Ke Weng

molecular biologyreceptorsgenetics

The Emergence and Loss of Cyclic Peptides in Nicotiana Illuminate Dynamics and Mechanisms of Plant Metabolic Evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Elliot M. SuhJakob K. ReinhardtJing-Ke Weng

molecular evolutioncyclic peptidesplant metabolismplant metabolic evolutionplant sciencebiologyevolutionary biologymolecular biology

Toward an Integrated Omics Approach for Plant Biosynthetic Pathway Discovery in the Age of AI. Trends in Biochemical Sciences (2025)

Jakob K ReinhardtDavid CraftJing-Ke Weng

omics technologiesbiochemical sciencesbioinformaticsbiosynthesissystems biologybiochemistrybiotechnologysynthetic biologyomics integrationomics

Genome‐Wide Association Identifies a Bahd Acyltransferase Activity That Assembles an Ester of Glucuronosylglycerol and Phenylacetic Acid. The Plant Journal (2024)

Jeffrey P. SimpsonColin Y. KimAmanpreet KaurJing‐Ke WengBrian DilkesClint Chapple

plant biologyplant genomicsgeneticsenzymesplant molecular biologybahd acyltransferase activityplant physiologyphenylacetic acidplant scienceplant biochemistrygenomicsbiochemistrymembrane biologyplant biotechnologygenome biologymolecular biologygenome-wide association studies

Mechanistic Basis for the Emergence of Eps1 as a Catalyst in Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis of Brassicaceae. Nature Communications (2024)

Michael P. Torrens-SpenceJason O. MatosTianjie LiDavid W. KastnerColin Y. KimZiqi WangChristopher M. GlinkermanJennifer SherkHeather J. KulikYi WangJing-Ke Weng

mechanistic basisbiosynthesisintegrative plant biologybiologybiochemistryplant biochemistrysalicylic acid biosynthesismolecular biology

Salidroside and Exercise Performance in Healthy Active Young Adults – an Exploratory, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (2024)

Neil A. SchwarzMatthew T. StrattonRyan J. ColquhounAlexia M. MangantiMargaux SherbourneFlorian MoureyCaitlyn C. WhiteHeather DayMicaela C. DusseaultGeoffrey M. HudsonChristopher R. VickeryHolly C. SchachnerPhilip G. KasprzykJing-Ke Weng

placebo-controlled studynutritionexercise scienceexercise performancehealth sciences

The Evolutionary Origin of Naturally Occurring Intermolecular Diels-Alderases From Morus Alba. Nature Communications (2024)

Qi DingNianxin GuoLei GaoMichelle McKeeDongshan WuJun YangJunping FanJing-Ke WengXiaoguang Lei

molecular evolutionevolutionary originintermolecular diels-alderasesmorus albabiologyevolutionary biology

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Jing-Ke Weng

Professor Inaugural Director of Institute for Plant-Human Interface IPHI Professor

Northeastern University

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Jing-ke Weng is currently serving as a Chemical Engineering Professor Inaugural Director of Institute for Plant-Human Interface IPHI Professor at Northeastern University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Jing-Ke Weng

Northeastern University

Professor Inaugural Director of Institute for Plant-Human Interface IPHI Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Calcium Activation Mechanism of a Noncanonical Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase From Psilocybin Mushroom. Research Square (Research Square) (2025)

Yi WangTianjie LiErin ReynoldsZiqi WangMichael Torrens-SpenceJing-Ke Weng

Functional Diversification of Dietary Plant Small Molecules by the Gut Microbiome. Cell (2025)

Gavin A KuzielGabriel L LozanoCorina SimianLong LiJohn ManionEmmanuel Stephen-VictorTalal ChatilaMin DongJing-Ke WengSeth Rakoff-Nahoum

Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Reporter for Polyamines. Nature Communications (2025)

Pushkal SharmaColin Y KimHeather R KeysShinya ImadaAlex B JosephLuke FerroTenzin KunchokRachel AndersonYulin SunÖmer H YilmazJing-Ke WengAnkur Jain

geneticsreporter gene assaygene expressionfluorescencemolecular biology

Rapid Expansion and Specialization of the Tas2R Bitter Taste Receptor Family in Amphibians. PLoS Genetics (2025)

Kathleen W. HigginsAkihiro ItoigawaYasuka TodaDaniel Winston BellottRachel AndersonRoberto MárquezJing-Ke Weng

molecular biologyreceptorsgenetics

The Emergence and Loss of Cyclic Peptides in Nicotiana Illuminate Dynamics and Mechanisms of Plant Metabolic Evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Elliot M. SuhJakob K. ReinhardtJing-Ke Weng

molecular evolutioncyclic peptidesplant metabolismplant metabolic evolutionplant sciencebiologyevolutionary biologymolecular biology

Toward an Integrated Omics Approach for Plant Biosynthetic Pathway Discovery in the Age of AI. Trends in Biochemical Sciences (2025)

Jakob K ReinhardtDavid CraftJing-Ke Weng

omics technologiesbiochemical sciencesbioinformaticsbiosynthesissystems biologybiochemistrybiotechnologysynthetic biologyomics integrationomics

Genome‐Wide Association Identifies a Bahd Acyltransferase Activity That Assembles an Ester of Glucuronosylglycerol and Phenylacetic Acid. The Plant Journal (2024)

Jeffrey P. SimpsonColin Y. KimAmanpreet KaurJing‐Ke WengBrian DilkesClint Chapple

Mechanistic Basis for the Emergence of Eps1 as a Catalyst in Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis of Brassicaceae. Nature Communications (2024)

Michael P. Torrens-SpenceJason O. MatosTianjie LiDavid W. KastnerColin Y. KimZiqi WangChristopher M. GlinkermanJennifer SherkHeather J. KulikYi WangJing-Ke Weng

mechanistic basisbiosynthesisintegrative plant biologybiologybiochemistryplant biochemistrysalicylic acid biosynthesismolecular biology

placebo-controlled studynutritionexercise scienceexercise performancehealth sciences

The Evolutionary Origin of Naturally Occurring Intermolecular Diels-Alderases From Morus Alba. Nature Communications (2024)

Qi DingNianxin GuoLei GaoMichelle McKeeDongshan WuJun YangJunping FanJing-Ke WengXiaoguang Lei

molecular evolutionevolutionary originintermolecular diels-alderasesmorus albabiologyevolutionary biology

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