Dr. Fang Tao is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China. She obtained her PhD from Anhui Agricultural University in 2006. Her research interests include the exploration of key genes for toxic pathogenesis of Aspergillus flavus, research into the regulatory mechanism of aflatoxin synthesis, and the molecular mechanism of interaction between fungi and plants.