1993 - Bachelor's in Biochemistry: Jilin University
1996 - Master's in Biochemistry: Peking University
2003 - PhD in Biochemistry: Fudan University
1996 - Present: Teaching at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Current: Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Fudan University
2003: Outstanding Young Teacher by the Ministry of Education
2003: Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Star
2007: Fourth China Young Female Scientist Award
2008: Shanghai Dawn Scholar
Research
Epigenetic regulation mechanisms in plant growth, development, and environmental adaptation Molecular mechanisms of chromatin assembly and remodeling in plant cell fate and growth Histone methylation modifications and their recognition in plant growth and environmental adaptation
Structural insights into molecular mechanism for N6-adenosine methylation by MT-A70 family methyltransferase METTL4, Luo Q, Mo J, Chen H, Hu Z, Wang B, Wu J, Liang Z, Xie W, Du K, Peng M, Li Y, Li T, Zhang Y, Shi X, Shen WH, Shi Y, Dong A, Wang H, Ma J, 2022
Structural insights into partner selection for MYB and bHLH transcription factor complexes, Wang B, Luo Q, Li Y, Du K, Wu Z, Li T, Shen WH, Huang CH, Gan J, Dong A, 2022
H3K36 methyltransferase SDG708 enhances drought tolerance by promoting abscisic acid biosynthesis in rice, Chen K, Du K, Shi Y, Yin L, Shen WH, Yu Y, Liu B, Dong A, 2021
NAP1-Related Protein 1 (NRP1) has multiple interaction modes for chaperoning histones H2A-H2B, Luo Q, Wang B, Wu Z, Jiang W, Wang Y, Du K, Zhou N, Zheng L, Gan J, Shen WH, Ma J, Dong A, 2020
OsChz1 acts as a histone chaperone in modulating chromatin organization and genome function in rice, Du K, Luo Q, Yin L, Wu J, Liu Y, Gan J, Dong A, Shen WH, 2020
The histone methylation readers MRG1/MRG2 and the histone chaperones NRP1/NRP2 associate in fine-tuning Arabidopsis flowering time, An Z, Yin L, Liu Y, Peng M, Shen WH, Dong A, 2020
Structural insights into target DNA recognition by R2R3-MYB transcription factors, Wang B, Luo Q, Li Y, Yin L, Zhou N, Li X, Gan J, Dong A, 2020
The transcription factor OsSUF4 interacts with SDG725 in promoting H3K36me3 establishment, Liu B, Liu Y, Wang B, Luo Q, Shi J, Gan J, Shen W-H, Yu Y, Dong A, 2019
H3K4me2 functions as a repressive epigenetic mark in plants, Liu Y, Liu K, Yin L, Yu Y, Qi J, Shen WH, Zhu J, Zhang Y, Dong A, 2019
Position-specific intron retention is mediated by the histone methyltransferase SDG725, Wei G, Liu K, Shen T, Shi J, Liu B, Han M, Peng M, Fu H, Song Y, Zhu J, Dong A, Ni T, 2018
Histone chaperones play crucial roles in maintenance of stem cell niche during plant root development, Ma J, Liu Y, Zhou W, Zhu Y, Dong A, Shen WH, 2018
SET DOMAIN GROUP701 encodes a H3K4-methytransferase and regulates multiple key processes of rice plant development, Liu K, Yu Y, Dong A, Shen WH, 2017
The Histone Chaperone NRP1 Interacts With WEREWOLF to Activate GLABRA2 in Arabidopsis Root Hair Development, Zhu Y, Rong L, Luo Q, Wang B, Zhou N, Yang Y, Zhang C, Feng H, Zheng L, Shen WH, Ma J, Dong A, 2017
Distinct roles of the histone chaperones NAP1 and NRP and the chromatin-remodeling factor INO80 in somatic homologous recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana, Zhou W, Gao J, Ma J, Cao L, Zhang C, Zhu Y, Dong A, Shen WH, 2016
SET DOMAIN GROUP 708, a histone H3 lysine 36-specific methyltransferase, controls flowering time in rice, Liu B, Wei G, Shi J, Jin J, Shen T, Ni T, Shen WH, Yu Y, Dong A, 2016
MRG702, a reader protein of H3K4me3 and H3K36me3, is involved in brassinosteroid-regulated growth and flowering time control in rice, Jin J, Shi J, Liu B, Liu Y, Huang Y, Yu Y, Dong A, 2015
The chromatin-remodeling factor AtINO80 plays crucial roles in genome stability maintenance and in plant development, Zhang C, Cao L, Rong L, An Z, Zhou W, Ma J, Shen WH, Zhu Y, Dong A, 2015
Regulation of Arabidopsis flowering by the histone mark readers MRG1/2 via interaction with CONSTANS to modulate FT expression, Bu Z, Yu Y, Li Z, Liu Y, Jiang W, Huang Y, Dong A, 2014
Histone chaperone ASF1 is involved in gene transcription activation in response to heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana, Weng M, Yang Y, Feng H, Pan Z, Shen WH, Zhu Y, Dong A, 2014
H3K36 methylation is involved in promoting rice flowering, Sui P, Shi J, Gao X, Shen WH, Dong A, 2013
TCP transcription factors interact with AS2 in the repression of class-I KNOX genes in Arabidopsis thaliana, Li Z, Li B, Shen WH, Huang H, Dong A, 2012
H3K36 methylation is critical for brassinosteroid-regulated plant growth and development in rice, Sui P, Jin J, Ye S, Mu C, Gao J, Feng H, Shen WH, Yu Y, Dong A, 2012
The Arabidopsis transcription factor AtTCP15 regulates endoreduplication by modulating expression of key cell-cycle genes, Li Z, Li B, Dong A, 2012
Arabidopsis homologues of the histone chaperone ASF1 are crucial for chromatin replication and cell proliferation in plant development, Zhu Y, Weng M, Yang Y, Zhang C, Li Z, Shen WH, Dong A, 2011
A truncated Arabidopsis NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN 1, AtNAP1;3T, alters plant growth responses to abscisic acid and salt in the Atnap1;3-2 mutant, Liu Z, Gao J, Dong A, Shen WH, 2009
Molecular and reverse genetic characterization of NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN1 (NAP1) genes unravels their function in transcription and nucleotide excision repair in Arabidopsis thaliana, Liu Z, Zhu Y, Gao J, Yu F, Dong A, Shen WH, 2009
Arabidopsis NRP1 and NRP2 encode histone chaperones and are required for maintaining postembryonic root growth, Zhu Y, Dong A, Meyer D, Pichon O, Renou JP, Cao K, Shen WH, 2006
SERRATE is a novel nuclear regulator in primary microRNA processing in Arabidopsis, Yang L, Liu Z, Lu F, Dong A, Huang H, 2006
Interacting proteins and differences in nuclear transport reveal specific functions for the NAP1 family proteins in plants, Dong A, Liu Z, Zhu Y, Yu F, Li Z, Cao K, Shen WH, 2005
