2002.9-2006.12 PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Huazhong Agricultural University
1998.9-2002.7 Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology: Huazhong Agricultural University
Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talent (Youth) Program
Included in Elsevier's list of Highly Cited Chinese Researchers in 2020
2012.3-present - Huazhong Agricultural University - Professor
2009.1-2012.3 - University of California, San Diego - Research Assistant
2007.3-2008.12 - University of California, San Diego - Postdoctoral Researcher
2021: First Prize for Teaching Quality at Huazhong Agricultural University
2020: Advanced Female Faculty Member at Huazhong Agricultural University
2017: Wuhan Outstanding Young Science and Technology Worker
2013: First Prize of Hubei Province Natural Science Award
2013: Hubei Youth May Fourth Medal
2012: Ministry of Education New Century Excellent Talents Support Program
Research
Mechanisms of Plant-Environment Interactions Stomatal Biology Chloroplast Development Mechanisms
Variation in WIDTH OF LEAF AND GRAIN contributes to grain and leaf size by controlling LARGE2 stability in rice., Yue Z, Wang Z, Yao Y, Liang Y, Li J, Yin K, Li R, Li Y, Ouyang Y, Xiong L, Hu H*, 2024
A module involving HIGH LEAF TEMPERATURE1 controls instantaneous water use efficiency., Xiao C, Guo H, Li R, Wang Y, Yin K, Ye P, Hu H*, 2024
Molecular Insight of Plants Response to Drought Stress: Perspectives and New Insights towards Food Security., Marques I, Hu H*, 2024
Regulation of FLC nuclear import by coordinated action of the NUP62-subcomplex and importin β SAD2., Chen G, Xu D, Liu Q, Yue Z, Dai B, Pan S, Chen Y, Feng X, Hu H*, 2023
PECTIN METHYLESTERASE INHIBITOR18 functions in stomatal dynamics and stomatal dimension., Zhang X, Guo H, Xiao C, Yan Z, Ning N, Chen G, Zhang J, Hu H*, 2023
Bna.EPF2 enhances drought tolerance by regulating stomatal development and stomatal size in Brassica napus., Jiao P, Liang Y, Chen S, Yuan Y, Chen Y, Hu H*, 2023
IQ67 DOMAIN protein 21 is critical for indentation formation in pavement cell morphogenesis., Feng X, Pan S, Tu H, Huang J, Xiao C, Shen X, You L, Zhao X, Chen Y, Xu D, Qu X, Hu H*, 2023
Multiple cyclic nucleotide-gated channels function as ABA-activated Ca2+ channels required for ABA-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis., Tan Y, Yang Y, Shen X, Zhu M, Shen J, Zhang W, Hu H, Wang YF*, 2023
ABF1 Positively Regulates Rice Chilling Tolerance via Inducing Trehalose Biosynthesis., Shu Y, Zhang W, Tang L, Li Z, Liu X, Liu X, Liu W, Li G, Ying J, Huang J, Tong X, Hu H, Zhang J, Wang Y*, 2023
Cell type-specific proteomics uncovers a RAF15-SnRK2.6/OST1 kinase cascade in guard cells., Wang H, Wang Y, Sang T, Lin Z, Li R, Ren W, Shen X, Zhao B, Wang X, Zhang X, Zhou S, Dai S, Hu H, Song CP, Wang P*, 2023
Control of rice ratooning ability by a nucleoredoxin that inhibits histidine kinase dimerization to attenuate cytokinin signaling in axillary buds., Yao Y, Xiang D, Wu N, Wang Y, Chen Y, Yuan Y, Ye Y, Hu D, Zheng C, Yan Y, Lv Q, Li X, Chen G, Hu H, Xiong H, Peng S*, Xiong L*, 2023
Editorial: Roles and regulatory mechanisms of ABA in plant development., Li G, Wang Y, Wu J, Hu H, Datla R, Bu Q, Moncaleán P, Li J, Zhang J, 2022
Two Arabidopsis MYB-SHAQKYF transcription repressors regulate leaf wax biosynthesis via transcriptional suppression on DEWAX., Liu Q, Huang H, Chen Y, Yue Z, Wang Z, Qu T, Xu D, Lü S, Hu H*, 2022
Multi-omics analysis dissects the genetic architecture of seed coat content in Brassica napus., Zhang Y, Zhang H, Zhao H, Xia Y, Zheng X, Fan R, Tan Z, Duan C, Fu Y, Li L, Ye J, Tang S, Hu H, Xie W, Yao X*, Guo L*, 2022
Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase 1 is essential for primary-root growth at low-Sucrose conditions., Yuan Y, Xu D, Xiang D, Jiang L, Hu H*, 2022
Editorial: Transport and Membrane Traffic in Stomatal Biology., Wang Y, Karnik R, Garcia-Mata C, Hu H, 2022
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice., Li Z, Wei X, Tong X, Zhao J, Liu X, Wang H, Tang L, Shu Y, Li G, Wang Y, Ying J, Jiao G, Hu H, Hu P*, Zhang J*, 2022
Two Arabidopsis galacturonosyltransferases function in plant growth, stomatal development, and stomatal dynamics., Guo H, Xiao C, Liu Q, Li R, Yan Z, Yao X, Hu H*, 2021
The ATR-WEE1 kinase module inhibits the MAC complex to regulate replication stress response., Wang L, Zhan L, Zhao Y, Huang Y, Wu C, Pan T, Qin Q, Xu Y, Deng Z, Li J, Hu H, Xue S, Yan S*, 2021
Expression Pattern and Functional Analyses of Arabidopsis Guard Cell-Enriched GDSL Lipases., Xiao C, Guo H, Tang J, Li J, Yao X, Hu H*, 2021
GDSL lipase Occluded Stomatal Pore 1 is required for wax biosynthesis and stomatal cuticular ledge formation., Tang J, Yang X, Xiao C, Li J, Chen Y, Li R, Li S, Lü S, Hu H*, 2020
Involvement of abscisic acid, ABI5, and PPC2 in plant acclimation to low CO2., You L, Zhang J, Li L, Xiao C, Feng X, Chen S, Guo L, Hu H*, 2020
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase ALDH3F1 involvement in flowering time regulation through histone acetylation modulation on FLC., Xu D, Liu Q, Chen G, Yan Z, Hu H*, 2020
OsTMF attenuates cold tolerance by affecting cell wall properties in rice., Xu Y, Hu D, Hou X, Shen J, Liu J, Cen X, Fu J, Li X, Hu H, Xiong L*, 2020
Genome-wide identification of SNAC1-targeted genes involved in drought response in rice., Li X, Chang Y, Ma S, Shen J, Hu H, Xiong L*, 2019
Intact leaf gas exchange provides a robust method for measuring the kinetics of stomatal conductance responses to abscisic acid and other small molecules in Arabidopsis and grasses., Ceciliato PHO, Zhang JB, Liu Q, Shen X, Hu H, Liu C, Schäffner AR, Schroeder JI*, 2019
Reversible Histone H2B Monoubiquitination Fine-Tunes Abscisic Acid Signaling and Drought Response in Rice., Ma S, Tang N, Li X, Xie Y, Xiang D, Fu J, Shen J, Yang J, Tu H, Li X, Hu H, Xiong L*, 2019
Arabidopsis IAR4 modulates primary root growth under salt stress through ROS-mediated modulation of auxin distribution., Fu Y, Yang Y, Chen S, Ning N, Hu H*, 2019
Genome-wide association studies of image traits reveal the genetic architecture of drought resistance in rice., Guo Z, Yang W*, Chang Y, Ma X, Tu H, Xiong F, Jiang N, Feng H, Huang C, Yang P, Zhao H, Chen G, Liu H, Luo L, Hu H, Liu Q, Xiong L*, 2018
Integrative regulation of drought escape through ABA dependent and independent pathways in Rice., Du H, Huang F, Wu N, Li X, Hu H, Xiong L*, 2018
The BIG protein distinguishes the process of CO2 -induced stomatal closure from the inhibition of stomatal opening by CO2., He J, Zhang R, Peng K, Tagliavia C, Li S, Xue S, Liu A, Hu H, Zhang J, Hubbard KE, Held K, McAinsh MR, Gray JE, Kudla J, Schroeder JI, Liang YK*, Hetherington AM*, 2018
Natural variation in Arabidopsis Cvi-0 accession reveals an important role of MPK12 in guard cell CO2 signaling., Jakobson L#, Vaahtera L#, Tõldsepp K#, Nuhkat M#, Wang C, Wang YS, Hõrak H, Valk E, Pechter P, Sindarovska Y, Tang J, Xiao C, Xu D, Gerst Talas U, García-Sosa AT, Kangasjärvi S, Maran U, Remm M, Roelfsema MR, Hu H, Kangasjärvi J, Loog M, Schroeder JI, Kollist H*, Brosché M*, 2016
Reconstitution of CO2 regulation of SLAC1 anion channel and function of CO2-permeable PIP2;1 aquaporin as carbonic anhydrase 4 interactor., Wang C#, Hu H#*, Qin X, Zeise B, Xu D, Rappel WJ, Boron WF, Schroeder JI*, 2016
Two types of soybean diacylglycerol acyltransferases are differentially involved in triacylglycerol biosynthesis and response to environmental stresses and hormones., Chen B, Wang J, Zhang G, Liu J, Manan S, Hu H, Zhao J*, 2016
Distinct cellular locations of carbonic anhydrases mediate CO2 control of stomatal movements., Hu H*, Rappel WJ, Occhipinti R, Ries A, Böhmer M, You L, Xiao C, Engineer CB, Boron WF, Schroeder JI*, 2015
Ca2+- and diurnal rhythm-regulated Na+ /Ca2+ exchanger AtNCL affects flowering time and auxin signaling in Arabidopsis., Li P, Zhang G, Gonzales N, Guo Y, Hu H, Park S, Zhao J*, 2016
A STRESS-RESPONSIVE NAC1-Regulated Protein Phosphatase Gene Rice Protein Phosphatase18 Modulates Drought and Oxidative Stress Tolerance through Abscisic Acid-Independent Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging in Rice., You J, Zong W, Hu H, Li XH, Xiao J, Xiong L*, 2014
Carbonic anhydrases, EPF2 and a novel protease mediate CO2 control of stomatal development., Engineer C, Ghassemian M, Anderson J, Peck S, Hu H, Schroeder JI*, 2014
Genetic engineering and breeding of drought-resistant crops., Hu H*, Xiong L*, 2014
A special member of the rice SRO family, OsSRO1c, mediates responses to multiple abiotic stresses through interaction with various transcription factors., You J, Zong W, Du H, Hu H, Xiong L*, 2014
PYR/RCAR receptors contribute to ozone-, reduced air humidity-, darkness-, and CO2-induced stomatal regulation., Merilo E, Laanemets K, Hu H, Xue S, Jakobson L, Tulva I, Gonzalez-Guzman M, Rodriguez P, Schroeder JI, Broschè M*, and Kollist H*, 2013
The SNAC1-targeted gene OsSRO1c modulates stomatal closure and oxidative stress tolerance by regulating hydrogen peroxide in rice., You J, Zong W, Li X, Ning J, Hu H, Xiao J, Xiong L*, 2013
Reconstitution of abscisic acid activation of SLAC1 anion channel by CPK6 and OST1 kinases and branched ABI1 PP2C phosphatase action., Brandt B, Brodsky DE, Xue SW, Negi J, Iba K, Kangasjarvi J, Ghassemian M, Stephan AB, Hu H, and Schroeder JI*, 2012
An ornithine δ-aminotransferase gene OsOAT confers drought and oxidative stress tolerance in rice., You J, Hu H, Xiong L*, 2012
Central functions of bicarbonate in S-type anion channel activation and OST1 protein kinase in CO2 signal transduction in guard cells., Xue S#, Hu H#, Ries A, Merilo E, Kolist H, and Schroeder JI*, 2011
Carbonic anhydrases are upstream regulators of CO2-controlled stomatal movements in guard cells., Hu H#, Boisson-Dernier A#, Israelsson-Nordstrom M#, Bohmer M, Xue SW, Ries A, Godoski J, Kuhn JM, and Schroeder JI*, 2010
Guard cell signal transduction network: advances in understanding abscisic acid, CO2, and Ca2+ signaling., Kim TH, # Bohmer M, #Hu H, Nishimura N, and Schroeder JI*, 2010
Overexpressing a NAM, ATAF, and CUC (NAC) transcription factor enhances drought resistance and salt tolerance in rice., Hu H, Dai M, Yao J, Xiao B, Li X, Zhang Q, Xiong L*, 2006
Characterization of transcription factor gene SNAC2 conferring cold and dehydration tolerance in rice., Hu H, You J, Fang Y, Zhu X, Qi Z, Zhang Q, Xiong L*, 2008
Systematic analysis of GT factor family of rice reveals a novel subfamily involved in stress responses., Fang Y, Xie K, Hou X, Hu H, and Xiong L*, 2010
Systematic analysis of NPK1-like genes in rice reveals a stress-inducible gene cluster co-localized with a quantitative trait locus of drought resistance., Ning J, Liu S, Hu H, Xiong L*, 2008
Identification of Novel Stress-responsive Transcription Factor Genes in Rice by cDNA Array Analysis., Wu C, Hu H, Zeng Y, Liang D, Zhang J, Xiong L*, 2006
Rice SERK1 gene positively regulates somatic embryogenesis of cultured cell and host defense response against fungal infection., Hu H, Xiong L*, Yang Y, 2005
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