2007 - PhD: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Selected for the Overseas High-Level Talent Introduction Program
Selected as a Young and Middle-aged Innovation Leading Talent by the Ministry of Science and Technology
Selected for the National High-Level Talent Special Support Program for Scientific and Technological Innovation Leading Talents
2007-2010 - Postdoctoral Research: Southwestern Medical Center and University of Nebraska
2011-2012 - Research Assistant Professor: University of Nebraska
2012-present - Professor: University of Science and Technology of China
Research
Molecular mechanisms determining flowering time in plants Molecular mechanisms of histone modification establishment and maintenance
Nuclear-localized pyruvate kinases control phosphorylation of histone H3 on threonine 11, Hu P, Xu Y, Su Y, Wang Y, Xiong Y, and Ding Y, 2024
ATX1 and HUB1/2 promote recruitment of the transcription elongation factor VIP2 to modulate the floral transition in Arabidopsis, Lu Q, Shi W, Zhang F, and Ding Y, 2024
An epi-allele of SMS causes Sanming dominant genic male sterility in rice, Yang Y, Zhang C, Li H, Yang Z, Xu Z, Tai D, Ni D, Wei P, Yi C, Yang J, and Ding Y, 2023
Vernalization attenuates dehydration tolerance in winter-annual Arabidopsis, Chen L, Hu P, Lu Q, Zhang F, Su Y, and Ding Y, 2022
OsHUB2 inhibits function of OsTrx1 in heading date in rice, Xu Z, Li E, Xue G, Zhang C, Yang Y, and Ding Y, 2022
Chromatin remodeling factors OsYAF9 and OsSWC4 interact to promote internode elongation in rice, Ikram A, Zhang F, Wang S, Su Y, and Ding Y, 2022
SDG128 is involved in maize leaf inclination, Wang S, Zhang F, Jiang P, Zhang H, Zheng H, Chen R, Xu Z, Ikram A, Li E, Xu Z, Fan J, Su Y, and Ding Y, 2021
Phosphorylation of Histone H2A at Serine 95 Is Essential for Flowering Time and Development in Arabidopsis, Huang T, Zhang H, Zhou Y, Su Y, Zheng H, and Ding Y, 2021
SDF5 encoding P450 protein is required for internode elongation in rice, Yang Y, Li J, Li H, Xu Z, Qin R, Wu W, Wei P, Ding Y, Yang J, 2021
PRC2 recruitment and H3K27me3 deposition at FLC require FCA binding of COOLAIR, Tiang Y, Zheng H, Zhang F, Wang S, Ji X, Xu C, He Y, Ding Y, 2019
SIP1 participates in regulation of flowering time in rice by recruiting OsTrx1 to Ehd1, Jiang P, Wang S, Zheng H, Li H, Zhang F, Su Y, Xu Z, Lin H, Qian Q, Ding Y, 2018
The COMPASS-like complex promotes flowering and panicle branching in rice, Jiang P, Wang S, Jiang H, Cheng B, Wu K, Ding Y, 2018
SDG721 and SDG705 are required for rice growth, Jiang P, Wang S, Ikram A, Xu Z, Jiang H, Cheng B, Ding Y, 2018
MLK1 and MLK2 coordinate RGA and CCA1 activity to regulate hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Zheng H, Zhang F, Wang S, Su Y, Ji X, Jiang P, Chen R, Hou S, Ding Y, 2018
Phosphorylation of histone H2A at serine 95: A plant-specific mark involved in flowering time regulation and H2A.Z deposition, Su Y, Wang S, Zhang F, Zheng H, Liu Y, Huang T, Ding Y, 2017
Phosphorylation of SPT5 by CDKD;2 is required for VIP5 recruitment and normal flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana, Lu C, Tian Y, Wang S, Su Y, Mao T, Huang T, Chen Q, Xu Z, Ding Y, 2017
Dehydration stress memory genes of Zea mays; comparison with Arabidopsis thaliana, Ding Y, Virlouvet L, Liu N, Riethoven JJ, Fromm M, Avramova Z, 2014
Four distinct types of dehydration stress memory genes in Arabidopsis thaliana, Ding Y, Liu N, Virlouvet L, Riethoven JJ, Fromm M, Avramova Z, 2013
Transcription factor interaction with COMPASS-like complex regulates histone H3K4 trimethylation for specific gene expression in plants, Song Z, Sun L, Lu S, Tian Y, Ding Y, Liu J, 2015
ABA Signaling is necessary but not sufficient for RD29B transcriptional memory during successive dehydration stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana, Virlouvet L, Ding Y, Liu N, Avramova Z, Fromm M, 2014
Different gene-specific mechanisms determine the ‘revised-response’ memory transcription patterns of a subset of A. thaliana dehydration stress responding genes, Liu N, Ding Y, Fromm M, Avramova Z, 2014
ATX1-generated H3K4me3 Is required for efficient elongation of transcription, not Initiation, at ATX1-regulated genes, Ding Y, Ndamukong I, Xu Z, Lapko H, Fromm M, Avramova Z, 2012
Multiple exposures to drought 'train' transcriptional responses in Arabidopsis, Ding Y, Fromm M, Avramova Z, 2012
Divergent functions of the myotubularin (MTM) homologs AtMTM1 and AtMTM2 in Arabidopsis thaliana: evolution of the plant MTM family, Ding Y, Ndamukong I, Zhao Y, Xia Y, Riethoven JJ, Jones DR, Divecha N, Avramova Z, 2012
The Arabidopsis Trithorax-like factor ATX1 functions in dehydration stress responses via ABA-dependent and ABA-independent pathways, Ding Y, Avramova Z, Fromm M, 2011
Two distinct roles of Arabidopsis homolog of Trithorax (ATX1), at promoters and within transcribed Regions of ATX1 regulated Genes, Ding Y, Avramova Z, Fromm M, 2011
SDG714, a histone H3K9 methyltransferase, is involved in Tos17 DNA methylation and transposition in rice, Ding Y, Wang X, Su L, Zhai J, Cao S, Zhang D, Liu C, Bi Y, Qian Q, Cheng Z, Chu C, Cao X, 2007