Areas of Focus
- Plant Epigenetics
- Stress Resistance in Crops
- Crop Molecular Breeding
Work Experience
- 2019-04--Present, CEPAMS, Group Leader
- 2018-06--Present, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher
- 2013-07--2018-05, University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2013-03--2013-07, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2006-09--2013-01, Institute of Plant Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD Student
- 2002-09--2006-07, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Bachelor Student
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006-09--2013-01 PhD: Institute of Plant Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2002-09--2006-07 Bachelor: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Publications
- Dynamic chromatin regulatory programs during embryogenesis of hexaploid wheat, Corresponding Author, 2023
- Uncovering the transcriptional regulatory network involved in boosting wheat regeneration and transformation, Corresponding Author, 2023
- H2A.Z contributes to Trithorax activity at the AGAMOUS locus, Third Author, 2022
- Genome edited powdery mildew resistance in wheat without growth penalties, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China, Corresponding Author, 2022
- Dissecting the plant chromatin interactome using mass spectrometry, Second Author, 2022
- Chromatin remodeling complexes regulate genome architecture in Arabidopsis, Seventh Author, 2022
- Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses uncover the molecular basis of high nitrogen-use efficiency in the wheat cultivar Kenong 9204, Corresponding Author, 2022
- The vernalization-induced long non-coding RNA VAS functions with the transcription factor TaRF2b to promote TaVRN1 expression for flowering in hexaploid wheat, Fifth Author, 2021
- LEAFY is a pioneer transcription factor and licenses cell reprogramming to floral fate, Fifth Author, 2021
- PRC2 activity, recruitment, and silencing: a comparative perspective, Second Author, 2021
- The Protein Modifications of O-GlcNAcylation and Phosphorylation Mediate Vernalization Response for flowering in Winter Wheat, Second Author, 2019
- Integration of Transcriptional Repression and Polycomb-Mediated Silencing of WUSCHEL in Floral Meristems, Sixth Author, 2019
- Arabidopsis O-GlcNAc transferase SEC activates histone methyltransferase ATX1 to regulate flowering, Fourth Author, 2018
- Developmental transitions: integrating environmental cues with hormonal signaling in the chromatin landscape in plants, First Author, 2017
- Tug of war: adding and removing histone lysine methylation in Arabidopsis, First Author, 2016
- Auxin-regulated chromatin switch directs acquisition of flower primordium founder fate, Seventh Author, 2015
- Jacalin-lectin like1 regulates the nuclear accumulation of glycine-rich rna-binding protein7, influencing the rna processing of flowering locus c antisense transcripts and flowering time in arabidopsis, First Author, 2015
- Polycomb repression in the regulation of growth and development in Arabidopsis, First Author, 2015
- COLD1 confers chilling tolerance in rice., Eleventh Author, 2015
- O -GlcNAc-mediated interaction between VER2 and TaGRP2 elicits TaVRN1 mRNA accumulation during vernalization in winter wheat, First Author, 2014
- Requirement of histone acetyltransferases HAM1 and HAM2 for epigenetic modification of FLC in regulating flowering in Arabidopsis, First Author, 2013
- OsDOG, a gibberellin-induced A20/AN1 zinc-finger protein, negatively regulates gibberellin-mediated cell elongation in rice, Third Author, 2011
- Enhanced tolerance to chilling stress in OsMYB3R-2 transgenic rice is mediated by alteration in cell cycle and ectopic expression of stress genes, First Author, 2009
- Boosting wheat functional genomics via an indexed EMS mutant library of KN9204, Twenty-fourth Author
- Deciphering spike architecture formation towards yield improvement in wheat, Fourth Author
Awards
- 2023: First Prize, Young Scientist Award, Chinese Society of Crop Science
