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Zixing Li
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Plant Stress
Salt Stress
Osmotic Stress
Hydrotropism
Molecular Mechanisms
Absicisic Acid
Signal Transduction
Chloroplast Development
Leaf Senescence
Genetics
Areas of Focus
- Plant responses to salt and osmotic stress
- Molecular mechanisms of plant root hydrotropism
- Abscisic acid signaling pathways and their regulation in chloroplast development and leaf senescence
Work Experience
- 2010-2012 - Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS: Assistant Researcher
- 2013-2019 - University of California, San Diego: Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2019-present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology: Associate Professor, PI, Doctoral Supervisor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002 - BSc in Food Science and Engineering: Northwest Light Industry College
- 2005 - MSc in Biochemical Engineering: Shanghai University
- 2010 - PhD in Biology: Tsinghua University
Publications
- Arabidopsis PLANT U-BOX44 down-regulates osmotic stress signaling by mediating Ca2+-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE4 degradation, Fan, W., Liao, X.L., Tan, Y.Q., Wang, X.R., Schroeder, J.I., Li, Z.*, 2023
- Abscisic acid-induced degradation of guanine nucleotide exchange factor requires calcium-dependent protein kinases, Li, Z., Takahashi, Y., Scavo, A., Brandt, B., Nguyen, D., Schroeder, J.I., 2018
- SnapShot: Abscisic Acid Signaling, Hauser, F., Li, Z., Waadt, R., Schroeder, J.I., 2017
- An ABA-increased interaction of the PYL6 ABA receptor with MYC2 Transcription Factor: A putative link of ABA and JA signaling, Aleman, F., Yazaki, J., Lee, M., Takahashi, Y., Kim, A.Y., Li, Z., Kinoshita, T., Ecker, J.R., Schroeder, J.I., 2016
- Release of GTP Exchange Factor Mediated Down-Regulation of Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction through ABA-Induced Rapid Degradation of RopGEFs, Li, Z., Waadt, R. & Schroeder, J. I., 2016
- ROPGEF1 and ROPGEF4 are functional regulators of ROP11 GTPase in ABA-mediated stomatal closure in Arabidopsis, Li, Z. & Liu, D., 2012
- ROP11 GTPase negatively regulates ABA signaling by protecting ABI1 phosphatase activity from inhibition by the ABA receptor RCAR1/PYL9 in Arabidopsis, Li, Z., Li, Z., Gao, X., Chinnusamy, V., Bressan, R., Wang, Z.X., Zhu, J.K., Wu, J.W., Liu, D., 2012
- ROP11 GTPase is a negative regulator of multiple ABA responses in Arabidopsis, Li, Z., Kang, J., Sui, N. & Liu, D., 2012
