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Wu Zhe
Life Science
Southern University of Science and Technology
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Molecular Basis
Developmental Transitions
Plants
Co-Transcriptional Regulation
Mechanisms
Seed Dormancy
Flowering
Genetic
Cell Biology
Mathematical Modeling
Areas of Focus
- Molecular basis of key developmental stage transitions in plants
- Co-transcriptional regulation mechanisms in plants
- Role of co-transcriptional regulation in seed dormancy and flowering
Work Experience
- 2016 - Present, Southern University of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor
- 2011-2016, John Innes Centre, UK, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005-2011 PhD in Plant Biotechnology, Peking University
- 2001-2005 Bachelor in Biotechnology, Qingdao University
- 2008 Studied at Kyoto University, Japan under a national scholarship
Publications
- Cell-size-dependent transcription of FLC and its antisense long non-coding RNA COOLAIR explain cell-to-cell expression variation, Ietswaart, R., Rosa, S., Wu, Z., Dean, C., & Howard, M., 2017
- Quantitative regulation of FLC via coordinated transcriptional initiation and elongation, Wu, Z., Ietswaart, R., Liu, F., Yang, H., Howard, M., and Dean, C., 2016
- RNA-binding proteins RZ-1B and RZ-1C play critical roles in regulating pre-mRNA splicing and gene expression during development in Arabidopsis, Wu, Z., Zhu, D., Lin, X., Miao, J., Gu, L., Deng, X., Yang, Q., Sun, K., Cao, X., Tsuge, T., Dean, C., Aoyama, T., Gu, H., and Qu, L.J., 2016
