Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms of chromatin higher-order structure in gene expression regulation in plants
- Fate determination of RNA molecules in plants
Work Experience
- 2011-2017.4 Postdoctoral Researcher, John Innes Centre (CDB), UK
- 2017.10-present Research Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Southern University of Science and Technology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2001-2005 Bachelor: Qingdao University
- 2005-2011 PhD: Peking University
- Published multiple high-level papers in international journals
Publications
- AtCDC5 regulates the G2 to M transition of the cell cycle and is critical for the function of Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem, Zhiqiang Lin, Kangquan Yin, Danling Zhu, Zhangliang Chen, Hongya Gu, Li-Jia Qu, 2007
- Physical clustering of FLC alleles during Polycomb-mediated epigenetic silencing in vernalization, Stafanie Rosa, Filomena De Lucia, Joshua S. Mylne, Danling Zhu, Nobuko Ohmido, Ali Pendle, Naohiro Kato, Peter Shaw and Caroline dean, 2013
- TRANSLUCENT GREEN, an ERF family transcription factor, controls water balance in Arabidopsis by activating the expression of aquaporin genes, Danling Zhu, Zhe wu, Guangyu Cao, Jigang Li, Jia Wei, Tomohiko Tsuge, Hongya Gu, Takashi Aoyama, Li-jia Qu, 2014
- Nuclear organization changes and the epigenetic silencing of FLC during Vernalization, Danling Zhu, Stefanie Rosa, Caroline Dean, 2015
- RNA-binding proteins At RZ-1B and At RZ-1C play a critical role in regulation of pre-mRNA splicing and gene expression during Arabidopsis development, Zhe Wu, Danling Zhu, Xiaoya Lin, Jin Miao, Lianfeng Gu, Xian Deng, Qian Yang, Danmeng Zhu, XiaoFeng Cao, Tomohiko TSUGE, Caroline Dean, Takashi Aoyama, Hongya Gu and Li-Jia Qu, 2016
Awards
- 2008: National Scholarship for Overseas Study by China Scholarship Council