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Name	Rentai Song
Contact Information	rentaosong@cau.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Beijing

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Name

Rentai Song

Contact Information

rentaosong@cau.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	China Agricultural University
Faculty	Veterinary Medicine
Academic Background & Achievements	1994-1997 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Genetics 1988-1992 Bachelor: East China University of Science and Technology, Biochemistry Published over 60 research papers as corresponding author in journals like Plant Cell
Work Experience	1997-2004 - Rutgers University, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher in Crop Comparative Genomics and Functional Genomics 2004-2015 - Shanghai University, School of Life Sciences - Professor, Associate Dean 2015-present - China Agricultural University, College of Agronomy - Professor
Awards	2004: USDA Outstanding Contribution Group Award 2006: Ministry of Education New Century Excellent Talents Program 2014: National Outstanding Youth Science Fund 2015: National Millions of Talents Project

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

China Agricultural University

Faculty

Veterinary Medicine

Academic Background & Achievements

1994-1997 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Genetics
1988-1992 Bachelor: East China University of Science and Technology, Biochemistry
Published over 60 research papers as corresponding author in journals like Plant Cell

Work Experience

1997-2004 - Rutgers University, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher in Crop Comparative Genomics and Functional Genomics
2004-2015 - Shanghai University, School of Life Sciences - Professor, Associate Dean
2015-present - China Agricultural University, College of Agronomy - Professor

Awards

2004: USDA Outstanding Contribution Group Award
2006: Ministry of Education New Century Excellent Talents Program
2014: National Outstanding Youth Science Fund
2015: National Millions of Talents Project

Areas of Focus	Molecular genetics of maize Crop genomics
Publications	ENB1 encodes a cellulose synthase 5 that directs synthesis of cell wall ingrowths in maize basal endosperm transfer cells, Wang Q, Wang M, Chen J, Qi W, Lai J, Ma Z and Song R, 2022 Accumulation of 22 kDa α-zein-mediated nonzein protein in protein body of maize endosperm, Feng Y, Ma Y, Feng F, Chen X, Qi W, Ma Z and Song R, 2022 shrunken4 is a mutant allele of ZmYSL2 that affects aleurone development and starch synthesis in maize, He Y, Yang Q, Yang J, Wang YF, Sun X, Wang S, Qi W, Ma Z and Song R, 2021 Maize endosperm development, Dai D, Ma Z and Song R, 2021 Maize kernel development, Dai D, Ma Z and Song R, 2021 A SnRK1-ZmRFWD3-Opaque2 signaling axis regulates diurnal nitrogen accumulation in maize seeds, Li C, Qi W, Liang Z, Yang X, Ma Z and Song R, 2020 The regulation of zein biosynthesis in maize endosperm, Li C and Song R, 2020 A sequence-indexed Mutator insertional library for maize functional genomics study, Liang L, Zhou L, Tang Y, Li N, Song T, Shao W, Zhang Z, Cai P, Feng F, Ma Y, Yao D, Feng Y, Ma Z, Zhao H, Song R, 2019 Dek42 encodes an RNA binding protein that affects alternative pre-mRNA splicing and maize kernel development, Zuo Y, Feng F, Qi W and Song R, 2019 Maize Dek15 encodes the cohesin-loading complex subunit SCC4 and is essential for chromosome segregation and kernel development, He Y, Wang J, Qi W and Song R, 2019

Areas of Focus

Molecular genetics of maize
Crop genomics

Publications

ENB1 encodes a cellulose synthase 5 that directs synthesis of cell wall ingrowths in maize basal endosperm transfer cells, Wang Q, Wang M, Chen J, Qi W, Lai J, Ma Z and Song R, 2022
Accumulation of 22 kDa α-zein-mediated nonzein protein in protein body of maize endosperm, Feng Y, Ma Y, Feng F, Chen X, Qi W, Ma Z and Song R, 2022
shrunken4 is a mutant allele of ZmYSL2 that affects aleurone development and starch synthesis in maize, He Y, Yang Q, Yang J, Wang YF, Sun X, Wang S, Qi W, Ma Z and Song R, 2021
Maize endosperm development, Dai D, Ma Z and Song R, 2021
Maize kernel development, Dai D, Ma Z and Song R, 2021
A SnRK1-ZmRFWD3-Opaque2 signaling axis regulates diurnal nitrogen accumulation in maize seeds, Li C, Qi W, Liang Z, Yang X, Ma Z and Song R, 2020
The regulation of zein biosynthesis in maize endosperm, Li C and Song R, 2020
A sequence-indexed Mutator insertional library for maize functional genomics study, Liang L, Zhou L, Tang Y, Li N, Song T, Shao W, Zhang Z, Cai P, Feng F, Ma Y, Yao D, Feng Y, Ma Z, Zhao H, Song R, 2019
Dek42 encodes an RNA binding protein that affects alternative pre-mRNA splicing and maize kernel development, Zuo Y, Feng F, Qi W and Song R, 2019
Maize Dek15 encodes the cohesin-loading complex subunit SCC4 and is essential for chromosome segregation and kernel development, He Y, Wang J, Qi W and Song R, 2019

Maize Molecular Genetics Seed Development Protein Synthesis Gene Regulation Comparative Genomics Functional Genomics Crop Improvement Protein Quality Traits Gene Expression

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