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Shangwei Zhong
Life Science
Peking University
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Seed Germination
Seedling Morphogenesis
Survival
Environmental Factors
Plant Hormones
Cellular Calcium Signaling
Molecular Mechanisms
Soil Mechanical Pressure
Touch Perception
Signaling Pathways
Areas of Focus
- Seed germination, seedling morphogenesis and survival
- Interaction between environmental factors (light, temperature, mechanical pressure) and plant hormones
- Molecular mechanisms of cellular calcium signaling encoding and decoding
- Plant responses to soil mechanical pressure (plant touch perception) and signaling pathways
Work Experience
- 2024 - Present, Boya Distinguished Professor, Peking University
- 2014 - Present, Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor, College of Life Sciences, Peking University
- 2012 - 2014, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology, Yale University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010 - 2012 Joint PhD student, Department of Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology, Yale University
- 2007 - 2012 PhD in Botany, Peking University
- 2003 - 2007 Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, Wuhan University
Publications
- Sensory circuitry controls cytosolic calcium-mediated phytochrome B phototransduction, Zhao Y., Shi H., Pan Y., Lyu M., Yang Z., Kou X., Deng X., Zhong S.*, 2023
- Light and temperature perceptions go through a phase separation, Shi H.*, Zhong S.*, 2023
- Anterograde signaling controls plastid transcription via sigma factors separately from nuclear photosynthesis genes, Hwang Y., Han S., Yoo C., Hong L., You C., Le B., Shi H., Zhong S., Hoecker U., Chen X., Chen M.*, 2022
- Integration of light and temperature sensing by liquid-liquid phase separation of phytochrome B, Chen D., Lyu M., Kou X., Li J., Yang Z., Gao L., Li Y., Fan L., Shi H., Zhong S.*, 2022
- MicroProteins: Dynamic and accurate regulation of protein activity, Wu Q., Zhong S., Shi H.*, 2022
- Lack of ethylene does not affect reproductive success and synergid cell death in Arabidopsis, Li W., Li Q., Lyu M.., Wang Z., Song Z., Zhong S., Gu H., Dong J., Dresselhaus T., Zhong S., Qu L.*, 2022
- The PIF1-miR408-PLANTACYANIN repression cascade regulates light-dependent seed germination, Jiang A., Guo Z., Pan J., Yang Y., Zhuang Y., Zuo D., Hao C., Gao Z., Xin P., Chu J., Zhong S., Li L.*, 2021
- Touch-induced seedling morphological changes are determined by ethylene-regulated pectin degradation, Wu Q., Li Y., Lyu M., Luo Y., Shi H., Zhong S.*, 2020
- Allosteric deactivation of PIFs and EIN3 by microProteins in light control of plant development, Wu Q., Kuang K., Lyu M., Zhao Y., Li Y., L J., Pan Y., Shi H., Zhong S.*, 2020
- HY5-HDA9 Module Transcriptionally Regulates Plant Autophagy in Response to Light-to-Dark Conversion and Nitrogen Starvation, Yang C., Shen W., Yang L., Sun Y., Li X., Lai M., Wei J., Wang C., Xu Y., Li F., Liang S., Yang C., Zhong S., Luo M.*, Gao C.*, 2020
- Oligomerization and photo-deoligomerization of HOOKLESS1 controls plant differential cell growth, Lyu M., Shi H., Li Y., Kuang K., Yang Z., Li J., Chen D., Li Y., Kou X., Zhong S.*, 2019
- Genome-wide regulation of light-controlled seedling morphogenesis by three families of transcription factors, Shi H., Lyu M., Luo Y., Liu S., Li Y., He H., Wei N., Deng X.W.*, Zhong S.*, 2018
- EIN3 and PIF3 Form an Interdependent Module that Represses Chloroplast Development in Buried Seedling, Liu X., Liu R., Li Y., Shen X., Zhong S.*, Shi H.*, 2017
- Interplay between Light and Plant Hormones in the Control of Arabidopsis Seedling Chlorophyll Biosynthesis, Liu X., Li Y., Zhong S.*, 2017
- The red light receptor phytochrome B directly enhances substrate-E3 ligase interactions to attenuate ethylene responses, Shi H., Shen X., Liu R., Xue C., Wei N., Deng X.W.*, Zhong S.*
Awards
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2023
- Rising Stars in Plant Sciences, 2023
- National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, 2018
- Core Member of the Innovation Group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2017-2022
- Chief Scientist of the National Key R&D Program Special Project for Young Talents, 2016-2021
- Selected for the first batch of the National 'Young Talent Support Project' by the China Association for Science and Technology, 2016
- Monsanto Fellowship Award, 2010
