Qingqiu Gong

Tenure-track Associate Professor

  • Tel: +86-021
  • Email: gongqingqiu@sjtu.edu.cn
  • Lab Web: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qingqiu_Gong
  • We are interested in plant membrane trafficking and signaling, specifically in PI3P-mediated trafficking routes including autophagy and organelle dynamics, the plant Hippo pathway, new RNA binding proteins and membraneless organelles. We have published >50 papers that have been cited for >10,000 times.

Selected Publications

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    Liu R, Weng X, Li X, Cao Y, Li Q, Luan L, Tong D, Kong Z, Wang H, Wang T, Gong Q*. A synthetic chlorophagy receptor promotes plant fitness by mediating chloroplast microautophagy. Cell Reports. 2025 Jun 24;44(6):115759. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115759.

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    Wang T, Li X, Yu H, Zhang H, Xie Z, Gong Q*. Inhibition of mitochondrial energy production leads to reorganization of the plant endomembrane system. Plant Physiology. 2025 Feb 7;197(2):kiaf033. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf033.

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    Li X, Zheng J, Su J, Wang L, Luan L, Wang T, Bai F, Zhong Q, Gong Q*. Myotubularin 2 interacts with SEC23A and negatively regulates autophagy at ER exit sites in Arabidopsis. Autophagy. 2025 Jan;21(1):141-159. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2024.2394302. 

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    Wang T, Li X, Liu N, Yang Y, Gong Q*. TurboID-based Proximity labelling reveals a connection between VPS34 and sugar metabolism. J Plant Physiol. 2023 Oct:289:154100. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154100. 

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    Liu R, Zhang R, Yang Y, Liu X*, Gong Q*. Monitoring Autophagy in Rice With GFP-ATG8
    Marker Lines. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2022 Apr 25;13:866367. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.866367. 

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    Wu Y, Chang Y, Luo L, Tian W, Gong Q*, Liu X*. Abscisic acid employs NRP-dependent
    PIN2 vacuolar degradation to suppress auxin-mediated primary root elongation in Arabidopsis.
    New Phytologist. 2022 Jan; 233(1):297-312. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17783

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    Li D, Yang SG, He CW, Zhang ZT, Liang Y, Li H, Zhu J, Su X*, Gong Q*, Xie Z*. Excess diacylglycerol at the endoplasmic reticulum disrupts endomembrane homeostasis and autophagy. BMC Biology (2020) 18:107
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00837-w. 

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    Luo L#, Zhang P#, Zhu R, Fu J, Su J, Zheng J, Wang Z, Wang D*, Gong Q*. Autophagy Is Rapidly Induced by Salt Stress and Is Required for Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science.8:1459, 2017 August; DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01459. 

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    Zhu T, Wu Y, Yang X, Chen W, Gong Q*, Liu X*. The Asparagine-rich Protein NRP Facilitates the Degradation of the PP6-type Phosphatase FyPP3 to Promote ABA Response in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 2018 Feb 5;11(2):257-268. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.11.006. IF=10.81

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    Xiong J, Cui X, Yuan X, Yu X, Sun J, Gong Q*. The Hippo/STE20 homologue SIK1 interacts with MOB1 to regulate cell proliferation and cell expansion in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2016 Mar;67(5):1461-75.