Dabing Zhang

Chair Professor

  • Tel: 021-34205073
  • Email: zhangdb@sjtu.edu.cn
  • Address: SJTU-University of Adelaide Joint Lab on Plant Science and Breeding, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
  • Lab Web: http://zhanglab.sjtu.edu.cn/Default.aspx

Education and Research Experience

  • 2015-present, Chair Professor, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  • 2015-present, Professor, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, the University of Adelaide.
  • July 2008-2015, Distinguished Professor, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  • July 2004-2008,Professor, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  • December 2001-July 2005, Professor, Agri-Tech Center of Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
  • June 1999-November 2001, Associate Professor, Agri-Tech Center of Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
  • April 1998-May 1999, Assistant Professor, Agri-Tech Center of Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Selected Publications

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    Huang GQ, Liang WQ, Sturrock CJ, Pandey BK, Giri J, Mairhofer S, Wang D, Muller L, Tan HX, York LM, Yang J, Song Y, Kim YJ, Qiao Y, Xu J, Kepinski S, Bennett MJ#, Zhang DB#. Rice actin binding protein RMD controls crown root angle in response to external phosphate.  Nature communications. 2018, 9, 2346. 

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    Yu JP, Han JJ, Kim YJ, Song M, Yang Z, He Y, Fu RF, Luo ZJ, Hu JP, Liang WQ, Zhang DB#. Two rice receptor-like kinases maintain male fertility under changing temperatures.  PNAS.  2017. 114(46):12327-12332.

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    Zhang DB#, Liang WQ. Improving food security: Using male fertility for hybrid seed breeding. Science, 2016, sponsored collection: 45.

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    Cui X, Lv Y, Chen ML, Nikoloski Z, Twell D, Zhang DB#. Young genes out of the male: an insight from evolutionary age analysis of the pollen transcriptome. Molecular Plant. 2015, 8(6): 935-45.

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    Li G, Liang WQ, Zhang XQ, Ren HY, Hu JP, Bennett MJ, and Zhang DB#. Rice actin-binding protein RMD is a key link in the auxin–actin regulatory loop that controls cell growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2014:111,10377-10382.

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    Xu J, Ding ZW, Vizcay-Barrena G, Shi JX, Liang WQ, Yuan Z, Werck-Reichhart D, Schreiber L, Wilson ZA, Zhang DB#. ABORTED MICROSPORES Acts as a Master Regulator of Pollen Wall Formation in Arabidopsis Thaliana. The Plant Cell, 2014, 26(4):1544-1556.

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    Cai Q, Yuan Z, Chen MJ, Yin CS, Luo ZJ, Zhao XX, Liang WQ, Hu JP & Zhang DB#. Jasmonic Acid Regulates Spikelet Development in Rice. Nature Communications, 2014, 5:3476.

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    Niu NN, Liang WQ, Yang XJ, Jin WL, Wilson ZA, Hu JP, Zhang DB#. EAT1 promotes tapetal cell death by regulating aspartic proteases during male reproductive development in rice. Nature Communications, 2013, 4:1445.

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    Zhang H, Xu, CX, He Y, Zong J, Yang XJ, Si HM, Sun ZX, Hu JP, Liang WQ, Zhang DB#. Mutation in CSA creates a new photoperiod-sensitive genic male sterile line applicable for hybrid rice seed production. PNAS, 2013 110 (1) 76-81.

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    Tan HX, Liang WQ, Hu, JP Zhang DB#. MICROSPORE AND TAPETUM REGULATOR 1 encodes a secretory fasciclin glycoprotein required for male reproductive development in rice. Developmental Cell. 2012, 22: 1127-1137.

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