Zheng Yuan

Professor

Education and Research Experience

  • 2019-    Council member, Chinese Society for Plant Biology
  • 2016-    Professor; Project leader; Students’ adviser. School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, SJTU, Shanghai, P.R.China.
  • 2009-2015    Associate Professor; Project leader; Students’ adviser. School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, P.R.China.
  • 2007-2008    Lecturer; Project leader; Students’ adviser. SJTU.
  • 2006-2007    Visitor Scholar, Plant Science Division, Nottingham University. Nottingham, United Kingdom. Adviser: Zoe, A.Wilson. 
  • 2005-2006    Lecturer, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, SJTU.

Selected Publications

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    Tian JQ, Cao LC, Chen XF, Chen MJ, Zhang P, Cao LM, Persson S, Zhang DB, Yuan Z*. The OsJAZ1 degron modulates jasmonate signaling sensitivity during rice development. Development. 2019, 146: dev173419. (*corresponding author)

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    Yuan Z, Zhang DB*. Roles of jasmonate signalling in plant inflorescence and flower development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2015, 27: 44-51.

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    Hu Y, Liang WQ, Yin CS, Yang XL, Ping BZ, Li AX, Jia R, Chen MJ, Luo ZJ, Cai Q, Zhao XX, Zhang DB, Yuan Z*. Interactions of OsMADS1 with floral homeotic genes in rice flower development. Molecular Plant, 2015, 8(9): 1366-1384. (*corresponding author)

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    Cai Q, Yuan Z (co-first author), Chen MJ, Yin CS, Luo ZJ, Zhao XX, Liang WQ, Hu JP, Zhang DB. Jasmonic acid regulates spikelet development in rice. Nature Communications. 2014, 25: 3476.

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    Li H, Yuan Z (co-first author), Vizcay-Barrena G, Yang C, Liang W, Zong J, Wilson ZA, Zhang DB. PERSISTENT TAPETAL CELL 1 (PTC1) Encodes a PHD-Finger Protein That Is Required for Tapetal Cell Death and Pollen Development in Rice. Plant Physiology, 2011, 56 (2): 615-630.

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    Yuan Z, Gao S, Xue DW, Luo D, Li LT, Ding SY, Yao X, Wilson Z, Qian Q and Zhang DB. RETARDED PALEA1 (REP1) controls palea development and floral zygomorphy in rice. Plant Physiology, 2009, 149(1): 235–244.

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    Li QL, Zhang DB, Chen MJ, Liang WQ, Wei JJ, Qi YP, Yuan Z*. Development of japonica photo-sensitive genic male sterile rice lines by editing carbon starved anther using CRISPR/Cas9. J Genet Genomics, 2016, 43: 415-419. (*corresponding author)

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    Lü Y, Cui X, Li R, Huang P, Zong J, Yao D, Li G, Zhang DB, Yuan Z*. Development of genome-wide insertion/deletion markers in rice based on graphic pipeline platform. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2015, 57(11): 980-991. (*corresponding author)

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    Wang H, Zhang L, Cai Q, Hu Y, Jin Z, Zhao X, Fan W, Huang Q, Luo Z, Chen M, Zhang D, Yuan Z*. OsMADS32 interacts with B-function proteins and regulates rice flower development. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2015, 57(5):504-513. (*corresponding author)

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    Zhang DB, Yuan Z. Molecular control of grass inflorescence development. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 2014, 65: 553-578.

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