Zheng Yuan

Professor

  • Tel: 0086-21-34206843
  • Email: zyuan@sjtu.edu.cn
  • Address: Room 519, Building 2, 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai, 200240, P.R.China
  • Lab Web: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1254-0410
  • My ongoing research is dedicated to elucidating the molecular mechanisms that regulate rice reproductive development and heterosis. The primary objective is to identify key loci crucial for enhancing yield and integrate them into rice breeding practices.

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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    Zong J#, Wang L#, Zhu L#, Bian LL, Zhang B, Chen XF, Huang GQ, Zhang XL, Fan JY, Cao LC, Coupland G, Liang WQ, Zhang DB, Yuan Z*. A rice single cell transcriptomic atlas defines the developmental trajectories of rice floret and inflorescence meristems. New Phytologist. 2022, 234(2): 494-512. (*corresponding author)

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    Cao LC, Tian JQ, Liu YL, Chen XF, Li SQ, Persson S, Lu D, Chen MJ, Luo ZJ, Zhang DB, Yuan Z*. Ectopic expression of OsJAZ6, which interacts with OsJAZ1, alters JA signaling and spikelet development in rice. The Plant Journal. 2021, 108(4): 1083-1096. (*corresponding author)

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    Li SQ#, Cao LC#, Chen XF, Liu YL, Persson S, Hu JP, Chen MJ, Chen ZB, Zhang DB, Yuan Z*. A synthetic biosensor for mapping dynamic responses and spatio-temporal distribution of jasmonate in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2021, 19(12): 2392-2394. (*corresponding author)

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

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