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Molecular Regulation of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation
Molecular Regulation of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation     Professor
Prof. Mei Zhang, Principle investigator, PhD supervisor, 2008, BSc, China Agricultural University, China; 2013, PhD, China Agricultural University, China. 2013-2014, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, China Agricultural University, China; 6/2014-12/2014, Visiting Scientist, University of Minnesota, USA, 2015-2018, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University, USA; 1/2019 joined IOB. 2019, she was selected for “Hundred Talents Program” of the CAS. She has published close to 20 papers in international journals such as Genome Research、PNAS and New Phytologist.
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  • Han YJ#, Jiang SQ#, Dong XM#, Dai X, Wang SX, Zheng Y, Yan G, Li SB, Wu LJ, Walbot V, Meyers B, Zhang M*. 2024. Ribosome binding of phasiRNA precursors accelerates the 24-nt phasiRNA burst in meiotic maize anthers. Plant Cell, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae289
  • Li Z#, Li ZR#, Ji YL#, Wang CY, Shufang Wang SF, Shi YT, Le J, Zhang M*. 2024. The Heat shock factor 20–HSF4–Cellulose synthase A2 module regulates heat stress tolerance in maize. Plant Cell, 36(7): 2652-2667
  • Wang XL#, Ma XX#*, Yan G#, Hua L#, Liu H, Huang W, Liang ZK, Chao Q, Hibberd J, Jiao YN*, Zhang M*. 2023. Gene duplications facilitate C4-CAM compatibility in common purslane. Plant Physiology, 193(4): 2622-2639 
  • Han YJ#, Hu MJ#, Ma XX#, Yan G, Wang CY, Jiang SQ, Zhao HM, Lai JS, Zhang M*. 2022. Exploring key developmental phases and phase-specific genes across the entirety of anther development in maize. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 64(7): 1394-1410
  • Zhang M#*, Ma XX#, Wang CY, Qing Li Q, Meyers B, Springer N, Walbot V#. 2021. CHH DNA methylation increases at 24‐PHAS loci depend on 24‐nt phasiRNAs in maize meiotic anthers. New Phytologist, 229(5): 2987-2997 
  • Xu G, Lyu J, Li Q, Liu H, Wang D, Zhang M, Springer NM, Ross-Ibarra J, Yang J*. 2020. Evolutionary and functional genomics of DNA methylation in maize domestication and improvement. Nature Communications, 11(1): 5539
  • Sun S, Zhou Y, Chen J, Shi J, Zhao H, Zhao H, Song W, Zhang M, Cui Y, Dong X, Liu H, Ma X, Jiao Y, Wang B, Wei X, Stein JC, Glaubitz JC, Lu F, Yu G, Liang C, Fengler K, Li B, Rafalski A, Schnable PS, Ware DH, Buckler ES, Lai J. 2018. Extensive intraspecific gene order and gene structural variations between Mo17 and other maize genomes. Nature Genetics, 50(9): 1289-1295
  • Dong X, Chen J, Li T, Li E, Zhang X, Zhang M, Song W, Zhao H, Lai J. 2018. Parent-of-origin-dependent nucleosome organization correlates with genomic imprinting in maize. Genome Research, 28(7): 1020-1028
  • Dong X#, Zhang M#, Chen J#, Peng L, Zhang N, Wang X, Lai J*. 2017. Dynamic and antagonistic allele-specificepigenetic modifications controlling the expression of imprinted genes in maize endosperm. Molecular Plant,  10: 442-455
  • Lei L, Shi J, Chen J, Zhang M, Sun S, Xie S, Li X, Zeng B, Peng L, Hauck A, Zhao H, Song W, Fan Z, Lai J. 2015. Ribosome profiling reveals dynamic translational landscape in maize seedlings under drought stress. Plant Journal, 84(6): 1206-1218
  • Zhang M#, Xie S#, Dong X#, Zhao X, Zeng B, Chen J, Li H, Yang W, Zhao H, Wang G, Chen Z, Sun S, Hauck A, Jin W, Lai J*. 2014. Genome-wide high resolution parental-specific DNA and histone methylation maps uncover patterns of imprinting regulation in maize. Genome Research,  24: 167-176
  • Chen J, Zeng B, Zhang M, Xie S, Wang G, Hauck A, Lai J. 2014. Dynamic transcriptome landscape of maize embryo and endosperm development. Plant Physiology, 166(1): 252-264
  • Zhao Y, Lu X, Liu C, Guan H, Zhang M, Li Z, Cai H, Lai J. 2012. Identification and fine mapping of rhm1 locus for resistance to Southern corn leaf blight in maize. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 54(5): 321-329
  • Jiao Y#, Song W#, Zhang M#, Lai J. 2011. Identification of novel maize miRNAs by measuring the precision of precursor processing. BMC Plant Biology, 11: 141
  • Zhang M#, Zhao H#, Xie S#, Chen J, Xu Y, Wang K, Zhao H, Guan H, Hu X, Jiao Y, Song W, Lai J. 2011. Extensive, clustered parental imprinting of protein-coding and noncoding RNAs in developing maize endosperm. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 108: 20042-20047
  • Dong Y, Lu X, Song W, Shi L, Zhang M, Zhao H, Jiao Y, Lai J. 2011. Structural characterization of helitrons and their stepwise capturing of gene fragments in the maize genome. BMC Genomics, 12: 609
  • Lai J, Li R, Xu X, Jin W, Xu M, Zhao H, Xiang Z, Song W, Ying K, Zhang M, Jiao Y, Ni P, Zhang J, Li D, Guo X, Ye K, Jian M, Wang B, Zheng H, Liang H, Zhang X, Wang S, Chen S, Li J, Fu Y, Springer NM, Yang H, Wang J, Dai J, Schnable PS, Wang J. 2010. Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation among elite maize inbred lines. Nature Genetics, 42(11): 1027-1030
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