Dr. Qunyu Zhang

College of Life Sciences,
South China Agricultural University,
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
Tel: +86-20-85288395 (O)
E-mail: zqy@sau.edu.cn

Education

• Ph.D. (Crop Genetics and Breeding))

• South China Agricultural University (SCAU), China, 2005

• M.S. (Crop Genetics and Breeding)

South China Agricultural University (SCAU), China, 1999

• Biology

Xinyang Normal College, China, 1992

Professional Biography

Dr. Qunyu Zhang worked as researcher fellow in Yaoguang Liu lab from 1999 to now in South China Agricultural University, China. Dr. Zhang’s lab now focuses on rice development biology, especially the molecular mechanisms for chloroplast development and leave development in rice.

Area of Expertise

Rice chloroplast development; Rice leave development;

Selected Publications

Wen Z, Guo W, Li J, Lin H, He C, Liu Y, Zhang Q *, Liu W *. Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Vernalization- and Cytokinin-Induced Floral Transition in Dendrobium nobile.Scientific Report. 2017  31(7):45748. doi: 10.1038/srep45748.

Chen W, Zhu Q, Liu Y Zhang Q*. Chromatin Remodeling and Plant Immunity. Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology. 2017. 106:243-260.(Review)

Li X, Jiang Y, Ji Z, Liu Y*, Zhang Q*. BRHIS1 suppresses rice innate immunity through binding to monoubiquitinated H2A and H2B variants. EMBO Reports. 2015. (16): 1192-1202

Ma X, Zhang Q, Zhu Q, Liu W, Chen Y, Qiu R, Wang B, Yang Z, Li H, Lin Y, Xie Y, Shen R, Chen S, Wang Z, Chen Y, Guo J, Chen L, Zhao X, Dong Z, Liu Y*. A robust CRISPR/Cas9 system for convenient, high-efficiency multiplex genome editing in monocot and dicotplants.Mol Plant. 2015.(8):1274-1284

Zhang Qunyu *, Xue Dexing, Li Xiaoyu, Long Yunming, Zeng Xianjie, Liu Yaoguang. Characterization and Molecular Mapping of a New Virescent Mutant in Rice.Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 2014. (41) 353-356

Jiang Yanxiang, Xie Min, Zhu Qinlong, Ma Xinliang, Li Xiaoyu, Liu Yaoguang, Zhang Qunyu *. One-step cloning of intron-containing hairpin RNA constructs for RNA interference via isothermal in vitro recombination system. Planta. 2013. (238):325-330

Nie Peipei, Li Xiaoyu, Liu Yaoguang and Zhang Qunyu *. Expression analysis of nuclear W2-containing homologs of eukaryotic initiation factors in rice. Biologia. 2011. 66(5): 828—832.

LI XiaoYu, WANG Cong, NIE PeiPei, LU XiaoWei,WANG Man, LIU Wei, YAO Juan, LIU YaoGuang and ZHANG QunYu *. Characterization and expression analysis of the SNF2 family genes in response to phytohormones and abiotic stresses in rice. BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM. 2011.55 (4): 625-633.