Prof. Chuxiong Zhuang

College of Life Sciences,
South China Agricultural University,
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
Tel: +86-20-85288399 (O)
E-mail: zhuangcx@scau.edu.cn

Education

• Ph.D. (Crop Genetics and Breeding)

South China Agricultural University (SCAU), China, 1996

• M.S. (Sericulture)

South China Agricultural University (SCAU), China, 1989

• B.S. (Sericulture)

South China Agricultural University (SCAU), China, 1986

Professional Biography

2002-present, Professor, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University;

2004, Cooperative research, Pennsylvania State University;

1997-2002; Associate professor, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University

1997-1999; Cooperative research, The University of Hong Kong

1992-1997; Research Associate, Genetic Engineering Laboratory, South China Agricultural University

1989-1992; research assistant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, South China Agricultural University

Area of Expertise

Zhuang’s lab now focuses on reproductive biology, epigenetics and mechanisms of regulation of photosynthesis in rice.

1、Shaoyan Zheng, Jing Li, Lu Ma, Hailong Wang,  Hai Zhou, Erdong Ni, Dagang Jiang, Zhenlan Liu, and Chuxiong Zhuang*. OsAGO2 controls ROS production and the initiation of tapetal PCD by epigenetically regulating OsHXK1 expression in rice anthers. PNAS. 2019: 116 (15) 7549-7558.

2、Youhan Li, Yiqi Yang, Ye Liu, Dexia Li, Yahuan Zhao, Zhijie Li, Ying Liu, Dagang Jiang, Jing Li, Hai Zhou, Jianghua Chen, Chuxiong Zhuang* and Zhenlan Liu*.  Overexpression of OsAGO1b Induces Adaxially Rolled Leaves by Affecting Leaf Abaxial Sclerenchymatous Cell Development in Rice. Rice. 2019 10.1186/s12284-019-0323-9

3、Dagang Jiang, Lingyan Zhou, Weiting Chen,  Nenghui Ye, Jixing Xia, and Chuxiong Zhuang*. Overexpression of a microRNA-targeted NAC transcription factor improves drought and salt tolerance in Rice via ABA-mediated pathways. Rice. 2019 Oct 21. doi: 10.1186/s12284-019-0334-6

4、Erdong Ni, Lingyan Zhou,  Jing Li, Dagang Jiang, Zhonghua Wang, Shaoyan Zheng, Hua Qi, Ying Zhou, Cimei Wang, Shi Xiao, Zhenlan Liu, Hai Zhou*, and Chuxiong Zhuang*. OsCER1 Plays a Pivotal Role in Very-Long-Chain Alkane Biosynthesis and Affects Plastid Development and Programmed Cell Death of Tapetum in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Front Plant Sci. 2018 (9): 1217.  

5、Dagang Jiang, Weiting Chen, Jingfang Dong, Jing Li, Fen Yang, Zhichao Wu, Hai Zhou, Wensheng Wang, Chuxiong Zhuang*. Overexpression of miR164b-resistant OsNAC2 improves plant architecture and grain yield in rice；Journal of Experimental Botany.  2018-01-20 , DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery017

6、Wenlong Luo, Ming Huang, Tao Guo, Wuming Xiao, Jiafeng Wang, Guili Yang, Yongzhu Liu, HuiWang, Zhiqiang Chen*, Chuxiong Zhuang*. Marker-assisted selection for rice blastresistance genes Pi2 and Pi9 through high-resolution melting of a gene-targeted amplicon. Plant Breeding.  2016, 136(1):67-73

7、Hai Zhou, Ming He, Jing Li, Liang Chen, Zhifeng Huang, Shaoyan Zheng, Liya Zhu, Erdong Ni, Dagang Jiang, Bingran Zhao & Chuxiong Zhuang*. Development of Commercial Thermo-sensitive Genic Male Sterile Rice Accelerates Hybrid Rice Breeding Using the CRISPR/Cas9-mediated TMS5 Editing System. Scientific Reports. 2016 (6):37395  

8、Hai Zhou, Ming Zhou, Yuanzhu Yang, Jing Li, Liya Zhu, Dagang Jiang, Jingfang Dong, Qinjian Liu, Lianfeng Gu, Lingyan Zhou, Mingji Feng, Peng Qin, Xiaochun Hu, Chengli Song, Jinfeng Shi, Xianwei Song, Erdong Ni, Xiaojin Wu, Qiyun Deng, Zhenlan Liu, Mingsheng Chen, Yao-Guang Liu, Xiaofeng Cao* & Chuxiong Zhuang*. RNase ZS1 processes UbL40 mRNAs and controls thermosensitive genic male sterility in rice. Nature Communications, 2014 (5): 4884

11、Lingyan Zhou, Erdong Ni, Jiawe Yang,  Hai Zhou, Hong Liang, Jing Li, Dagang Jiang, Zhonghua Wang, Zhenlan Liu*, Chuxiong Zhuang*. Rice OsGL1-6 is involved in leaf cuticular wax accumulation and drought resistance. PloS ONE. 2013(8)5:e65139

12、Hai Zhou, Qinjian Liu, Jing Li, Dagang Jiang, Lingyan Zhou, Ping Wu, Sen Lu, Feng Li, Liya Zhu, Zhenlan Liu, Letian Chen, Yao-Guang Liu, Chuxiong Zhuang*. Photoperiod- and thermo-sensitive genic male sterility in rice are caused by a point mutation in a novel noncoding RNA that produces a small RNA. Cell Research, 2012: 1-12.