Yunlong REN

Prof. Yulong Ren  

Deputy Director of ICS-CAAS  

Tel:86-10-82108567

Fax:86-10-82105819

Email:renyulong@caas.cn

 

Educations

2002-2006, B.Sc. in Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Shanxi University

2006-2013, Ph.D. in Genetics, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University

Working Experiences

2020-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2016-2019, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2014-2015, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2011.09-2011.11 Visiting Scholar, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Directions

(1) Molecular cloning of key genes governing rice quality formation and construction of their regulatory networks

(2) Cellular mechanisms underlying the biosynthesis, intracellular trafficking, and deposition of storage substances in rice endosperm

Part-time Academic Positions

(1) Editorial board member or early-career editor for Plant Science, Seed Biology, and Scientia Agricultura Sinica

(2) Committee member, Confocal Specialty Committee, Chinese Society of Electron Microscopy

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors, ^#co-first author)

Yan H^#, Zhang W^#, Wang Y^#, Jin J, Xu H, Fu Y, Shan Z, Wang X, Teng X, Li X, Wang Y, Hu X, Zhang W, Zhu C, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Wang R, Zhang J, Cai Y, You X, Chen J, Ge X, Wang L, Xu J, Jiang L, Liu S, Lei C, Zhang X, Wang H, Ren Y*, Wan J*. 2024. Rice LIKE EARLY STARVATION1 cooperates with FLOURY ENDOSPERM6 to modulate starch biosynthesis and endosperm development. Plant Cell. 36(5):1892-1912.

Zhou C^#, Lin Q^#, Ren Y^#, Lan J, Miao R, Feng M, Wang X, Liu X, Zhang S, Pan T, Wang J, Luo S, Qian J, Luo W, Mou C, Nguyen T, Cheng Z, Zhang X, Lei C, Zhu S, Guo X, Wang J, Zhao Z, Liu S, Jiang L*, Wan J*. 2023. A CYP78As-small grain4-coat protein complex Ⅱ pathway promotes grain size in rice. Plant Cell. 35(12):4325-4346.

Ren Y^#, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Pan T, Duan E, Bao X, Zhu J, Teng X, Zhang P, Gu C, Dong H, Wang F, Wang Y, Bao Y, Wang Y*, Wan J*. 2022. Endomembrane-mediated storage protein trafficking in plants: Golgi-dependent or Golgi-independent? FEBS Letters. 596(17):2215-2230.

Wang J^#, Ren Y^#, Liu X^#, Luo S, Zhang X, Liu X, Lin Q, Zhu S, Wan H, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Lei B, Zhou C, Pan T, Wang Y, Wu M, Jing R, Xu Y, Han M, Wu F, Lei C, Guo X, Cheng Z, Zheng X, Wang Y, Zhao Z, Jiang L, Zhang X, Wang YF, Wang H, Wan J*. 2021. Transcriptional activation and phosphorylation of OsCNGC9 confer enhanced chilling tolerance in rice. Mol Plant. 14(2):315-329.

Ren Y^#, Wang Y^#, Pan T^#, Wang Y^#, Wang Y, Gan L, Wei Z, Wang F, Wu M, Jing R, Wang J, Wan G, Bao X, Zhang B, Zhang P, Zhang Y, Ji Y, Lei C, Zhang X, Cheng Z, Lin Q, Zhu S, Zhao Z, Wang J, Wu C, Qiu L, Wang H, Wan J*. 2020. GPA5 encodes a Rab5a effector required for Post-Golgi trafficking of rice storage proteins. Plant Cell. 32(3):758-777.

Wang Y^#, Liu F^#, Ren Y^#, Wang Y, Liu X, Long W, Wang D, Zhu J, Zhu X, Jing R, Wu M, Hao Y, Jiang L, Wang C, Wang H, Bao Y, Wan J*. 2016. GOLGI TRANSPORT 1B regulates protein export from the endoplasmic reticulum in rice endosperm cells. Plant Cell. 28(11):2850-2865.

Ren Y^#, Wang Y^#, Liu F^#, Zhou K, Ding Y, Zhou F, Wang Y, Liu K, Gan L, Ma W, Han X, Zhang X, Guo X, Wu F, Cheng Z, Wang J, Lei C, Lin Q, Jiang L, Wu C, Bao Y, Wang H, Wan J*. 2014. GLUTELIN PRECURSOR ACCUMULATION3 encodes a regulator of post-Golgi vesicular traffic essential for vacuolar protein sorting in rice endosperm. Plant Cell. 26(1):410-425.

Liu F^#, Ren Y^#, Wang Y^#, Peng C, Zhou K, Lv J, Guo X, Zhang X, Zhong M, Zhao S, Jiang L, Wang H, Bao Y*, Wan J*. 2013. OsVPS9A functions cooperatively with OsRAB5A to regulate post-Golgi dense vesicle-mediated storage protein trafficking to the protein storage vacuole in rice endosperm cells. Mol Plant. 6(6):1918-1932.