Guangyao Zhao

Guangyao Zhao       

Center of Crop Genes and Molecular Design

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel:86-10-82105830

Fax:86-10-82105830

Email: zhaoguangyao@caas.cn

Educations

l  Graduated from Hebei Agricultural University in June 1993, obtained a Bachelor of Agriculture degree, majoring in Plant Protection.

l  Graduated from Hebei Agricultural University in June 1996, obtained a Master of Agriculture degree, majoring in Plant Pathology.

l  Graduated from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in July 2006, obtained a Doctor of Science degree, majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Work Experience

l  January 2018 - Present: Professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

l  October 2010 - December 2017: Associate Professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

l  July 2006 - September 2010: Postdoctoral Researcher in Crop Germplasm Resources, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

l  January 2004 - September 2010: Associate Professor in Plant Pathology, Hebei Agricultural University.

l  January 1999 - December 2003: Lecturer in Plant Pathology, Hebei Agricultural University.

l  July 1996 - December 1998: Assistant Professor in Plant Pathology, Hebei Agricultural University.

Research Interests

l  wheat genomics

l  bioinformatics

l  gene discovery

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

Miao L, Chen Z, Gao L, Jia J, Guo W, Zhao G* (2025) Integrated multi-omics reveals contrasting epigenetic patterns in leaf and root morphogenesis in Aegilops speltoides. The Crop Journal 13: 292-298

Liu P, Xue S, Jia J, Zhao G, Liu J, Hu Y, Kong C, Yan D, Wang H, Liu X, Lu Z, Gao L (2025) The wheat transcription factor Q functions in gibberellin biosynthesis and signaling and regulates height and spike length. The Plant Cell 37: koaf183

Yang Y, Cui L, Lu Z, Li G, Yang Z, Zhao G, Kong C, Li D, Chen Y, Xie Z, Chen Z, Zhang L, Xia C, Liu X, Jia J, Kong X (2023) Genome sequencing of Sitopsis species provides insights into their contribution to the B subgenome of bread wheat. Plant Commun 4: 100567

Jia J, Zhao G, Li D, Wang K, Kong C, Deng P, Yan X, Zhang X, Lu Z, Xu S, Jiao Y, Chong K, Liu X, Cui D, Li G, Zhang Y, Du C, Wu L, Li T, Yan D, Zhan K, Chen F, Wang Z, Zhang L, Kong X, Ru Z, Wang D, Gao L (2023) Genome resources for the elite bread wheat cultivar Aikang 58 and mining of elite homeologous haplotypes for accelerating wheat improvement. Molecular Plant 16: 1893-1910 (co-first author)

Dong C, Zhang L, Zhang Q, Yang Y, Li D, Xie Z, Cui G, Chen Y, Wu L, Li Z, Liu G, Zhang X, Liu C, Chu J, Zhao G, Xia C, Jia J, Sun J, Kong X, Liu X (2023) Tiller Number1 encodes an ankyrin repeat protein that controls tillering in bread wheat. Nat Commun. 14: 836

Wang Z, Zhao G, Yang Q, Gao L, Liu C, Ru Z, Wang D, Jia J, Cui D (2022) Helitron and CACTA DNA transposons actively reshape the common wheat - AK58 genome. Genomics 114: 110288

Jia J, Xie Y, Cheng J, Kong C, Wang M, Gao L, Zhao F, Guo J, Wang K, Li G, Cui D, Hu T, Zhao G*, Wang D*, Ru Z*, Zhang Y* (2021) Homology-mediated inter-chromosomal interactions in hexaploid wheat lead to specific subgenome territories following polyploidization and introgression. Genome Biology 22

Zhao G, Zou C, Li K, Wang K, Li T, Gao L, Zhang X, Wang H, Yang Z, Liu X, Jiang W, Mao L, Kong X, Jiao Y, Jia J (2017) The Aegilops tauschii genome reveals multiple impacts of transposons. Nature Plants 3: 946-955

Xia C, Zhang L, Zou C, Gu Y, Duan J, Zhao G, Wu J, Liu Y, Fang X, Gao L, Jiao Y, Sun J, Pan Y, Liu X, Jia J, Kong X (2017) A TRIM insertion in the promoter of Ms2 causes male sterility in wheat. Nature Communications 8: 15407

Gao L, Zhao G, Huang D, Jia J (2017) Candidate loci involved in domestication and improvement detected by a published 90K wheat SNP array. Sci Rep 7: 44530

Cui F, Zhang N, Fan X, Zhang W, Zhao C, Yang L, Pan R, Chen M, Han J, Zhao X, Ji J, Tong Y, Zhang H, Jia J, Zhao G*, Li J* (2017) Utilization of a Wheat660K SNP array-derived high-density genetic map for high-resolution mapping of a major QTL for kernel number. Scientific Reports 7

Zhang W, Zhao G, Gao L, Kong X, Guo Z, Wu B, Jia J (2016) Functional Studies of Heading Date-Related Gene TaPRR73, a Paralog of Ppd1 in Common Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science 7

Zhang B, Liu X, Zhao G, Mao X, Li A, Jing R (2014) Molecular Characterization and Expression Analysis of Triticum aestivum Squamosa-Promoter Binding Protein-Box Genes Involved in Ear Development. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 56: 571-581

Sun H, Guo Z, Gao L, Zhao G, Zhang W, Zhou R, Wu Y, Wang H, An H, Jia J (2014) DNA methylation pattern of Photoperiod-B1 is associated with photoperiod insensitivity in wheat (Triticum aestivum). New Phytologist 204: 682-692

Jia J, Zhao S, Kong X, Li Y, Zhao G, He W, Appels R, Pfeifer M, Tao Y, Zhang X, Jing R, Zhang C, Ma Y, Gao L, Gao C, Spannagl M, Mayer KFX, Li D, Pan S, Zheng F, Hu Q, Xia X, Li J, Liang Q, Chen J, Wicker T, Gou C, Kuang H, He G, Luo Y, Keller B, Xia Q, Lu P, Wang J, Zou H, Zhang R, Xu J, Gao J, Middleton C, Quan Z, Liu G, Wang J, Yang H, Liu X, He Z, Mao L, Wang J (2013) Aegilops tauschii draft genome sequence reveals a gene repertoire for wheat adaptation. Nature 496: 91-95 (co-first author)