Fan Zhang

Fan Zhang

Center of Crop Genes and Molecular Design

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Tel:86-10-82108559

Fax:86-10-82108559

Email:zhangfan03@caas.cn

Educations

Ph.D. in Crop Breeding & Genetics, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 2007.9-2012.01

M.S. in Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 2004.9-2007.7

B.S. in Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 2000.9-2004.7

Working Experience

2022-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2015-2021, Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2012-2014, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research Interests

Analysis of genomic diversity in rice

Identification and utilization of key genes associated with tolerance to abiotic stresses in rice

Establishment of a novel molecular design breeding platform for rice

Academic Qualifications

First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (2020)

Shennong Young Talents Program (2023)                                                                                                                         

First Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program‌ (2009)

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

(1) Fan Zhang#, Chunchao Wang#, Min Li#, Yanru Cui#, Yingyao Shi, Zhichao Wu, Zhiqiang Hu, Wensheng Wang, Jianlong Xu*, Zhikang Li*. The landscape of gene–CDS–haplotype diversity in rice: Properties, population organization, footprints of domestication and breeding, and implications for genetic improvement. Molecular Plant, 2021, 14: 787-804

(2) Fan Zhang#, Hongzhang Xue#, Xiaorui Dong, Min Li, Xiaoming Zheng, Zhikang Li, Jianlong Xu*, Wensheng Wang*, and Chaochun Wei*. Long-read sequencing of 111 rice genomes reveals significantly larger pan-genomes. Genome Research, 2022, 32: 853-863

(3) Fan Zhang#, Zhiqiang Hu#, Zhichao Wu#, Jialing Lu, Yingyao Shi, Jianlong Xu, Xiyin Wang, Jinpeng Wang, Fan Zhang, Mingming Wang, Xiaorong Shi, Yanru Cui, Casiana Vera Cruz, Dalong Zhuo, Dandan Hu, Min Li, Wensheng Wang, Xiuqin Zhao, Tianqing Zheng, Binying Fu, Jauhar Ali, Yongli Zhou*, Zhikang Li*. Reciprocal adaptation of rice and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae: cross-species 2D GWAS reveals the underlying genetics. The Plant Cell, 2021, 33: 2538-2561

(4) Fan Zhang#, Yingyao Shi#, Jauhar Ali, Jianlong Xu*, Zhikang Li*. Breeding by selective introgression: Theory, practices, and lessons learned from rice. The Crop Journal, 2021, 9: 646-657

(5) Yu Wang#, Fengcheng Li#, Fan Zhang#, Lian Wu#, Na Xu, Qi Sun, Hao Chen, Zhiwen Yu, Jiahao Lu, Kai Jiang, Xiaoche Wang, Siyu Wen, Yao Zhou, Hui Zhao, Qian Jiang, Jiahong Wang, Ruizong Jia, Jian Sun, Liang Tang, Hai Xu, Wei Hu, Zhengjin Xu, Wenfu Chen, Anping Guo*, Quan Xu*. Time-ordering japonica/geng genomes analysis indicates the importance of large structural variants in rice breeding. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2023, 21: 202-218.

(6) Ding Ren#, Hui Liu#, Xuejun Sun#, Fan Zhang#, Ling Jiang, Ying Wang, Ning Jiang, Peiwen Yan, Jinhao Cui, Jinshui Yang, Zhikang Li* , Pingli Lu*, Xiaojin Luo*. Post‐transcriptional regulation of grain weight and shape by the RBP‐A‐J‐K complex in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2023, 66: 66-85

(7) Fuying Ma#, Fan Zhang#*, Yu Zhu#, Dengyong Lan, Peiwen Yan, Ying Wang, Zejun Hu, Xinwei Zhang, Jian Hu, Fuan Niu, Mingyu Liu, Shicong He, Jinhao Cui, Xinyu Yuan, Ying Yan, Shuijun Wu, Liming Cao, Hongwu Bian, Jinshui Ynag, Zhikang Li*, Xiiaojin Luo*. Auxin signaling module OsSK41‐OsIAA10‐OsARF regulates grain yield traits in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2023, 65: 1753-1766

(8) Min Ning, Qinyan Li, Ya Wang, Qingmao Li, Yonghong Tao, Fan Zhang*, Fengyi Hu*, Liyu Huang*. Alternative splicing drives the functional diversification of a bHLH transcription factor in the control of growth and drought tolerance in rice, Science Bulletin, 2025, 70: 153-156