Hui Zhang

Hui Zhang

Center for Crop Germplasm Resources

Institute of Crop Sciences

No.12 Zhongguancun South Street

Beijing, 100081, China

Email: zhanghui06@caas.cn

Educations

l  1980-1984, NanKai University, B.S.

l  1998-2001, England Open University，John Innes Centre, Ph.D

Working Experience

l  2003-now, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  1997-1998, 2001-2003，Associate Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

l  1996-1997, visting scholar, England Open University，John Innes Centre,

l  1984-1996, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research Interests

l  Abiotic Stress-tolerant germplasm collecting and sharing

l  Abiotic Stress-tolerant germplasm phenotypic and genotypic characterization

l  Abiotic Stress-tolerant germplasm creation

Academic Qualifications

l  Winner of the First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award

l  Winner of the Third Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award

l  Winner of the Team Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award

l  Council Member of The Crop Science Society of China

Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)

1)      Jiang Qiyan, Zheng Hu, Xinglai Pan, Hui Zhang*. Comparative Proteomic analysis of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) hybrid necrosis. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2013,12, 101-108.

2)      Jiang Qiyan, Zheng Hu, Hui Zhang*, Youzhi Ma*. Overexpression of GmDREB1 improves salt tolerance in transgenic wheat and leaf protein response to high salinity. The Crop Journal, 2014,120-131.

3)      Qiyan Jiang, Xiaojuan Li, Fengjuan Niu, Xianjun Sun, Zheng Hu, Hui Zhang*. iTRAQ-based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Wheat Root in Response to Salt Stress. Proteomics, 2017, 17,8,1600265

4)      Qiyan Jiang, Fengjuan Niu, Xianjun Sun, Zheng Hu, Xinhai Li, Youzhi Ma*, Hui Zhang*. RNA-seq analysis of unintended effects in transgenic wheat overexpressing the transcription factor GmDREB1. The Crop Journal, 2017, 5(3):207-218.

5)      Qiyan Jiang^#, Xianjun Sun^#, Fengjuan Niu, Zheng Hu, Rui Chen*, Hui Zhang*. GmDREB1 Overexpression Affects the Expression of MicroRNA in GM Wheat Seeds. Plos One. 2017，12(5):e0175924

6)      Yuan Guo, Qiyan Jiang*, Zheng Hu, Xianjun Sun, Shoujin Fan, Hui Zhang*. Function of the auxin-responsive gene TaSAUR75 under salt and drought stress. The crop journal, 2018, 181-190

7)      GUO Yuan^#, XU Chang-bing^#, SUN Xian-jun, HU Zheng, FAN Shou-jin, JIANG Qi-yan*, ZHANG Hui*. TaSAUR78 enhances multiple abiotic stress tolerance by regulating the interacting gene TaVDAC1，Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2019, 18(12): 2682–2690

8)      Niu Fengjuan, Jiang Qiyan*, Sun Xianjun, Hu Zheng, Wang Lixia, Zhang Hui*. Metabolic profiling of DREB-overexpressing transgenic wheat seeds by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The Crop Journal, 2020. 8(6):1025-1036.

9)      Fengjuan Niu , Qiyan Jiang* , Xianjun Sun , Zheng Hu , Lixia Wang, Hui Zhang*. Large DNA fragment deletion in lncRNA77580 regulates neighboring gene expression in soybean (Glycine max). Functional Plant Biology. 2021, 48(11), 1139–1147.

10)    Xiangqian Chen^†, Xuemin Jiang^†, Fengjuan Niu^†, Xianjun Sun, Zheng Hu, Fei Gao^*, Hui Zhang^*, Qiyan Jiang^* . Overexpression of lncRNA77580 Regulates Drought and Salinity Stress Responses in Soybean. Plants. 2023, 12, 181. 

11)    Fengjuan Niu , Qiyan Jiang* , Rui Cheng , Xianjun Sun , Zheng Hu , Lixia Wang, Hui Zhang*. CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis of Wild Soybean (Glycine soja) Hairy Roots Altered the Transcription Profile of the Mutant. Journal of Agricultural Science; 2020, 12(9): 14-33.

12)    Xiangqian Chen, Xuemin Jiang, Xianjun Sun, Zheng Hu, Fei Gao, Xiuping Wang, Hui Zhang*, Rui Chen*, Qiyan Jiang*, Gene editing and overexpression of soybean miR396a reveals its role in salinity tolerance and development, The Crop Journal,2024, 12(6):1655-1665

13)    Hu Zheng, Qiyan Jiang, Zhiyong Ni, Rui Chen, Shuo Xu, Hui Zhang*. Analyses of a Glycine max Degradome Library Identify microRNA Targets and MicroRNAs that Trigger Secondary SiRNA Biogenesis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2013, 2, 160-176.

14)    Hu Zheng, Qiyan Jiang, Hui Zhang*. Prediction and identification of natural antisense transcripts and its small RNAs in soybean (Glycine max). BMC genomics, 2013,14, 280.

15)    Ni Zhiyong, Zheng Hu, Qiyan Jiang, Hui Zhang*. Overexpression of gma-MIR394a confers tolerance to drought in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2012, 427: 330-335.

16)    Ni Zhiyong, Zheng Hu, Qiyan Jiang, Hui Zhang*. GmNFYA3, a target gene of miR169, is a positive regulator of plant tolerance to drought stress. PMB, 2013, 82, 113-129. 

17)    LI Ming, HU Zheng, JIANG Qi-yan, SUN Xian-jun, GUO Yuan, QI Jun-cang*, ZHANG Hui*. GmNAC15 overexpression in hairy roots enhances salt tolerance in soybean. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2018, 17(3): 530-538

18)    Li M*, Chen R, Jiang Q, Sun X, Zhang H*, Hu Z*. GmNAC06, a NAC domain transcription factor enhances salt stress tolerance in soybean[J]. Plant Mol Biol. 2021. 105:333-345

19)    Yi-Huan Di^#, Xian-Jun Sun^#, Zheng Hu, Qi-Yan Jiang, Guo-Hua Song, Bo Zhang,Shan-Shan Zhao, Hui Zhang*. Enhancing the CRISPR/Cas9 system based on multiple GmU6 promoters in soybean. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2019, 519: 819-823

20)    Yuehua Yu, Zhiyong Ni, Yi Wang, Huina Wan, Zheng Hu, Qiyan Jiang, Xianjun Sun, Hui Zhang*. Overexpression of soybean miR169c confers increased drought stress sensitivity in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science,2019,285:68-78