Lab Member Since: May, 2011

Educational Background:

Ph.D., Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China

M.S., Plant Genetics and Breeding, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

B.S., Agronomy, Department of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, China

Current Research Focus:

Identification and characterization of genes involved in drought resistance and creation of genetically modified soybean plants with high yield under drought stress conditions.

Publications:

Wang Y, Xiao Y, Zhang Y, Chai C, Wei G, Wei X, Xu H, Ouwerkerk PBF, Wang M, Zhu Z (2008) Molecular cloning, functional characterization and expression analysis of a novel monosaccharide transporter gene OsMST6 from rice (Oryza sativa L.). Planta 228:525-535.

Wang YQ, Wei XL, Xu HL, Chai CL, Meng K, Zhai HL, Sun AJ, Peng YG, Wu B, Xiao GF, Zhu Z (2008) Cell-wall invertases from rice are differentially expressed in caryopsis during the grain filling stage. J Integr Plant Biol 50:466–474.

Wang Y, Xu H, Wei X, Chai C, Xiao Y, Zhang Y, Chen B, Xiao G, Ouwerkerk PBF, Wang M, Zhu Z (2007) Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a monosaccharide transporter gene OsMST4 from rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Mol Biol 65:439–451.

Sun AJ, Xu HL, Gong WK, Zhai HL, Meng K, Wang YQ, Wei XL, Xiao GF, Zhu Z (2007) Cloning and expression analysis of rice (Oryza sativa L.) sucrose transporter genes OsSUT2M and OsSUT5Z. J Integr Plant Biol 50:62-75.

Zhou M, Xu H, Wei X, Ye Z, Wei L, Gong W, Wang Y, Zhu Z (2006) Identification of a glyphosate-resistant mutant of rice 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase using a directed evolution strategy. Plant Physiol 140:184-195.

Meng K, Chang TJ, Liu X, Chen SB, Wang YQ, Sun AJ, Xu HL, Wei XL, Zhu Z (2005) Cloning and expression pattern of a gene encoding a putative plastidic ATP/ADP transporter from Helianthus tuberosus L. J Integr Plant Biol 47:1123-1132.

Wang YQ, Xiao XG, Zhang AM (2002) Factors affecting Agrobacterium tumefaciensmediated transformation of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Acta Genetica Sinica 29:260-265.