个人简介

中国科学院院士，北京大学教授，博士生导师，蛋白质与植物基因研究国家重点实验室主任。1989年12月在美国康奈尔大学植物科学系获得博士学位，并去华盛顿大学生物系做博士后。91年6月回国后一直在北京大学生命科学学院工作。97年9月至98年12月去美国加州伯克利大学做访问教授。现为中国植物学会副理事长，中国生物工程学会理事，农业生物技术专业委员会副主任；《遗传学报》副主编，《科学通报》特邀编辑，植物分子遗传国家重点实验室、农作物基因组学国家重点实验室学术委员会委员，教育部科学技术委员会生命科学学部委员。1997年获得国家自然科学基金委“国家杰出青年科学基金”资助，2001年被教育部聘为“长江学者”，2003年成为国家自然科学基金委“创新团队”学术带头人。

教育经历

1986 - 1989 , 理学博士 , 植物科学系 , 美国康奈尔大学
1978 - 1982 , 理学学士 , 农学系 , 浙江农业大学

研究方向

棉纤维细胞伸长机制、植物激素的作用机制、基因表达调控机制

代表性成果

1. Xiao GH, Wang K, Huang G, Zhu YX. (2015) Genome-scale analysis and characterization of KCS gene family in cottons revealed a new mode of action for GA regulated fiber growth. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12429.
2. Liu GJ, Xiao GH, Liu NJ, Liu D, Chen PS, Qin YM, Zhu YX. (2015) Targeted lipidomics studies reveal that linolenic acid promote cotton fiber elongation by activating phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol monophosphate biosynthesis. Mol Plant, 8: 911-921.
3. Li, F.G., Fan, G.Y., Lu, C.R., Xiao, G.H., Zou, C.S., Kohel, R.J., Ma, Z.Y., Shang, H.H., Ma, X.F., Wu, J.Y., Liang, X.M., Huang, G., Percy, R.G., Liu, K., Yang, W.H., Chen, W.B., Du, X.M., Shi, C.C., Yuan, Y.L., Ye, W.W., Liu, X., Zhang, X.Y., Liu, W.Q., Wei, H.L., Wei, S.J., Huang, G.D., Zhang, X.L., Zhu, S.J., Zhang, H., Sun, F.M., Wang, X.F., Liang, J., Wang, J.H., He, Q., Huang, L.H., Wang, J., Cui, J.J., Song, G.L., Wang, K.B., Xu, X., Yu, J.Z., Zhu, Y.X., Yu S.X.. Genome sequence of cultivated Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum TM-1) provides insights into genome evolution. Nat. Biotechnol, 33 (2015),524-530.
4. Zhang, Y.Z., Jiao, Y., Liu, Z.H., Zhu, Y.X. ROW1 maintains quiescent centre identity by confining WOX5 expression to specific cells. Nature communications 2015 doi: 10.1038/ncomms7003.
5. Li, F. G., Zhu, Y. X., Wang, J. Yu, S. X et al , Genome sequence of the cultivated cotton Gossypium arboretum , Nature Genetics , 2014 , 46: 567-572
6. Li, Q., Xiao, G. H., and Zhu, Y. X , Single-nucleotide resolution mapping of the Gossypium raimondii transcriptome reveals a new mechanism for alternative splicing of introns , Molecular Plant , 2014 , 7: 829-840
7. Zhu, Y. X , Regulation of cotton lint growth. In: McGraw-Hill , Yearbook of Science & Technology , 2014 , 319-322
8. Jin, X., Pang, Y., Jia, F. X., Xiao, G. H., Li, Q., Zhu, Y. X , A potential role for CHH DNA methylation in cotton fiber growth patterns , PLOS ONE , 2013 , 8: e60547
9. Zhu, Y. X. and Li, F. G , The Gossypium raimondii genome, a huge leap forward in cotton genomics , J. Integrative Plant Biology , 2013 , 55: 570-571
10. Jin, X., Li, Q., Xiao, G. H., Zhu, Y. X , Using genome-referenced expressed sequence tag assembly to analyze the origin and expression patterns of Gossypium hirsutum transcripts , J. Integrative Plant Biology , 2013 , 55: 576-585
11. Wang, K. B., Zhu, Y. X. , Wang, J., Yu, S. X. et al , The draft genome of a diploid cotton Gossypium raimondii , Nature Genetics , 2012 , 44: 1098-1103
12. Li, Q., Jin, X., Zhu, Y. X , Identification and analyses of miRNA genes in allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum fiber cells based on the sequenced diploid G. raimondii genome , Journal of Genetics and Genomics , 2012 , 39: 351-360
13. Qin, Y. M. and Zhu Y. X , How cotton fibers elongate: a tale of linear cell-growth mode , Curr. Opin. Plant Biol , 2011 , 14 : 106-111
14. Wang, H., Mei, W. Q., Qin, Y. M. and Zhu, Y. X , 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase 2 is phosphorylated by calcium-dependent protein kinase 1 during cotton fiber elongation , Acta Biochim. et Bioph. Sin , 2011 , 43: 654-661
15. Pang, C.Y., Wang, H., Pang, Y., Xu, C., Jiao, Y., Qin, Y.M., Western, T.L., Yu, S.X. and Zhu, Y.X. , Comparative proteomics indicate that biosynthesis of pectic precursors is important for cotton fiber and Arabidopsis root hair elongation , Molecular Cellular Proteomics , 2010 , 9: 2019-2033
16. Pang, Y., Wang, H., Song, W. Q. and Zhu, Y. X , The cotton ATP synthase δ1 subunit is required to maintain a higher ATP⁄ADP ratio that facilitates rapid fibre cell elongation , Plant Biology , 2010 , 12: 903-909
17. Zhu, Y. X , The epigenetic involvement in plant hormone signaling , Chinese Science Bulletin , 2010 , 55: 2198-2203
18. Mei, W. Q., Qin, Y. M., Song, W. Q., Li, J. and Zhu, Y. X , Cotton GhPOX1 encoding plant class III peroxidase may be responsible for the high level of reactive oxygen species production that is related to cotton fiber elongation , J. Genet. Genomics , 2009 , 36: 141-150
19. Song, W.Q., Qin, Y.M., Saito, M., Shirai, T., Pujol, F.M., Kastaniotis, A.J., Hiltunen, J.K. and Zhu, Y.X , Characterization of two cotton cDNAs encoding trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase reveals a putative novel NADPH-binding motif , Journal of Experimental Botany , 2009 , 60: 1839–1848
20. Han, P. and Zhu, Y. X , BARD1 may be renamed ROW1 because it functions mainly as a REPRESSOR OF WUSCHEL1 , Plant Signaling & Behavior , 2009 , 4: 52-54
21. Han P, Li Q, Zhu YX , Mutation in the Arabidopsis BARD1 BRCT Domain Releases WUSCHEL Expression from the Organizing Center , The Plant Cell , 2008 , 20:1482-1493
22. Qu, L. J. and Zhu, Y. X , Transcription factor families in Arabidopsis: major progress and outstanding issues for future research , Curr. Opin. Plant Biol , 2007 , 9: 544-549
23. Qin YM, Hu CY, Pang Y, Kastaniotis AJ, Hiltunen JK, Zhu YX , Saturated very-long-chain fatty acids promote cotton fiber and Arabidopsis cell elongation by activating ethylene biosynthesis , The Plant Cell , 2007 , 19: 3692-3704
24. Shi YH, Zhu SW, Mao X, Feng JX, Qin YM, Zhang L, Cheng J, Wei L, Wang ZY, Zhu YX , Transcriptome profiling, molecular biological and physiological studies reveal a major role for ethylene in cotton fiber cell elongation , The Plant Cell , 2006 , 18: 651-664
25. Gong, W et al. , Genome-wide ORFeome cloning and analysis of Arabidopsis transcription factor genes , Plant Physiol , 2004 , 135: 773-782
26. Ji SJ, Lu YC, Feng JX, Wei G, Li J, Shi YH, Fu Q, Liu D, Luo JC and Zhu YX , Isolation and Analyses of Genes Preferentially Expressed During Early Cotton Fiber Development by Subtractive PCR and cDNA Array , Nucleic Acids Res. , 2003 , 31: 2534-2543
27. Zhu, Y. X., Tepperman, J. M., Fairchild, C. and Quail, P. H , Phytochrome B binds with greater apparent affinity than phytochrome A to the basic helix-loop-helix factor PIF3 in a reaction requiring the PAS domain of PIF3 , Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 2000 , 97: 13419-13424