Dong Zhang
Title： Associate Professor
Address: Room 112, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou
Contact Tel: 020-38812569
Email: dzhang@scau.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTEREST
Light provides energy for plants and acts as a signaling factor regulating their growth and development, while nitrogen is their most demanded mineral nutrient. The light absorption (carbon assimilation) in aerial parts and nitrogen uptake/transport (nitrogen assimilation) in roots are crucial for plant growth, yet their coordination mechanism remains largely unclear. Using rice as a model, we adopt forward and reverse genetic approaches to identify key genes regulating carbon-nitrogen (C/N) balance coordination, clarify their molecular mechanisms, and ultimately aid in breeding rice varieties with enhanced resource-use efficiency.
EDUCATION
2006.09-2010.07 Bachelor of Science, Northeast Forestry University
2010.09-2016.01Doctor of Science, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2016.08-2021.08 Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
2021.09-present Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University
PUBLICATIONS
1.Guan C#, Zhang D#, and Chu C* (2025) The interplay of light and nitrogen in plant growth and development. Crop J. 13: 641-655.
2.Mi Y#, Li Y#, Qian G, Vanhaelewyn L, Meng X, Liu T, Yang W, Shi Y, Ma P, Wahab A, Vicziánh A, Chen S*, Sun W*, Zhang D* (2023) A transcriptional complex of FtMYB102 and FtbHLH4 coordinately regulates the accumulation of rutin in Fagopyrum tataricum. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 194: 696-707.
3.Ma T#, Gao H#, Zhang D#, Sun W, Yin Q, Wu L, Zhang T, Xu Z, Wei J, Su Y, Shi Y, Ding D, Yuan L, Dong G, Leng L*, Xiang L*, Chen S* (2021) Genome-Wide Analysis of Light-Regulated Alternative Splicing in Artemisia annua L. Front. Plant Sci. 12: 733505.
4.Zhang D#, Li YH#, Zhang XY, Zha P, Lin RC* (2017) The SWI2/SNF2 chromatin-remodeling ATPase BRAHMA regulates chlorophyll biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 10:155-167.
5.Zhang D#, Jing YJ#, Jiang ZM, Lin RC* (2014) The chromatin remodeling factor PICKLE integrates brassinosteroid and gibberellin signaling during skotomorphogenic growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 26: 2472-2485.