Wei Zhu
Title：Associate Professor
Address: Room 303, The No. 38 Building, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou
Contact Tel:
Email: zhuw@scau.edu.cn
RESEARCH INTEREST
Dr. Zhu Wei joined South China Agricultural University in 2025. His research has been focused on plant photomorphogenesis and phytohormone signaling. He is also interested in exploiting mechanisms underlying the crosstalk between environmental cues and internal hormone signals, and how these signaling pathways profoundly regulate plant growth and development.
EDUCATION
2005.09-2009.06 Bachelor, Huanggang Normal University
2009.09-2012.06 Master, South China Normal University
2012.09-2017.01 Ph. D, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2017.03- 2025.02, Southern University of Science and Technology
2025.03- Now, South China Agricultural University
AWARDS AND HONORS
PUBLICATIONS
[1] Wei Zhu, Hua Zhou, Fang Lin, Xianhai Zhao, Dongqing Xu, Xing Wang Deng, COLD-REGULATED GENE 27 integrates signals from light and the circadian clock to promote hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 2020, 32: 3155-3169. (First author)
[2]Wei Zhu, Yajuan Fu, Hua Zhou, Yeling Zhou, Dayan Zhang, Yuzhu Wang, Yujing Su, Zhiyong Li, Jiansheng Liang. RACK1 links phyB and BES1 to coordinate brassinosteroid-dependent root meristem development. New Phytologist, 2024, 244: 883-899. (First author)
[3]Hua Zhou#, Wei Zhu#, Xuncheng Wang#, Yeting Bian, Yan Jiang, Jian Li, Lixia Wang, Ping Yin, Xing Wang Deng, Dongqing Xu, A missense mutation in WRKY32 converts its function from a positive regulator to a repressor of photomorphogenesis. New Phytologist, 2022, 35: 111-125. (#Co-first author)
[4] Masood Jan#, Wei Zhu#, *, Yajuan Fu#, Zhiyong Li, Yeling Zhou, Dong Zhang, Huihui Han, Yan Yan, Xing Wen, Hongwei Guo, Jiansheng Liang. Scaffold protein RACK1A positively regulates leaf senescence by coordinating the EIN3-miR164-ORE1 transcriptional cascade in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2023, 65: 1703-1716. (#Co-first author and *co-corresponding author)
[5] Yajuan Fu#, Wei Zhu#, *, Yeling Zhou, Yujing Su, Zhiyong Li, Dayan Zhang, Dong Zhang, Jinyu Shen, Jiansheng Liang. RACK1A promotes hypocotyl elongation by scaffolding light signaling components in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2024, 66: 956-972. (#Co-first author and *co-corresponding author)