Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Dr. Shangwei Zhong
Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China
Email:shangwei.zhong@pku-iaas.edu.cn
Education
2007-2012 PhD in Plant Biology, Peking University, China
2010-2012 Exchange graduate student, Yale University, USA
2003-2007 BS in Biological Science, Wuhan University, China
Working Experience
March 2022 – now, Principal Investigator, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences,China
July 2014 – now, Principal Investigator, Peking University,China
July 2012 –June 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, USA
Research Interests
l Sensing and response to mechanical stress in plants
l Adaptation of plants to challenges posed by burial in soil
l Integration of multiple factors in seedling soil emergence
Selected Publications
Zhao Y., Shi H., Pan Y., Lyu M., Yang Z., Kou X., Deng X.,Zhong, S.* (2023), Sensory circuitry controls cytosolic calcium-mediated phytochrome B phototransduction, Cell186,1230-1243.
Shi H.*, Zhong, S.* (2023), Light and temperature perceptions go through a phase separation, Current Opinion in Plant Biology74,102397.(Invited review)
Chen D., Lyu M., Kou X., Li J., Yang Z., Gao L., Li Y., Fan L., Shi H., Zhong, S.* (2022), Integration of light and temperature sensing by liquid-liquid phase separation of phytochrome B, Molecular Cell82, 3015-3029. (Cover article)
Wu Q., Li Y., Lyu M., Luo Y., Shi H., Zhong, S.* (2020), Touch-induced seedling morphological changes are determined by ethylene-regulated pectin degradation, Science Advances6, eabc9294.
Wu Q., Kuang K., Lyu M., Zhao Y., Li Y., L J., Pan Y., Shi H., Zhong, S.* (2020), Allosteric deactivation of PIFs and EIN3 by microProteins in light control of plant development, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A117, 18858-18868.
Lyu M., Shi H., Li Y., Kuang K., Yang Z., Li J., Chen D., Li Y., Kou X., Zhong, S.* (2019), Oligomerization and photo-deoligomerization of HOOKLESS1 controls plant differential cell growth, Developmental Cell 51, 78-88.
Shi H., Lyu M., Luo Y., Liu S., Li Y., He H., Wei N., Deng X.*, Zhong, S.* (2018).Genome-wide regulation of light-controlled seedling morphogenesis by three families of transcription factors, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A115, 6482-6487.
Liu X., Liu R., Li Y., Shen X., Zhong, S.*, Shi H.* (2017). EIN3 and PIF3 Form an Interdependent Module that Represses Chloroplast Development in Buried Seedling, Plant Cell 29, 3051-3067.
Shi, H., Liu, R., Xue, C., Shen, X., Wei, N., Deng, X.*, Zhong, S.* (2016). Seedlings Transduce the Depth and Mechanical Pressure of Covering Soil Using COP1 and Ethylene to Regulate EBF1/EBF2 for Soil Emergence. Current Biology26, 139-149.
Shi, H., Shen, X., Liu, R., Xue, C., Wei, N., Deng, X.*, Zhong, S.* (2016). The red light receptor phytochrome B directly enhances substrate-E3 ligase interactions to attenuate ethylene responses. Developmental Cell 39, 597-610.(Cover article)
Chen,D. andZhong, S.* (2023). Phase separation of phytochrome B in HEK293T cells. Thermomorphogenesis - Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, in press. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Honorables and Awards
2023 “Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 2023” Award, Molecular Plant Editorial Office in Association with Cell Press
2023 Distinguished Young Scholar, National Natural Science Foundation of China
2018 Outstanding Young Scholar, National Natural Science Foundation of China