Principal Investigator

Dr. Junhui Zhou

Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China

Email:junhuii.zhou@pku-iaas.edu.cn

Developmental Biology of Strawberry & Germplasm innovation

Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences (PKU-IAAS)

Weifang,Shandong261325, China

Phone: (+86)0536-6030817

Email: junhui.zhou@pku-iaas.edu.cn

Education

2015 Ph.D. in Plant Biology,Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University. Ames, IA. USA

2008 M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Biotechnology Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Beijing, P.R. China

2005 B.Sc. in Biotechnology,College of Life Sciences,Qingdao Agricultural University. Qingdao, P.R. China

Professional Experience

May 2015-July 2020. Professor and Principle Investigator, Developmental Biology ofStrawberry & Germplasm Innovation,Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences (PKU-IAAS)

May 2015-July 2020. Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland,College Park. MD. USA

Grants and funding

2023-2026 National Science Foundation of China # 32272692. PI: Junhui Zhou. Title: Molecular mechanism underlying strawberry fleshy fruit initiation mediated by auxin response factors ARF6a and ARF8

Oral presentation

Nov. 2022.周军会. 草莓和树莓肉质果发育起始和发育多样性的分子机制.第四届全国植物开花•衰老与采后生物学大会,Shenzhen,Guangdong. China

May. 2021. Zhou, J.Developmental mechanisms underlying fleshy fruit initiation and diversity in strawberry and raspberry.The 9th world strawberry conference. Chinese venue, Yancheng, Jiangsu. China

Jan. 2019. Zhou, J., Wang, G. and Liu, Z.Efficient genome-editing of wild strawberry genes, vector development, and validation, The Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference (PAG) 2019, San Diego, CA. USA

Publications

Cuimei Zhang#, Yajun Tang#, Shanjie Tang#, Lei Chen, Haidi Yuan, Yujun Xu, Yangyan Zhou, Shuaibin Zhang, Jianli Wang, Hongyu Wen, Wenbo Jiang, Yongzhen Pang, Xian Deng, Xiaofeng Cao, Junhui Zhou*, Xianwei Song* and Qikun Liu*.An Inducible CRISPR-activation tool for accelerated plant regeneration. Plant Communications, 2024.DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100823

Junhui Zhou#, Muzi Li#, Yongping Li, Yuwei Xiao,XiLuo,ShenglanGao,Zhimin Ma, Norah Sadowski, Winston Timp, Chris Dardick, Ann Callahan, Stephen M. Mount and Zhongchi Liu. Comparison of red raspberry and wild strawberry fruits reveals mechanisms of fruit type specification. Plant Physiology, 2023, kiad409. https://doi.org/10.1093 /plphys/kiad409.

Zhimin Ma, Lijing Ma and Junhui Zhou. Applications of CRISPR/Cas genome editing in economically important fruit crops: recent advances and future directions. Molecular Horticulture,2023. https://molhort. biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s43897-023-00049-0.

Junhui Zhou; John Sittmann; Lei Guo; Yuwei Xiao; Xiaolong Huang; Anuhya Pulapaka; Zhongchi Liu. Gibberellin and auxin signaling genes RGA1 and ARF8 repress accessory fruit initiation indiploid strawberry, Plant Physiology, 2021,185: 1059-1075.

Guanqun Chen; Pengbo Xu; Jian Pan; Yang Li; Junhui Zhou; Huiyun Kuang; Hongli Lian. Inhibition of FvMYB10 transcriptional activity promotes color loss in strawberry fruit, Plant Science, 2020,298.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110578.

Junhui Zhou; Dongdong Li; Guoming Wang; Fuxi Wang; Merixia Kunjal; Dirk Joldersma; Zhongchi Liu. Application and future perspective of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in fruit crops, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology,2020, 6: 269-286.

Junhui Zhou; Guoming Wang; Zhongchi Liu.Efficient genome editing of wild strawberry genes, vector development and validation, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2018, 16:1868-1877.

Juying Long; Congfeng Song; Fang Yan; Junhui Zhou; Huanbin Zhou; Bing Yang. Non-TAL Effectors From Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Suppress Peptidoglycan-Triggered MAPK Activation in Rice, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018,9.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01857.

Junhui Zhou; Zhao Peng; Juying Long; Davide Sosso; Bo Liu; Joon‐SeobEom; Sheng Huang; Sanzhen Liu; Casiana Vera Cruz; Wolf B. Frommer; Frank F. White; Bing Yang. Gene targeting by the TAL effector PthXo2 reveals cryptic resistance gene for bacterial blight of rice, The Plant Journal, 2015,82: 632-643.

Ting Li; Sheng Huang; Junhui Zhou; Bing Yang.Designer TAL Effectors Induce Disease Susceptibility and Resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Rice, Molecular Plant, 2013,6:781-789.

Ginny Antony#;Junhui Zhou#; Sheng Huang; Ting Li; Bo Liu; Frank White; Bing Yang. Rice xa13 Recessive Resistance to Bacterial Blight Is Defeated by Induction of the Disease Susceptibility Gene Os-11N3, The Plant Cell, 2010,22: 3864-3876.

Junhui Zhou; Yang Song; Yiongqiang Zhang. Advancement of Late Blight Resistance Genes in Potato, Biotechnology Bulletin, 2008, 5: 13-17.

Yang Song;Junhui Zhou; Yiongqiang Zhang. Advancement of Tissue-specific Promoters in Plants, Biotechnology Bulletin, 2007, 6: 21-24.

Honorables and Awards

2022. TaiShan Scholar of Shandong Province