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Zheng, Binglian

Zheng, Binglian, Professor

E-mail: zhengbl@fudan.edu.cn

 

 

 

 

 

1994-2001, Dr. Zheng studied at Huazhong Normal University in Wuhan, and got her Bachelor’s nad Master’s degrees in Biology. She obtained her Ph.D. in Genetics at the Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in March, 2006. 2006-2012, she did her post-doctoral research at University of California-Riverside and Berkeley. Since March, 2012, she is a professor in Fudan University, and has been working on plant epigenetics and developmental biology.

 

Research Interests

Small RNAs ubiquitously exist in plants, which regulate gene expression through sequence-specific manner at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Using integrated geneic, biochemical, cytological, and genomics approaches, the Zheng lab is interested in how small RNAs are produced and by which small RNAs are involved in plant reproductive development.

 

Awards

2012, 1000 Young Talents Plan

2013, Shanghai Pujiang Program

2014, Excellent Young Scientists Funds from NSFC

 

Selected publications

  1. Zhao Y, Wang S, Wu W, Li L, Jiang T, Zheng B*. (2018) Clearance of maternal barriers by paternal miR159 to initiate endosperm nuclear divisions in Arabidopsis. Nature Commun. in press.
  2. Cheng J, Zhang Y, Li Z, Wang T, Zhang X, Zheng B* .(2017) A lariat-derived circular RNA is required for plant development in Arabidopsis. Sci China Life Sci. 61:204-213.
  3. Li L, Wu W, Zhao Y, Zheng B* .(2017) A reciprocal inhibition between ARID1 and MET1 in male and female gametes in Arabidopsis. J Integr Plant Biol. 59:657-668.
  4. Su C, Li Z, Cheng J, Li L, Zhong S, Liu L, Zheng Y, Zheng B*. (2017) The protein phosphatase 4 and SMEK1 complex dephosphorylates HYL1 to promote miRNA biogenesis by antagonizing the MAPK cascade in Arabidopsis. Dev Cell. 41:527-539.
  5. Li Z, Wang S, Cheng J, Su C, Zhong S, Liu Q, Fang Y, Yu Y, Lv H, Zheng Y*, and Zheng B* .(2016) Intron lariat RNA inhibits microRNA biogenesis by sequestering the dicing complex in arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. e1006422.
  6. He H, Yang T, Wu W, and Zheng B*.(2015) Small RNAs in pollen. Sci China Life Sci .58:246-252.
  7. Zheng B, He H, Zheng Y, Wu W, and McCormick S* .(2014) An ARID Domain-Containing protein within nuclear bodies is required for sperm cell formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet. e41004421.
  8. Scarpina R, Sigaut L, Pietrasant L, McCormick S, Zheng B*, and Muschiettia J*. (2013) Cajal bodies are developmentally regulated during pollen development and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Plant. 6:1355-1357.