Name of Supervisor

Aiwu Dong

Gender

female

Date of Birth

Sep.1970

Professional Title

Professor

Area of Expertise

Biochemistry

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Using biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics and other approaches to study the epigenetic mechanisms during cell division and development in plants，mainly on histone chaperones and histone methylation.

Current Research Projects

NSFC and 973 projects

Name of Supervisor

Xiaochun Ge

Gender

Female

Date of Birth

Sep.1970

Professional Title

Associate professor

Area of Expertise

Plant Molecular Biology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

l  Protein functions involved in environmental stress responses in Arabidopsis and Rice

Sessile plants evolve complicated mechanisms to counter attacks from environment, including biotic and abiotic stresses. We are interested in discovering novel genes involved in plant defense response and anti-abiotic stress response. Research tools include biochemistry, genetic, molecular biology, cell biology approaches. We have found that the enzymes responsible for protein ADP ribosylation participated in plant stress resistance. By using biochemistry approaches, we have identified a few protein candidates which can be ADP ribosylated in vivo. ADP ribosylated proteins have never been reported in plants before. We will elucidate the regulatory role of protein ADP ribosylation in plants. This research is supported by two NSFC grants.

l  Plant reproduction under environmental stresses.

Environmental stresses cause dramatic grain reduction in cereal crop, especially when the stress occurs in reproductive stage. Grain set is an important agronomical index, which is directly associated with the reproductive development condition and affected severely by environmental factors. So far how environmental stresses regulate plant reproductive development is poorly understood. We aim to understand the interaction between reproductive organ and drought stress, and try to reveal the molecular mechanism of drought regulating reproductive process.

Current Research Projects

l  2012.1-2015.12   PI of “ Studies on the molecular mechanism of PARP inhibitor on plant development”, supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

l  2012.1-2016.12   Major participant of the 973 Key Project “Basic research on the water usage efficiency of crops”, supported by the National Ministry of Science and Technology

l  2011.1-2013.12   PI of “ Studies on the role of PARG in genotoxin tolerance of Arabidopsis”, supported by NSFC

l  2013.1-2015.12  PI of “The mechanism of EADT1 gene  in increasing rice seed set under drought stress”, supported by Shanghai key project of basic research

Name of Supervisor

LI Bo

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

Feb.1963

Professional Title

Professor

Area of Expertise

Ecology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Invasion ecology, ecosystem ecology, applied ecology and coastal wetland (salt marsh) ecology

Current Research Projects

Indirect effects of plant invasions on native ecosystems

Alien invasive species-native biota interactions

Effects of reclamation on ecosystem integrity and functioning

Name of Supervisor

Hui Li

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

May.1978

Professional Title

  Professor, Principal Investigator, PhD Student Supervisor

Area of Expertise

Human Biology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Human Biology, including the genetic diversification of human populations; co-evolution of genome, diseases, and environments; genomic association of physical characters, etc.

Historical Anthropology: revealing the formation of China nation by the cross-study among molecular anthropology, history, and archaeology.

Linguistic Anthropology, studying the relationships between the linguistic diversity and human migration using tools of computational biology.

Current Research Projects

Genetic structure of East Asians (NSFC); Refined phylogeny of Y chromosome (Excellent Youth Project of NSFC); Microevolution of human Alcohol associated gene families (Key Series Project of NSFC)

Name of Supervisor

Baorong Lu

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

May.1957

Professional Title

Professor

Area of Expertise

Evolutionary biology, population genetics

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Prof. Lu’s research direction includes evolutionary biology, population genetics, and biodiversity conservation. Currently, he is actively involved in research projects dealing with genetic diversity and conservation of crop wild relative species, molecular evolution, and environmental biosafety assessment of genetically engineered crops, particularly the issue of transgene flow and its ecological consequences.

Current Research Projects

2011－2015:         “The Common Technology for Protein Biosafety Assessment” from Ministry of Agriculture, 2.3 Million RMB

2011－2015:         “Characterization and Selection of Genetic Diversity for Rice Biodiversity Cultivation” from 973 Project of Ministry of Science and Technology, 4.5 Million RMB

2008－2011:        “The Common Technology for Biosafety Assessment” from Ministry of

                               Agriculture, 8.6 Million RMB

2008－2011         “Biological Base of Transgene Escape and Its Environmental Biosafety” from NSFC, 1.60 Million RMB

2012－2016         “The origin and molecular evolution of weedy rice based on polymorphisims of shattering genes and microsatellites” from NSFC, 0.73 Million RMB

Name of Supervisor

Jinbiao Ma

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

May.1973

Professional Title

Professor

Area of Expertise

Structural Biology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Structural study of proteins or protein/nucleic acids complexes involved in important biological mechanisms, such as RNA silencing, epigenetics and stem cell programming and reprogramming.

Current Research Projects

1. Structural and functional study of non-coding RNAs and their binding proteins in stem cell programming and reprogramming.
2. Structural and functional study of chromatin remodeling proteins, histone modifying and binding proteins in plant epigenetics.
3. Molecular basis for recognition and regulation of small non-coding RNAs in plant.

Name of Supervisor

Hongyan Wang

Gender

Female

Date of Birth

Oct.1966

Professional Title

professor

Area of Expertise

Molecular Genetics

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Genetic study on birth defects

Current Research Projects

1.  Genetic contribution to human neural tube defects

Ref. Wang HY et al 2010 N Engl J of Med 362 :2232

2.  Genetic analysis on folic acid metabolism in population with congenital heart disease

Ref. Wang HY et al 2012 Circulation  125:482

Ref. Wang HY et al 2012 Cell Research DOI: 10.1038 /cr.2012.135

Name of Supervisor

Jiu-Cun Wang

Gender

Female

Date of Birth

Oct.1966

Professional Title

Professor

Area of Expertise

Genetics, Molecular Biology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Work on the genomics, genetics, and molecular mechanism of scleroderma (systemic sclerosis), gout and other rheumatic diseases

Current Research Projects

Leading two NSFC Project, one International Cooperation Project of Shanghai, and one sub-project of Shanghai Major Program for Basic Research. As a Site PI, lead the Chinese effort in one NIH-U01 project:

1)       National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 81270120, 1/1/2013-12/31/2016, Study of the key molecular events in the pathogenesis and treatment of scleroderma-associated pulmonary fibrosis. PI.

2)       Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM), 11DJ1400102, 1/1/2012-12/31/2014, Genetic and Pharmacogenetic studies of gout and hyperuricemia. Hejian Zou (Program project director); Jiu-Cun Wang: PI of Project 3.

3)       STCSM, 11410701800, 10/1/2011-9/30/2013, Analysis of copy number variation in HLA region in systemic sclerosis and ankylosing spondylitis. PI.

4)       NSFC, 30971594, 1/1/2010-12/31/2012, Mechanism and functional analysis of the anti-fibrotic target SPARC. Role: PI.

5)       NIH NIAID U01, 1U01AI09090, 7/15/2010-6/30/2015, Studies of HLA Region Genomics in Systemic Sclerosis and Ankylosing Spondylitis. Xiaodong Zhou (PI); Jiu-Cun Wang (PI at Chinese site).

6)      STCSM, 10JC1402100, 10/1/2010-9/30/2013, Molecular mechanism of a compound prescription of Chinese Traditional Medicine in treatment of scleroderma. Wenyu Wu (PI) ; Jiu-Cun Wang (PI at Fudan site).

Name of Supervisor

Wang, Xuelu

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

Sep.1967

Professional Title

Professor

Area of Expertise

Plant Molecular Genetics

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Using genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, genomics, and proteomics approaches in Arabidopsis and rice to study brassinosteroid signaling pathway and its interacting network with other phytohormones, the regulatory mechanisms of hormones and environmental cues in plant development, and the molecular mechanisms of plant architecture control and drought tolerance.

Current Research Projects

1, Brassinosteroid signaling network in plants

2, The interaction of phytohormone and stress signaling pathways in plant development

3, The molecular mechanism of plant architecture control and stress tolerance

Name of Supervisor

Lei Xue

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

Nov.1978

Professional Title

Investigator

Area of Expertise

Neurobiology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Mechanisms of synaptic transmission of central nervous system

Current Research Projects

1.  The mechanisms of endocytosis overshoot

2.  The dynamic switch underlying compound exocytosis during strong stimulation

Name of Supervisor

Guoping ZHAO

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

Aug.1948

Professional Title

Professor

Area of Expertise

Microbiology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Synthetic Biology, Microbial Genomics, Bioinformatics, Metabolic Regulation

Current Research Projects

The National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)：Construction and integration of the new functional artificial biological devices;

The Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation, China：Delineating the regulatory network and signal transduction mechanism of nitrogen assimilation in the rifamycin SV-producing Amycolatopsis mediterranei U32;

Name of Supervisor

Tao Zhong

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

Nov.1964

Professional Title

Full Professor

Area of Expertise

Genetics and Developmental Biology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Cellular and molecular mechanisms in regulating cardiovascular development and organ morphogenesis.

Current Research Projects

1.    Regulation of Myocardial Differentiation and Heart Development (National Basic Research Program of China, Chief Scientist)

2.    Identification of key genes in Cardiomyogenesis and its Genetic Mechanisms (National Basic Research Program of China, Group Leader)

3.    Mechanisms of Ciliary Development and Left-right Asymmetry in Zebrafish (National Science Foundation of China)

4.    Mechanisms of Asymmetric Development of Heart and Organs (Pujiang Talent Plan in Shanghai)

Name of Supervisor

Naishuo Zhu(NS Zhu)

Gender

male

Date of Birth

1955

Professional Title

professor

Area of Expertise

Molecular Immunology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Medical Molecular Biaology, Molecular Immunology

Current Research Projects

1.The immune tolerance inducing and immune enhancing,mechanism of immune responses associated antigen processing and presenting genes, R&D of Adjuvant for Vaccine（such as HBV and Rabies virus et al）.

2.Epigenetics, & genetic Engineering for anti-viruses,tumor growth and metastasis related genes.

3.Molecular diagnosis of autoimmune diseases.

Name of Supervisor

Zhijun Ma

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

Jan.1972

Professional Title

Associate Professor

Area of Expertise

Avian ecology

Whether Part-time

No

Research Direction

Stopover ecology, Habitat ecology, Conservation ecology

Current Research Projects

1)Effects of exotic Spartina on the breeding ecology of saltmarsh birds; 2) Stopover ecology of migratory shorebirds: stopover duration and fuel deposition