1) Crop molecular breeding and genetic  improvement of economic crops 

2) Advanced biotechnological approaches and  biosafty of genetically modified crops 

1997-2001, Yantai University, Biochemistry, B.S. Shandong, China

2001-2007, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Botany, Combined M.D. /Ph.D. Beijing, China

2007-2012, Forage Improvement Division, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Postdoctoral fellow, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA

2012-2013, Genetic Transformation Facility Manager, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation,Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA

2013-present, Professor, Principal Investigator of Crop Molecular Breeding Group, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. Zhenying Wu, Yingping Cao, Ruijuan Yang, Tianxiong Qi, Yuqing Hang, Hao Lin, Gongke Zhou, Zeng-Yu Wang, Chunxiang Fu. Switchgrass SBP-box transcription factors PvSPL1 and 2 function redundantly to initiate side tillers and affect biomass yield of energy crop. Biotechnol Biofuels. 9:101, 2016 

2. Lifang Niu*, Chunxiang Fu*, Hao Lin*, Tezera W. Wolabu, Yanqi Wu, Zeng-Yu Wang, Million Tadege. Control of floral transition in the bioenergy crop switchgrass. Plant Cell Environ. 2016 

3. Chunxiang Fu, Timothy Hernandez, Chuanen Zhou, Zeng-Yu Wang. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Agrobacterium Protocols,Springer New York, 2015 

4. Guang Qi, Dian Wang, Li Yu, Xianfeng Tang, Guohua Chai, Guo He, Wenxuan Ma, Shengying Li, Yingzhen Kong, Chunxiang Fu*, Gongke Zhou*. Metabolic engineering of 2-phenylethanol pathway producing fragrance chemical and reducing lignin in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Rep. 34:1331-1342, 2015 

5. Yingping Cao, Junling Li, Li Yu, Guohua Chai, Guo He, Ruibo Hu, Guang Qi, Yingzhen Kong, Chunxiang Fu*, Gongke Zhou*. Cell wall polysaccharide distributions in Miscanthus lutarioriparius stem using immuno-detection. Plant Cell Rep. 33:643-653, 2014 

6. Yanchong Yu, Ruibo Hu, Huamei Wang, Yingping Cao, Guo He, Chunxiang Fu*, Gongke Zhou*. MlWRKY12, a novel Miscanthus transcription factor, participates in pith secondary cell wall formation and promotes flowering. Plant Sci. 212:1-9, 2013 

7. Chunxiang Fu, Ramanjulu Sunkar, Chuanen Zhou, Hui Shen, Jiyi Zhang, Jessica Matts, Jennifer Wolf, David G.J. Mann, C. Neal Stewart Jr, Yuhong Tang and Zeng-Yu Wang. Overexpression of miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production. Plant Biotechnol J. 10:443-452, 2012 

8. Chunxiang Fu*, Jonathan R. Mielenz*, Xirong Xiao, Yaxin Ge, Choo Y. Hamilton, Miguel Rodriguez, Jr., Fang Chen, Marcus Foston, Arthur Ragauskas, Joseph Bouton, Richard A. Dixon and Zeng-Yu Wang. Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass. PNAS 108:3803-3808, 2011 

9. Chunxiang Fu, Xirong Xiao, Yajun Xi, Yaxin Ge, Fang Chen, Joseph Bouton, Richard A. Dixon, and Zeng-Yu Wang. Downregulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) leads to improved saccharification efficiency in switchgrass.BioEnergy Research 4:153-164, 2011 

10. Hui Shen*, Chunxiang Fu*, Xirong Xiao, Tui Ray, Yuhong Tang, Zeng-Yu Wang and Fang Chen. Developmental control of lignification in stems of lowland switchgrass variety Alamo and the effects on saccharification efficiency. BioEnergy Research2:233-245, 2009 

11. Yajun Xi*, Chunxiang Fu*, Yaxin Ge, Rangaraj Nandakumar, Hiroshi Hisano, Joseph Bouton and Zeng-Yu Wang.Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of switchgrass and inheritance of the transgenes. BioEnergy Research 2:275-283, 2009 

12. Chunxiang Fu, Yanjun Xu, Dexiu Zhao, Fengshan Ma. A comparison between hairy root cultures and wild plants of Saussurea involucrate. in phenylpronoid production. Plant Cell Rep. 24:750-754, 2006 

13. Chunxiang Fu, Liqin Cheng, Xiaofen Lv, Dexiu Zhao, Fengshan Ma. Methyl jasmonate stimulates jaceosidin and hispidulin production in cell cultures of Saussurea medusa. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 134:89-96, 2006 

14. Chunxiang Fu, Dexiu Zhao, Xiaofeng Xue, Zhiping Jin, Fengshan Ma. Transformation of Saussurea involucrata byAgrobacterium rhizogenes: hairy root induction and syringin production. Process Biochemistry 40:3789-3794, 2005 

15. Chunxiang Fu, Dexiu Zhao, Yan Huang, Fengshan Ma. Cellular aggregate size as the critical factor for flavonoid production by suspension cultures of Saussurea medusa. Biotechnology Letters 27:91-95, 2005  

16. Maofeng Chai, Chuanen Zhou, Isabel Molina, Chunxiang Fu, Jin Nakashima, Guifen Li, Wenzheng Zhang, Jongjin Park, Yuhong Tang, Qingzhen Jiang, and Zeng-Yu Wang. A class II KNOX gene, KNOX4, controls seed physical dormancy. PNAS, 2016 

17. Chuanen Zhou, Lu Han, Chunxiang Fu, Jiangqi Wen, Xiaofei Cheng, Jin Nakashima, Junying Ma, Yuhong Tang, Yang Tan, Million Tadege, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Guangmin Xia and Zeng-Yu Wang. The trans-acting short interfering RNA3 pathway and NO APICAL MERISTEM antagonistically regulate leaf margin development and lateral organ separation, as revealed by analysis of an argonaute7/lobed leaflet1 mutant in Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell 25: 4845-4862, 2013  

18. Qiao Zhao, Jin Nakashima, Fang Chen, Yanbin Yin, Chunxiang Fu, Jianfei Yun, Hui Shao, Xiaoqiang Wang, Zeng-Yu Wang and Richard A. Dixon. LACCASE is necessary and nonredundant with PEROXIDASE for lignin polymerization during vascular development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25:3976-3987, 2013  

19. Hui Shen, Mitra Mazarei, Hiroshi Hisano, Luis Escamilla-Trevino, Chunxiang Fu, Yunqiao Pu, Mary R. Rudis, Yuhong Tang, Xirong Xiao, Lisa Jackson, Guifen Li, Tim Hernandez, Fang Chen, Arthur J. Ragauskas. C. Neal Stewart Jr., Zeng-Yu Wang and Richard A. Dixon. A genomics approach to deciphering lignin biosynthesis in switchgrass. Plant Cell 25:4342-4361, 2013 

20. Qiao Zhao, Yuki Tobimatsu, Rui Zhou, Sivakumar Pattathil, Lina Gallego-Giraldo, Chunxiang Fu, Lisa A. Jackson, Michael G. Hahn, Hoon Kim, Fang Chen, John Ralph and Richard A. Dixon. Loss of function of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 1 leads to unconventional lignin and a temperature-sensitive growth defect in Medicago truncatula. PNAS 110:13660-13665, 2013 

21. Yaxin Ge, Chunxiang Fu, Hem Bhandari, Joseph Bouton, E. Charles Brummer, and Zeng-Yu Wang. Pollen viability and longevity of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). Crop Science 51:2698-2705, 2011 

Genetic improvement of biofuel and forage crops.

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杨瑞娟  01  19183  

李玉   02  19183  

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