研究兴趣集中于种子分子生态学，着重于通过分子生物学、生物化学、以及现代分析化学等多学科手段理解植物在种子阶段对环境的适应行为。目前正在开展的研究项目主要包括：

• 火后植物种群更新对烟信号的响应；

• 种子异型性的生态学意义及其调控机理；

• 种子休眠和萌发过程中的表观调控。

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2021年6月至今，中国科学院昆明植物研究所，副研究员，种子分子生态学研究组组长

2018年7月至2021年5月，深圳大学，副研究员

2015年7月至2018年6月，德国马普化学生态研究所，博士后

2012年7月至2015年6月，北京林业大学，博士后

Plant Physiology: Assistant Features Editor 

生态学杂志：青年编委

2023年，云南省“兴滇英才”青年人才

2020年，深圳市“孔雀计划”海外高层次人才

(星号表示通讯作者)

论文完全列表，请见ORCID。

1. Cao Dechang*. 2024 Decapping NAD-RNAs: TIR domain-containing proteins stand out for specificity. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2024.04.004.

2. Zhao Bixi, Yan Yuxi, Cao Dechang*, Xia Yu*. 2024 Germinating rice seeds shape rhizospheric bacteria via releasing benzaldehyde. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 210: 108632.

3. Oliveira Dyoni M, Cao Dechang*. 2024 Spotlight on overlooked lignin monomers: Hydroxycinnamaldehydes. Plant Physiology, 194: 1250-1252.

4. Cao Dechang*. 2024 Cross-specific imprinting tells the seed size of hybrids. Plant Physiology, 10.1093/plphys/kiae154.

5. Cao Ddechang*. 2024 RNA-directed DNA methylation as a weapon in parental conflict. Plant Physiology, 194: 1931-1933.

6. 许宏力, 田亮, 杨晓菲, 聂强, 曹德昌*. 2024 烟促种子萌发研究新进展. 生态学杂志: 1-12.

7. Yang Xiaofei, Cao Dechang*. 2023 DXO gears mRNA with alternative NAD and m7G caps. Trends in Plant Science, 28: 1083-1085.

8. Cao Dechang, Baskin Jerry M., Baskin Carol C., Li De-Zhu*. 2023 Burning lignin: overlooked cues for post-fire seed germination. Trends in Plant Science, 28: 386-389.

9. Cao Dechang, De Jaeger-Braet Joke*. 2023 Modulating microRNA expression to produce bigger seeds. Plant Physiology, 193: 2251-2253.

10. Cao Dechang*. 2023 Something seedy going on: HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN90.6 links carbon and nitrogen metabolism in seed development. Plant Physiology, 192: 705-706.

11. Cao Dechang*. 2023 “Smother love” of mycorrhiza: Hypoxic germination of orchids. Plant Physiology, 192: 2240-2242.

12. Cao Dechang*. 2023 Stress-induced tRNA fragments take action in alternative splicing in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 193: 877-879.

13. Cao Dechang*. 2022 Thank you for smoking: Potential of biochar in sustainable agriculture. Matter, 5: 3571-3573.

14. Cao Dechang*. 2022 FREE1 takes its position in peroxisomal engulfment of lipid droplets. Plant Cell, 34: 4122–4123.

15. Cao Dechang*. 2022 To germinate or not? Transcriptional gradients underlie the seed dormancy continuum. Plant Physiology, 190: 1559–1561.

16. Cao Dechang, Schöttner Matthias, Halitschke Rayko, Li Dapeng, Baldwin Gundega, Rocha Catarina, Baldwin Ian T. 2021 Syringaldehyde is a novel smoke-derived germination cue for the native fire-chasing tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata. Seed Science Research, 31: 292-299.

17. Cao Dechang*, Baskin Carol C., Baskin Jerry M. 2020 Dormancy class: Another fire seasonality effect on plants. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 35: 1055-1057.

18. Cao Dechang, Xu Huimin, Zhao Yuanyuan, Deng Xin, Liu Yongxiu, Soppe Wim, Lin Jinxing. 2016 Transcriptome and degradome sequencing reveals dormancy mechanisms of Cunninghamia lanceolata seeds. Plant Physiology, 172: 2347-2362.

19. Cao Dechang, Baskin Carol C., Baskin Jerry M., Yang Fan, Huang Zhenying. 2014 Dormancy cycling and persistence of seeds in soil of a cold desert halophyte shrub. Annals of Botany, 113: 171-179.

20. Cao Dechang, Li Jingwen, Huang Zhenying, Baskin Carol C., Baskin Jerry M., Hao Peng, Zhou Weilei, Li Junqing. 2012 Reproductive characteristics of a Populus euphratica population and prospects for its restoration in China. PLoS ONE, 7: e39121.

21. Cao Dechang, Baskin Carol C., Baskin Jerry M., Yang Fan, Huang Zhenying. 2012 Comparison of germination and seed bank dynamics of dimorphic seeds of the cold desert halophyte Suaeda corniculata subsp. mongolica. Annals of Botany, 110: 1545-1558.

国家自然基金面上项目：火后植物更新：烟信号鉴定及其生态适应性研究，主持，国家级，2024.1-2027.12

国家自然基金青年项目：拟南芥种子mRNA修饰的鉴定以及NAD-mRNA在种子萌发中的功能研究, 主持, 国家级, 2020.01 - 2022.12

云南省青年人才托举工程项目：林火对云南松林更新的影响及其作用机制研究,主持，省部级，2022.01 - 2024.12 

中国科学院昆明植物所：李德铢研究员

中国科学院北京植物所：黄振英研究员

深圳大学：莫蓓莘教授

美国University of Kuntucky：Carol C. Baskin和Jerry M. Baskin教授

美国University of California, Riverside：陈雪梅教授

德国Max-Planck Institute for Chmical Ecology：Ian T. Baldwin教授

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