EDUCATION
Ph.D 2003-2009 Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Accademy of Sciences Molecular Genetics
Master 2000-2003 Shandong Agricultural University Biotechnology and Genetic Breeding
Bachelor 1996-2000 Shandong Agricultural University Horticulture
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016.8-present Shandong University Associate professor
2015.3-2016.8 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Visiting scholar
2009.7-2015.3 Shandong University Lecture
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. To clone the key genes of abiotic stress responses in plant, to elucidate their molecular and cellular mechanisms of the regulation of plant tissue formation, protein degradation, the maintenance of the subcellular components localization, and molecular transport within those organelles.
2. To isolate the drought stress responsive genes and elucidate the molecular mechanism of these genes in regulation of plant response to drought stress by studying their stomatal movements and ion channel activities.
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
1. 2015.1-2018.12 The molecular mechanism of membrane-bound transcription factor NTL1 negatively regulating salt stress response in wheat. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Principal Investigator
2. 2011.1-2013.12 The cloning and functional analysis of rice rotated gene RO1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), Principal Investigator
3. 2013.1-2015.12 The salt-tolerant mechanism of wheat introgressive CBFB class transcription factor TaNF-YA27. Scientific Research Award Foundation for Excellent Youth Scientists of Shandong Province, Principal Investigator
4. 2010.1-2011.12 Identification and function analysis of new genes in drought resistance signal transduction of guard cells. Shandong Province Postdoctoral Innovation Project, Principal Investigator
5. 2010.1-2012.12 Cloning and functional analysis of salt stress responsive gene TaCRK1 in wheat. Independent Innovation Foundation of Shandong University, Principal Investigator
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Chunlong Li1, Mei Wang1, Xiaomeng Wu, Donghua Chen, Hongjun Lv, Jianlin Shen, Zhu Qiao, Wei Zhang*. THI1, a thiazole biosynthetic enzyme, functions in S-Type Anion Channels and Stomatal Closure by repressing the kinase activity of Ca2+-dependent protein kinase CPK33 in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 2016, 170(2): 1090-1104. SCI, 5Y-IF: 8.03
2. Xiaoyan Ma, Zhu Qiao, Donghua Chen, Weiguo Yang, Ruijia Zhou, Wei Zhang, Mei Wang*. CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE G2 Regulates Salinity Stress Response and Salt Mediated Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology, 2015, 88(3):287-99. SCI, 5Y-IF: 4.573
3. Xiaoyan Ma, Xinlei Zhu, Chunlong Li, Yinling Song, Wei Zhang, Guangmin Xia, Mei Wang*. Overexpression of wheat NF-YA10 gene regulates the salinity stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2015, 86: 34-43. SCI, 5Y-IF: 3.051
4. Xiaoyan Ma, Chunlong Li, Mei Wang*. Wheat NF-YA10 functions independently in salinity and drought stress. Bioengineered, 2015, 6(4):245-7. SCI, IF: 1.676
5. Shuantao Liu1, Shuwei Liu1, Mei Wang1, Tiandi Wei, Chen Meng, Meng Wang, and Guangmin Xia*. A Wheat SRO Gene Enhances Seedling Growth and Abiotic Stress Resistance via Modulating Redox Homeostasis and Maintaining Genomic Integrity. Plant Cell, 2014, 26:164-180. SCI, 5Y-IF: 10.656
6. Chunlong Li1, Mei Wang1, Xiaoyan Ma, and Wei Zhang*. NRGA1 (Negative Regulator of Guard Cell ABA Signaling 1), a Putative Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier, Mediates ABA Regulation of Guard Cell Ion Channels and Drought Stress Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant, 2014, 7: 1508-1521. SCI, 5Y-IF: 6.348
7. Donghua Chen, Xiaoyan Ma, Wei Zhang, Guangmin Xia, Mei Wang*. A wheat aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase gene, TaACO1, negatively regulates salinity stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Reports, 2014, 33: 1815-1827. SCI, 5Y-IF: 2.833
8. Mei Wang1, Xiaoyan Ma, Jianlin Shen, Chunlong Li, Wei Zhang*. The ongoing story: the mitochondria pyruvate carrier 1 in plant stress response in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2014, 9(10):e973810.
9. Shuguo Hou, Xin Wang, Donghua Chen, Xue Yang, Mei Wang, David Turrà, Antonio Di Pietro, and Wei Zhang*. The secreted peptide PIP1 amplifies immunity through receptor-like kinase 7. PLoS Pathog, 2014, 10(9): e1004331. 5Y-IF: 8.957
10. Shuang-Shuang Wang, Wen-Zhu Diao, Xue Yang, Zhu Qiao, Mei Wang, Biswa R. Acharya, Wei Zhang*. Arabidopsis thaliana CML25 mediates the Ca2+ regulation of K+ transmembrane trafficking during pollen germination and tube elongation. Plant Cell & Environment, 2015, 38 (11): 2372–2386. 5Y-IF: 6.643
11. Xue Yang, Shuang-Shuang Wang, Mei Wang, Zhu Qiao, Chan-Chan Bao, and Wei Zhang*. The Arabidopsis thaliana calmodulin-like protein CML24 regulates pollen tube growth by modulating the actin cytoskeleton and controlling the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. Plant Molecular Biology, 2014, 86: 225-236. 5Y-IF: 4.610
12. Dong-Hua Chen, Mei Wang, Hong-Gang Wang, Wei Zhang*. A type of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel on Vicia faba guard cell plasma membrane outwardly permeates K+. Protoplasma, 2012, 249: 699-708. 5Y-IF: 2.931
