Hua ZHOU

Research Assistant Professor |School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology

Professional Experience:

◆ 2023.01-now, Southern university of technology, Department of Biology, Research Associate professor

◆ 2019.11-2022.12, Southern university of technology, Department of Biology, Senior Research Fellow

◆ 2017.10-2019.10, Southern university of technology, Department of Biology, PostDoc

 

Educational Background:

◆ 2013.10-2017.03, Hokkaido University, Ph. D

◆ 2010.09-2013.06, Shanghai Normal University, MSc

◆ 2005.09-2009.06, Nanjing Forestry University, BSc

 

Honors & Awards:

◆ 2020.03 Shenzhen Reserve Talent

Personal Profile

Research

◆Plant photomorphogenesis

◆mRNA splicing in photomorphogenesis


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  1. Cao J, Liang YX, Yan TT, Wang XC, Zhou H, Chen C, Zhang YL, Zhang BH, Zhang SH, Liao JC, Chen SJ, Chu JF, Huang X, Xu DQ, Li J, Deng XW, Lin F. The photomorphogenic repressors BBX28 and BBX29 integrate light and brassinosteroid signaling to inhibit seedling development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2022, doi: 10.1093/plcell/koac092
  2. Zhou H#, Zhu W#, Wang XC#, Bian YT, Jiang Y, Li J, Wang LX, Yin P, Deng XW*, Xu DQ*. A missense mutation in WRKY32 converts its function from a positive regulator to a repressor of photomorphogenesis. The New Phytologist, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17932
  3. Zhu W#, Zhou H#, Lin F, Zhao XH, Jiang Y, Xu DQ*, Deng XW*. COLD-REGULATED GENE 27 integrates signals from light and the circadian clock to promote hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2020, 32(10): 3155-3169. (#co-first author)
  4. Yu B#, Wang YJ#, Zhou H, Li P, Liu CM, Chen SL, Peng Y, Zhang YJ*, Teng S*. Genome-wide binding analysis reveals that ANAC060 directly represses sugar-induced transcription of ABI5 in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal, 2020, 103(3): 965-979.
  5. Heng YQ#, Jiang Y#, Zhao XH; Zhou H, Wang XC, Deng XW*, Xu DQ*. BBX4, a phyB-interacting and modulated regulator, directly interacts with PIF3 to fine tune red light-mediated photomorphogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019, 116(51): 26049-26056.
  6. Heng YQ#, Lin F#, Jiang Y, Ding MQ, Yan TT, Lan HX, Zhou H, Zhao XH, Xu DQ*, Deng XW*. B-box containing proteins BBX30 and BBX31, acting downstream of HY5, negatively regulate photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 2019, 180(1): 497-508.
  7. Zhou H* and Kishima Y. Alternative plant host defense against transposon activities occurs at the post-translational stage. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 2017, 12(5): e1318238. (*corresponding author)
  8. Zhou H, Hirata M, Osawa R, Fujino K, Kishima Y. Detainment of Tam3 transposase at plasma membrane by its BED-zinc finger domain. Plant Physiology, 2017, 173: 1-10.
  9. Li P#, Zhou H#, Shi XL, Yu B, Zhou Y, Chen SL, Wang YF, Peng Y, Meyer RC, Smeekens SC, Teng S. The ABI4-induced Arabidopsis ANAC060 transcription factor attenuates ABA signaling and renders seedlings sugar insensitive when present in the nucleus. PLOS Genetics, 2014, 10: e1004213. (#co-first author)

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